Recently the weather has cooled off, and on May 5 the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) issued a special announcement for heavy rain in some areas. The CWB’s weather forecast center indicated that Taiwan’s plum rain and wet season have started.
The water needed for the dry season cannot just be expected to fall from the sky when needed. However, for many years Taiwan has had water usage methods in place to deal with the dry and wet seasons. As long as there is normal rainfall during the wet season there will be no problems.
Plum rain is the start of Taiwan’s wet season, and since the water shortage has been going on for several months, forecasting the plum rain will be crucial.
(Liberty Times, translated by Zane Kheir)
Photo: Chang Chung-i, Taipei Times
照片:自由時報記者張忠義
最近天氣轉涼,中央氣象局五月五日發布部分地區大雨特報,中央氣象局氣象預報中心指出,現在是梅雨季節,台灣的濕季開始了。
乾季需要的水就不能期待由天上掉下來,但多年來台灣有一套適應乾濕季的用水習慣或方式,只要濕季的雨正常的來就不會有問題。
梅雨季就是台灣濕季的開始,所以歷經幾個月來的缺水問題,現階段梅雨的預測將會是重點。
(自由時報)
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