A continental cold air mass is tomorrow expected to hit Taiwan for the first time this winter, with temperatures dropping to lows of 10°C in some parts of the country over the next few days, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said.
Late Sunday and early Monday are expected to be the coldest, with lows of 12°C to 14°C forecast for lowland areas in northern and central Taiwan, and 14°C to 16°C in most other regions, the CWA said.
On Sunday and Monday, temperatures in some areas might drop below 10°C during the midnight to dawn period, it added.
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If temperature and humidity conditions align, snow might fall late tomorrow into the early hours of Monday at altitudes above 3,500m in northern and central Taiwan, the CWA said.
Daytime highs should rebound to about 21°C on Monday and rise to about 24°C on Tuesday, it said.
While highs of 24°C to 26°C in the north and 27°C to 29°C in central Taiwan and the south were recorded yesterday, CWA forecaster Lin Ting-i (林定宜) said that temperatures should start falling from today into tomorrow as the continental cold air mass approaches.
Stronger northeasterly winds should bring rain to northern and eastern Taiwan today and tomorrow, with northern Keelung, Yilan County and the mountainous areas of Taipei experiencing intermittent to heavy showers, the CWA forecast said.
Sunday and Monday should be drier, with sunny to partly cloudy skies in most areas, although some scattered showers might continue in northern Keelung, Yilan, the mountainous areas of Taipei and Pingtung County’s Hengchun Township (恆春), it said.
By Tuesday, there should be sunny to cloudy skies across most of Taiwan, but on Wednesday another northeasterly wind system might bring more rain to Keelung, Yilan and the mountainous areas of Taipei, the CWA said.
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