The Central Weather Administration (CWA) today issued cold surge advisories for the cities and counties across Taiwan, warning that temperatures could fall below 10°C.
An "orange" cold advisory took effect for Taipei, New Taipei City, Keelung, Taoyuan, Hsinchu City and County, Miaoli County and Yilan County this morning and would remain in effect through tomorrow night amid a strong continental cold air mass, the CWA said.
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The minimum ground-level temperature is these regions could fall below 6°C, or the temperature would remain below 12°C for 24 hours.
A "yellow" advisory was in effect for Taichung, Chiayi, Tainan and Kaohsiung, as well as Changhua, Nantou, Yunlin, Chiayi, Hualien and Kinmen counties.
Temperatures in parts of the affected areas could drop below 10°C through tonight, the agency said.
According to CWA data, as of 9:46am, the lowest temperatures recorded in low-lying areas around the country early this morning were in the outlying Lienchiang County (Matsu): 8.3°C in Dongyin Township (東引) and 9.2°C in Beigan Township (北竿).
The lowest temperatures on Taiwan were 9.3°C in New Taipei City's Shihmen District (石門) and 9.6°C in New Taipei City's Wugu District (五股).
For today, the CWA forecast cold weather across Taiwan with brief showers expected in areas north of Taoyuan and in the northeast, while isolated brief showers would be seen in the east and southeast, as well as the Hengchun Peninsula (恆春半島).
Scattered showers are also possible in mountainous parts of Hsinchu and Miaoli, and central Taiwan, it forecast.
Other parts of Taiwan as well as the outlying Penghu, Kinmen and Lienchiang counties would see mostly cloudy to sunny skies, the CWA said.
Temperature-wise, the CWA forecast daytime highs today of 13°C to 14°C in northern Taiwan, 16°C to 18°C in central Taiwan and Hualien County, and 19°C to 22°C in the south and Taitung County.
Temperatures would fall as low as 10°C to 12°C in areas north of central Taiwan and in Yilan County, and 13°C to 15°C in the south and in Hualien and Taitung counties, the CWA said.
Independent meteorologist Wu Der-rong (吳德榮) said the strongest cold air mass so far this winter is to blanket Taiwan from today through Sunday morning, with temperatures in low-lying areas potentially falling below 7°C.
The cold air is expected to weaken during the day Sunday through Monday evening, before the weather turns clear and cold on Tuesday afternoon as another strong cold air mass moves southward, Wu said.
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