The likelihood of rain is high in northern and eastern parts of the country today and tomorrow, with temperatures in the north dropping to as low as 15oC, the Central Weather Bureau said yesterday.
Forecasts indicate that the northeast monsoon is expected to gain in strength today, bringing showers to Keelung as well as Yilan and Hualien counties.
Showers were also likely in areas north of Taoyuan as well as in Taitung, the bureau said.
The rainy weather is expected to last until tomorrow, the bureau said, adding that heavy precipitation was unlikely.
Daytime temperatures in northern Taiwan could hit 22oC to 24oC today and tomorrow, with temperatures dropping to 15oC during the late night and early morning hours, the bureau said.
The difference between daytime and nighttime temperatures will be substantial in central and southern parts of the nation.
Daytime temperatures in the south could rise to between 26oC and 28oC and drop to between 16oC and 19oC at night, the bureau said.
The northeast monsoon is likely to weaken by Wednesday.
In other news, environmental radiation analysis showed no sign of abnormal increases, the Atomic Energy Council said yesterday.
Wang Chung-der (王重德), head of the council’s Department of Radiation Protection, said no passenger carrying radiation higher than the standard level had been found in the past eight days.
Statistics from the council showed that more than 110,000 passengers at Taipei International Airport (Songshan), Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport and Kaohsiung International Airports had been screened as of 11am yesterday, with only 45 displaying signs of slightly elevated radiation.
Even if more radioactive dust is emitted from Japan’s Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant, both the Atomic Energy Council and the Central Weather Bureau said it would still be 800km away from Taiwan over the next five days, making the chance of radioactive rain low, they said.
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