Northern and eastern Taiwan are forecast to have isolated showers or storms today, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said yesterday, as a tropical depression that formed in the Western Pacific Ocean continues to drench much of the nation.
The tropical depression formed at 8am about 184km northwest of Taipei, moving in a southwesterly direction at 10km per hour, the CWA said.
Pingtung County’s Sandimen Township (三地門) registered the highest accumulated rainfall at 244mm, followed by 241mm in Kaohsiung’s Dashu District (大樹), data from the CWA’s Web site showed as of 5pm yesterday.
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The 10 places with the highest accumulated precipitation were all administrative areas in Kaohsiung or Pingtung, while New Taipei City’s Rueifang District (瑞芳) ranked the highest in northern Taiwan at 205mm, the CWA said.
The large low-pressure belt is forecast to move farther from Taiwan tomorrow, but the water vapor would increase again on Wednesday, CWA forecaster Kuan Shin-ping (官欣平) said.
Rain could be expected in northern and northeastern Taiwan, and afternoon thundershowers are likely in other regions, Kuan said.
The weather is transitioning due to season change, Kuan added.
However, the muggy weather would remain until early next month as Taiwan continues to be affected by the large depression belt, with temperatures in most regions rising to as high as 33°C to 34°C before rainfall and down to 29°C to 32°C when it rains, he said.
The cold front from the north is forecast to affect Taiwan no sooner than mid or late next month, Kuan said, adding that further observations are required.
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