A low pressure system hovering just east of Taiwan is expected to intensify into a tropical depression tomorrow, before intensifying into a tropical storm over the weekend, and bringing heavy rain as it nears Taiwan early next week. Chang Cheng-chuan, forecaster for Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration said that the low pressure system 97W located 500 kilometers east of Taiwan will form Tropical Depression TD22 as soon as tomorrow. The system is expected to continue to intensify into a tropical storm

A tropical disturbance intensified to a tropical depression this afternoon, and is expected to bring significant rain as it passes the northern tip of Taiwan Saturday and Sunday. Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration (CWA) upgraded TD19 to tropical depression status at 2:00 pm today, Friday, September 20. TD19 was located 650 kilometers southeast of Point Eluanbi and moving northwest at a speed of 42 kilometers per hour. TD19 has a central air pressure of 1,002 hPa with sustained winds at the