The Central Weather Bureau confirmed that Tropical Storm Nuri formed yesterday afternoon, but said whether the storm would strafe the nation remains to be seen.
According to the bureau, the center of the storm was 2,000km off the southeast coast of Oluanpi (鵝鑾鼻) and it was moving northwest at 16kph.
Bureau forecaster Yen Tseng-shi (顏增璽) said that the storm would turn north tomorrow, and that it is not likely that the storm would move directly toward Taiwan.
However, Cheng Ming-dean (鄭明典), director of the bureau’s weather forecast center, said that the storm is scheduled to have an indirect effect on the nation’s weather.
The bureau would be closely monitoring the progress of the storm, he said.
Yen said that the bureau would have to wait to learn more details about the storm’s path, but he added that a strong northeast monsoon would start affecting the nation’s weather tomorrow.
Due to the monsoon, Yen said the high temperature in the north would drop from between 27oC and 29oC to 22oC tomorrow, and 23oC on Monday and Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the bureau forecast showers around the nation’s northern and eastern coastal regions on Monday and Tuesday.
Temperatures are set to rise slightly in the north on Wednesday and Thursday, though chances of showers would remain for northern and eastern areas.
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