A continental cold air mass moving south toward Taiwan could bring chilly weather until tomorrow morning, with temperatures as low as 10°C forecast in the north, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said.
Following a cold wave that swept through Taiwan over the past few days, the incoming cold front was forecast to reach the intensity of a strong continental cold air mass, pushing temperatures to 10°C or below in the north, Taichung, Yilan County and outlying Kinmen County last night, the CWA said.
The weather agency also forecast lows of 12°C to 14°C in central and southern Taiwan, and 17°C to 18°C in Hualien and Taitung counties last night.
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The chilly weather is expected to last until today in the north, northeast and east, while other areas would also experience low temperatures during the early morning and late night, it said.
Meanwhile, with northeasterly winds gaining strength, the CWA issued a strong wind advisory for open coastal areas from Taoyuan to Tainan and on Hengchun Peninsula, as well as the outlying Penghu islands, Orchid Island (Lanyu, 蘭嶼) and Green Island (綠島), where wind speeds are forecasted up to 103km.
People in the north, east and south of Taiwan proper and the outlying Kinmen and Matsu islands should stay alert for strong winds, the CWA said.
Wuling peak in Nantou County’s Hehuanshan (合歡山), which is 3,275m above sea level, saw brief and light snowfall of about 4mm to 5mm yesterday when temperatures fell to between zero and minus-1°C.
The snowfall came after soft hail was spotted on the Wuling peak on Saturday.
Moreover, freezing rain occurred in the northern peak of Yushan (玉山) overnight before a low of minus-2.1°C was recorded at 7:51am yesterday at the CWA’s Yushan Weather Station at 3,850m above sea level, the agency said.
Yesterday morning, the lowest temperature recorded at low-elevation areas in Taiwan proper was 12.1°C in Taichung’s Wufeng District (霧峰) and Taoyuan’s Yangmei District (楊梅), CWA data showed.
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