Another strong cold air mass is expected to hit the nation on Thursday, bringing temperatures in the north down to as low as 11?C, the Central Weather Bureau said yesterday.
The forecast was made just as a cold front that dragged temperatures down over the weekend — with a national low of 6.8?C recorded in Chiayi yesterday morning — was weakening.
Central Weather Bureau forecaster Lin Ding-yi (林定宜) said that as the system dissipates, temperatures would rise between 1?C and 2?C per day from today to Wednesday, with substantial differences between daytime and nighttime temperatures across the nation.
By Wednesday, lows in the north could be between 14?C and 15?C, with highs of 23?C, he said.
However, this respite will be brief with the arrival of a frontal system on Thursday morning, which is expected to bring showers to the north and northeastern regions, Lin said. The system will be followed by a strong cold air mass.
“People will feel an acute change in temperature between Wednesday and Thursday,” Lin said. “Residents in the north and northeastern regions can expect cold and rainy days all the way from Thursday until the weekend.”
Meanwhile, the bureau’s climate forecast showed that average temperatures from this month until March are likely to be below the seasonal average because of a high-pressure system from Mongolia and the influence of La Nina.
The average temperature baseline for Taipei from this month through March in the past 30 years has been between 15.7˚C and 16.7˚C.
For this year, the average temperature this month has a 40 percent chance of being below the baseline and 40 a percent chance of falling within that range.
From next month until March, the chance of the average temperature falling below the baseline is 30 percent, with a 50 percent chance of it being within the normal range as the high-pressure system from Mongolia passes over the warmer sea surface before reaching Taiwan.
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