Southwesterly winds are expected to get warmer today, pushing up daytime temperatures around Taiwan by about 2°C from a day earlier, with the mercury expected to top 36°C in the greater Taipei area and the south, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said.
CWA forecaster Tseng Chao-cheng (曾昭誠) said yesterday that with little moisture in the air and cloudy to sunny skies prevailing, Taiwan is expected to record the highest daytime temperatures in the week today.
In addition to Taipei and New Taipei City, Tseng said 36°C or higher is also possible in Tainan and Kaohsiung, and Pingtung County in the south, while Taitung County in the southeast is expected to feel the pinch from foehn winds, hot and dry southwesterly winds that sink into the region after crossing the Central Mountain Range, to record similar scorching temperatures.
Photo: Tien Yu-hua, Taipei Times
Weather conditions are expected to change from tomorrow with a weather front approaching and a seasonal northeasterly wind system strengthening to bring in showers or thunderstorms in the northern half of Taiwan and eastern areas, Tseng said
Rain is possible around Taiwan from Friday to Saturday, he added.
Precipitation is to send daytime temperatures down to about 30°C across most of Taiwan tomorrow and seasonal winds are to drag temperature highs down further to 25°C to 27°C on Thursday and even 20°C on Friday in northern and northeastern Taiwan, Tseng said.
With the weather system weakening, the mercury in the daytime is expected to recover to 25°C on Saturday and rise to 30°C on Sunday, he said.
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