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Reporter Hong Lingming / Taipei Report
After winter, the strongest cold air attacks. The Met Office has yet to establish the air mass for the continent. It is still the northeast monsoon. The lowest temperature this morning is 9.8 degrees on the outer island of Matsu. As for the main island, the temperature in northern Taiwan is only 17-18 degrees. After dark, the temperature dropped sharply to 14 to 15 degrees. Except for the Gaoping area, the low temperature in other areas was only 17-18 degrees after night. This wave of cold air affected four days. After a day’s respite, a new wave of the northeast monsoon hit Taiwan again, and the windward zone rained continuously for the following week.
▲ After winter, the strongest cold air hits and the windward zone continually rains. (Image / Obtained from the Meteorological Office)
On weekends, people in the Yilan area could hardly wait for the long-lost sun, but the warm sun was fleeting and was affected by the monsoon from the northeast to the south.Rain hotspots are still concentrated in the northern half, eastern half and the Hengchun Peninsula, such as the north coast, coastal areas and the mountainous area of Taipei, where there will be heavy local rains.
Weather Bureau forecaster Ye Zhijun said this cold air wave will affect four days.The coldest time point will fall from Monday night through early Tuesday morning and Tuesday night through early Wednesday morning. Open coastal areas will drop to 12 to 13 degrees., The temperature gradually increases on Friday, but the humidity is still high, and on Saturday a new wave of monsoons begins in the northeast.
▲ After winter, the strongest cold air hits and the windward zone continually rains. (Image / Obtained from the Meteorological Office)
The “Weather Risk” fan article also noted that this cooling wave is the strongest cold high pressure wave since the beginning of winter in East Asia. Cold air runs from southern China to Japan and South Korea. The other side has been described as a cold snap outbreak, and the zero-degree frost line has been Across the Yangtze River Valley, Shanghai also fell below zero, Guangdong and Fujian only had single digits, and the snow line had reached south of Hunan, Jiangxi and north of Zhejiang, and it was very cold.
However, from a trend point of view, the cold air crossing the Taiwan Strait appears to be much weakening. The low temperature in the open areas of Taiwan this morning has dropped to 13 to 14 degrees in some places. More openings are expected from Monday night until early Tuesday morning. The area is around 13-14 degrees. The lowest temperature on extremely flat lands can have a probability of reaching 12 to 13 degrees. The northern metropolitan area drops to 14 to 15 degrees. This refers to the lowest temperature in the early morning and evening, and the northern daytime temperature is limited. These days and weeks Monday through Thursday the temperature is only 16 to 19 degrees. At the same time, there are many clouds. The northeast to the windward side, the northeast corner of New Taipei City to Keelung Yilan to Hualien, there is still rain on the ground, and the other north to Taoyuan or Hsinchu is occasional. The rain is expected to be similar these days. The temperature in the central part has also dropped this time, but it is still relatively sunny, and you will still feel the chill in the morning and at night. Make sure to wear more clothes. The temperature is only 16 to 23 degrees, and the southern part has less impact. There are also 17 to 26 degrees. Pay attention to agriculture and fishing. Lower temperature.
This cooling wave mainly affects from Wednesday to Thursday. From Thursday to Friday, the northern part of the country will be sunny. It is a bit similar to the situation on Saturday and Sunday. However, the temperature will drop again from the second half of Friday to the weekend, which is similar to these days. In a low temperature situation, and then back to temperature again, there will still be strong cold air waves approaching again next week. Recently, there will be one or two waves per week or two or three cold air waves that will affect Taiwan.
