UTC surface wind and observations. LAPS 0600 UTC surface wind and observations. LAPS 1200 UTC surface wind and observations. For this case we concentrated on the representation of the evolving, very complex wind field with LAPS as Typhoon Billis made its way across Taiwan. In general, it appears that LAPS did a good job of analyzing the very complex wind pattern which occurred as the typhoon interacted with the topography of Taiwan.
Convection is mostly in a line off or near the east coast of Taiwan.
A few echoes are indicated over extreme southeastern Taiwan. For example, CAPE appears equally high and CIN low near the coastline around all of Taiwan. There appears to be one area of rain over portions of northern Taiwan, with scattered rains over the ocean to the east. An organized line of precipitation is seen to move toward Taiwan from the northwest. One forecast question would be will this line maintain itself and reach Taiwan.