The heat brought by an “autumn tiger” might finally ease as the first wave of cold air is forecast to arrive on Monday, the Central Weather Bureau said yesterday.
The Chinese expression “autumn tiger” refers to hot conditions at the beginning of autumn, when the weather is supposed to cool after summer.
However, this year temperatures have been relatively high since the beginning of September.
The hot weather might finally come to an end with the arrival of the first wave of cold air from the north, the bureau said.
Forecasters said the chance of showers would be high on the east coast and in mountainous areas in the north from Sunday to Monday morning, while cloudy to sunny conditions should dominate in other regions.
However, the cold air is forecast to start affecting Taiwan from Monday afternoon, lowering temperatures in Taipei to below 20°C on Tuesday.
The bureau said that the first wave of cold air would be followed by an even colder weather system, which could arrive on Thursday next week.
As the bureau provides a maximum seven-day forecast, it said it was yet to predict if or when the second cold air mass would arrive.
Should a strong cold air mass hit the nation, temperatures in Taipei could drop to below 12°C, the bureau said, adding that temperatures could drop to below 10°C in the city if the air mass is particularly cold.
From today through Sunday, the high temperature in northern and northeastern regions would slightly slide because of northeast winds, with isolated showers forecast for the east coast, as well as mountainous areas in northern, central and southern Taiwan.
People in central and southern Taiwan should be aware of potentially drastic differences between daytime and nighttime temperatures, the bureau said.
It said the recently formed tropical storm In-Fa is predicted to turn north on Monday or Tuesday, heading toward the southern coast of Japan and is not likely to affect Taiwan.
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