Nantou and Changhua counties received the most rainfall in Taiwan yesterday as a rain front passed over the nation, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) said.
As of 5:20pm, Nantou’s Renai Township (仁愛) had recorded accumulated rainfall of 105.5mm since midnight Saturday, ranking first among all weather stations in Taiwan, bureau data showed.
All stations in the top 10 were in Nantou or Changhua.
Photo: CNA
Bureau forecaster Yeh Chih-chun (葉致均) said the weather front was moving eastward from open waters toward central Taiwan proper, dumping much of its moisture over that part of the island.
“With the front continuing to move southward, rain will accumulate in central and southern areas,” Yeh said.
Due to the weather front and northeasterly winds, central and southern Taiwan are expected to receive intermittent showers or thundershowers early today, Yeh said.
Photo courtesy of the Water Resources Agency’s Southern Region Water Resources Office
Taiwan’s reservoirs benefited from yesterday’s rainfall, but it was still not enough to alleviate low levels in southern Taiwan.
Water Resources Agency data showed that as of 8pm yesterday, Zengwen Reservoir (曾文水庫) was at 6.45 percent of capacity, the lowest in Taiwan, while Nanhua Reservoir (南化水庫) was at 19.80 percent, Jenyitan (仁義潭) was at 19.68 percent, Lantan (蘭潭) was at 21.08 percent and Wushantou Reservoir (烏山頭水庫) was at 57.62 percent.
In total, the weather front delivered 10.64 million cubic meters of rainwater to reservoirs nationwide from Saturday evening to 5pm yesterday, agency data showed.
The agency’s Web site said that Tainan and Kaohsiung remained under an “orange” water conservation alert, under which the water supplied to some large commercial users is limited.
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