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Due to the unique geographical location of Maojianshan.

The severe convective weather in this area has little impact on other people.

The only ones are fishermen.

Rapidly changing severe convective weather like this can easily cause strong winds and waves, affecting the safety of operations.

Upon receiving the emergency notification from the observation department, the forecasting department immediately pushed the meteorological warning information to all registered vessels at sea via the dedicated maritime communication frequency, achieving full coverage of risk alerts.

[Linhai Maritime Safety Administration reminds all vessels that strong convective weather, accompanied by gale-force winds of level 6-7, is expected to form in the Maojianshan sea area between 14 PM and 16 PM today. Please pay close attention to the weather conditions and ensure safe operations!]

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After completing the notification process.

Wang Xiangjun still felt a strong sense of unease, constantly feeling that something was amiss.

"Coastal climates are inherently changeable, but for such a large-scale convective cloud to suddenly appear in just a few minutes is extremely unusual," he muttered to himself. "I've been working in meteorological observation for over ten years and have never seen such a speed of evolution; it completely defies conventional meteorological patterns..."

Wang Xiangjun kept talking to himself.

Zhang Xiaohui suddenly pointed to another monitoring terminal, his voice urgent: "Engineer Wang! The Huowei Island radar station has detected an abnormal signal!"

"Firetail Island?"

Wang Xiangjun's heart sank. The station was a full 700 kilometers away from Maojian Island, located at the southernmost tip of the province's meteorological monitoring area.

Just minutes before, the monitoring data for this sea area was normal, the airspace was clear and cloudless, and there were no signs of any weather anomalies.

He immediately focused his gaze on the screen.

On the monitoring screen of Huowei Island, continuous yellow echoes converged to form an irregular, large-area cloud system coverage area, with the average radar reflectivity of the entire area exceeding 23 dBZ.

Industry meteorological standards clearly state that when radar echo values ​​exceed 20 dBZ, the meteorological conditions for heavy rain are met.

"What the hell! How could this be..." Wang Xiangjun was incredulous, his mind filled with questions. "Two sea areas from north to south are showing synchronized movements, is the entire region about to experience heavy rainfall?"

Sudden convective weather in a single sea area can be explained by local meteorological anomalies.

However, the two monitoring areas, which are 500 kilometers apart, experienced severe weather events at the same time, which completely exceeded the scope of conventional meteorology.

Even more strangely, the intensity of the cloud system in the waters around Huowei Island far exceeded that of the Maojian Island area, where the anomalies first appeared.

Heavy rainfall accompanied by strong gusts of wind could very likely cause marine meteorological disasters.

"Engineer Wang, the rain is getting heavier here. Should we upgrade the warning level immediately?" Zhang Xiaohui urged hurriedly.

Wang Xiangjun raised his hand to stop him, keenly sensing that the situation was far more complex than ordinary severe convective weather: "Don't panic, retrieve the full-area spliced ​​radar view."

A strong premonition arose in his heart.

The radar anomalies in the north and south, hundreds of kilometers apart, are by no means accidental; there must be a connection between them.

Zhang Xiaohui quickly operated the terminal and, relying on AI algorithms, seamlessly stitched together the monitoring data from all radar stations across the province to generate a complete overall meteorological radar map of the entire region.

The moment the full picture was displayed, the atmosphere in the entire observation room instantly plummeted to freezing point.

From the airspace over Xiazi Island to the north to the sea area around Huowei Island to the south, dense convective clouds formed across a vast ocean area spanning 500 kilometers.

The colors of the echoes on the screen continued to deepen, with green forming continuous patches and yellow spreading over a large area. In some core areas, even high-risk orange-red echoes representing extremely strong convection appeared.

Zhang Xiaohui's face turned deathly pale, and he exclaimed, "Engineer Wang, this is no ordinary localized severe convection. Such a large coverage area and such a well-organized, nationwide eruption are clearly characteristics of a typhoon formation!"

"Impossible, a typhoon can't evolve that quickly." Wang Xiangjun subconsciously rejected this judgment.

According to common meteorological knowledge.

It takes at least a week for a typhoon to develop from a tropical cloud embryo into a mature tropical storm.

In most cases, it takes up to a month, with a clear and slow evolutionary cycle.

However, in just a few minutes since he arrived at the observation room to take up his post, the radar images of the entire East China Sea area have changed from blank and anomaly-free to a state of strong convection outbreak across the entire area, completely overturning the conventional meteorological understanding.

But let's set aside the typhoon.

Such a large-scale synchronous meteorological outbreak cannot be attributed to any reasonable natural meteorological cause.

The absurd situation made him anxious, and without delay, he immediately dialed the phone number of the chief engineer of the provincial meteorological department.

"Chief Engineer Tang, that's me, Wang Xiangjun from the Observation Section."

Chief Engineer Tang on the other end of the phone sounded somewhat puzzled: "I just received an anomaly alert from the forecasting department. The entire East China Sea is currently under the stable control of the subtropical high, so theoretically the weather should be stable. How could a strong convective signal suddenly appear?"

"Chief Engineer Tang, this is no longer a simple severe convective weather problem," Wang Xiangjun said gravely. "Our comprehensive monitoring confirms that a typhoon system has suddenly formed in the East China Sea, and its intensity is still rapidly increasing!"

"Radar echo values ​​are rising exponentially; based on current monitoring data, this is highly likely to be the strongest typhoon of the year!"

The other end of the phone fell silent instantly, filled with disbelief.

Chief Engineer Tang was completely baffled by this outrageous test result!

There has never been a case of a typhoon forming suddenly in the East China Sea. Typhoon development has a fixed cycle and cannot suddenly form in a single day without any warning.

The provincial meteorological monitoring network had not detected any prior signs in the early stages.

"This is utterly absurd! Weather systems evolve according to their own laws; how could a super typhoon appear out of thin air?" Chief Engineer Tang said angrily. "You all stay put. I'll lead a team over there immediately to verify this. I absolutely refuse to believe that such a situation, which defies common meteorological knowledge, could occur!"

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Five minutes later.

Several senior technical experts from the Provincial Meteorological Department arrived at the observation department.

Wang Xiangjun pointed directly to the full-area radar map on the screen, his tone confident: "As you can see, we can now confirm that the anomaly is real."

A group of industry veterans leaned closer to the screen, and the moment they saw the image clearly, they all froze on the spot, their faces filled with shock.

The current full-area radar image.

It was already covered by a large area of ​​deep purple-red high-risk echoes. The originally irregular and scattered cloud system was completely organized into a giant circular cloud, which covered almost most of the East China Sea. The coverage, formation speed and intensity of the outbreak completely broke the historical observation record.

"Chief Engineer Tang, we must issue the highest-level typhoon warning immediately!" Wang Xiangjun urgently reminded him. "A typhoon of this magnitude will most likely cause significant damage!"

Chief Engineer Tang stared at the screen, his face filled with helplessness and astonishment.

"immediately!"

"Report to the Central Meteorological Observatory immediately!"

"A weather warning has been issued simultaneously!"

"A super typhoon of Category 17 has formed and is about to make landfall in Linhai City!"