Temperatures across Taiwan were lower than usual early this morning due to a continental cold air mass and radiative cooling, but were expected to rise during the day as the weather system weakened, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said.
The CWA issued a cold surge advisory early today for parts of New Taipei City and Hsinchu, Miaoli and Yilan counties, in effect for most of the morning, indicating that temperatures could fall below 10°C.
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The lowest temperatures recorded in low-lying areas around Taiwan early today were 7°C in Guansi Township (關西) in Hsinchu County and 8.5°C at stations in Gongguan (公館) and Touwu (頭屋) townships in Miaoli County, according to CWA data.
Tomorrow, radiative cooling would again affect the weather, causing slightly cooler temperatures early in the morning and at night, with western Taiwan seeing particularly large day-night temperature differences, the CWA said.
The agency forecast daytime highs tomorrow of 23°C to 26°C in northern Taiwan, 24°C to 26°C in central Taiwan and 26°C to 28°C in the south.
Both today and tomorrow, most parts of Taiwan are forecast to see partly cloudy to sunny skies, with only isolated showers expected along Taiwan's northern coast, in northeastern and southeastern Taiwan, and on the Hengchun Peninsula (恆春半島), the agency said.
Independent meteorologist Wu Der-rong (吳德榮) said a "cloud street" was forming over the sea as cold air moved across relatively warm ocean surfaces, but no rainfall had materialized from it as of this morning.
The latest European forecast model indicated that weather conditions around Taiwan would remain clear and stable through tomorrow morning, with comfortable daytime temperatures when the sun is out, but very cold conditions at night and in the early morning.
Due to enhanced radiative cooling, some low-lying areas in central and northern Taiwan could again see temperatures drop below 10°C overnight and early tomorrow, he said.
From tomorrow through Thursday, daytime conditions are forecast to be warmer, with cool mornings and evenings and large day-night temperature differences, Wu said.
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