Sunny to partly cloudy weather is expected to prevail across Taiwan today and tomorrow, with occasional showers likely in eastern parts of the country and sporadic afternoon showers in mountainous areas in the west, the Central Weather Bureau said yesterday.
The bureau forecast daytime temperatures of 24°C to 27°C for eastern Taiwan and 23°C to 30°C in other parts of the country today, adding that lows of 18°C to 27°C can be expected across Taiwan until tomorrow.
Tomorrow, the last day of the five-day Tomb Sweeping Day holiday, daytime highs are expected to reach 30°C in northern Taiwan and 35°C in the south, said Daniel Wu (吳德榮), a former bureau Weather Forecast Center director who is now an adjunct associate professor of atmospheric sciences at National Central University.
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On Thursday, temperatures would remain warm during the day, but would drop overnight as a weather front approaches, bringing showers to central, northern and eastern regions, Wu said, citing the latest forecast by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts.
The weather front is expected to weaken on Saturday and the rain would ease in western Taiwan, but cooler temperatures would linger, Wu said.
Sunny to partly cloudy weather can be expected on Sunday, when temperatures are expected to rise again, he said.
Meanwhile, the bureau said that from today to Thursday, visibility might be reduced in the outlying counties of Kinmen and Lienchiang, due to fog and low clouds.
It also warned of large waves off the coasts of Keelung, Green Island (綠島), Orchid Island (Lanyu, 蘭嶼), Lienchiang and the Hengchun Peninsula (恆春半島).
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