The first ones often seem to be the biggest and this is the first real one for the seaon and it came through like a freight train at 6 o'clock this morning. Huge, typhoon like winds, some rain.

It hasn't arrived in Kaohsiung yet. Our current temperature at 8:43am is 26.6, which is just about the forecast high for the day of 27, so we should be getting some action soon. We have a 40% chance of rain tomorrow. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Quite a spread in temps between Taitung and Kaohsing at the moment. 22.7 in Taitung, 27.4 in Kaohsiung. There must be some very unstable air somewhere between.

Has died down here quite a lot now. No real rain. Cool, but not cold.