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system up the strait (reply)

dulan drift — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 03:29:06 +0000

Comparing the radar with the actual rainfall map, you'd wonder how that could even be possible. The system seems to be travelling from west to east but somehow the whole west side of the island has remained virtually dry. The usual thing is that the central range and the coastal range will take most of the moisture out of such a system before it reaches us, but on this occasion the east coast seems to be the only place that is getting rain. There must be some other factor at play.

system up the strait (reply)

dan — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:29:36 +0000

It sure looks like a mei yu situation to me. When we were living in Pingtung, these fronts would just sit over us for sometimes weeks at a time.

Things are kicking up here this morning, though a lot of activity seems to be sitting off the east coast, stationary.

system up the strait

dulan drift — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 11:14:47 +0000

Looks pretty serious. Is that a mei yu thing do you think?