There are a series of scattered islands on the Pacific Ocean east of Taiwan Province of my country. It is the famous Ryukyu Islands . The closest to Taiwan of my country is the Yaeshan Islands at the southwest end, which is located in the southeast of Diaoyu Islands in my country. It includes Ishigaki Island , , Naguo Island , Xibi Island and other islands.
Because the Ryukyu archipelago is located on the strongest path of the dark tide warm current in the Western Pacific, it is inevitable to be hit by typhoons every summer and autumn. Japan has established meteorological stations on these islands to obtain first-hand typhoon monitoring data. On Yonako Island in Yaeshan Island, it has been hit by the destructive wind speed of super typhoon above level 17 and above still fully transmitted data. It can be called a "blockhead-level" meteorological station, but recently, this station was damaged by a thunderstorm!
April 11, the data of the Eiko Island Meteorological Station ended at 9 am local time, and the data transmission was subsequently interrupted and has not been restored. Judging from the weather conditions at that time, there is an strong convective weather activity east of Taiwan, which means that the sudden interruption of the Eiko Island Meteorological Station is related to the strong convective weather, which is likely to be a lightning strike. Why was the weather station that could not even be damaged by a super typhoon of level 17, struck by lightning?
In fact, this thunderstorm is not small, because the participation of the big boss-sub-higher with warm and humid air. On the 11th, Lanyu and Green Island on the eastern coast of Taiwan Province of my country experienced the greatness of strong convective weather under the side-height effect - these two islands were attacked by thunderstorm clouds on the edge of the side-height, and dense thunderstorms and heavy rainstorms occurred. The maximum rainfall in one hour exceeded 100 mm. Local netizens even took pictures of the spectacular thunderstorm clouds.
In addition to Green Island and Lanyu being affected, this thunderstorm originating from the edge of subtropical high pressure also hit the satellite cloud map at 9:00 on the 11th. The thunderstorm cloud system has covered the Yaeshan Islands, including Yunako Island. After strong convection, the weather station on Yunako Island was damaged. After experiencing several super typhoons of level 17, Yunaku Island Meteorological Station was damaged in a thunderstorm of strong convection. The strong convection on the edge of the secondary high is evident.
It is worth noting that thunderstorms on the edge of the sub-high are not only occurring in the eastern waters of my country. According to existing data analysis, since a cold air is moving south from Xinjiang, my country, when it arrives in the south, the collision with the warm and humid forces will trigger large-scale strong convective weather. Thunderstorms, strong winds, short-term heavy rainfall, hail and other weather may erupt in the southern region at any time. Friends from the southern region are also asked to prepare when strong convective arrives.
