Average daytime high temperatures are forecast to hit 20°C or higher across Taiwan today, before seasonal northeasterly winds and a cold air mass bring cooler and wet weather from tomorrow to next Monday, according to the Central Weather Administration (CWA).
Despite a cooler start of 13-17°C early today, daytime highs are expected to climb to 23-25°C in western Taiwan, and 21-22°C in the east, CNA forecaster Lin Ting-yi (林定宜) told CNA yesterday afternoon.
Low cloud and fog are expected to cause poor visibility from Taoyuan in the north and Tainan in southwestern Taiwan between late today and early tomorrow, Lin said.
Photo courtesy of Tri-Mountain National Scenic Area Headquarters
Nighttime temperatures today are expected to fall back into the teens, with snow forecast on mountains of 3,000 meters or higher in central and northern Taiwan, Lin said.
Sporadic snowfall could occur between late tonight and early tomorrow if the air blowing from the east and southeast of Taiwan carries enough moisture, Lin added.
A weather front is expected to move across Taiwan from the northwest tomorrow, along with the strengthening seasonal northeasterly winds and a cold air mass, which would bring down temperatures to an overnight low of 11-13°C in northeastern and western Taiwan, and 14-15°C in Hualien and Taitung from late Sunday to early Monday, the CNA forecaster said.
In addition to the falling temperature, the CWA also warned of heavy rainfall in Keelung, along the northern coast of Taiwan, as well as mountainous areas in Greater Taipei and Yilan from tomorrow to Sunday.
The rain is expected to ease on Tuesday, while warm temperatures are also forecast for that day, the CNA forecaster said.
Taiwan yesterday condemned the recent increase in Chinese coast guard-escorted fishing vessels operating illegally in waters around the Pratas Islands (Dongsha Islands, 東沙群島) in the South China Sea. Unusually large groupings of Chinese fishing vessels began to appear around the islands on Feb. 15, when at least six motherships and 29 smaller boats were sighted, the Coast Guard Administration (CGA) said in a news release. While CGA vessels were dispatched to expel the Chinese boats, Chinese coast guard ships trespassed into Taiwan’s restricted waters and unsuccessfully attempted to interfere, the CGA said. Due to the provocation, the CGA initiated an operation to increase
A crowd of over 200 people gathered outside the Taipei District Court as two sisters indicted for abusing a 1-year-old boy to death attended a preliminary hearing in the case yesterday afternoon. The crowd held up signs and chanted slogans calling for aggravated penalties in child abuse cases and asking for no bail and “capital punishment.” They also held white flowers in memory of the boy, nicknamed Kai Kai (剴剴), who was allegedly tortured to death by the sisters in December 2023. The boy died four months after being placed in full-time foster care with the
A Taiwanese woman on Sunday was injured by a small piece of masonry that fell from the dome of St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican during a visit to the church. The tourist, identified as Hsu Yun-chen (許芸禎), was struck on the forehead while she and her tour group were near Michelangelo’s sculpture Pieta. Hsu was rushed to a hospital, the group’s guide to the church, Fu Jing, said yesterday. Hsu was found not to have serious injuries and was able to continue her tour as scheduled, Fu added. Mathew Lee (李世明), Taiwan’s recently retired ambassador to the Holy See, said he met
The Shanlan Express (山嵐號), or “Mountain Mist Express,” is scheduled to launch on April 19 as part of the centennial celebration of the inauguration of the Taitung Line. The tourism express train was renovated from the Taiwan Railway Corp’s EMU500 commuter trains. It has four carriages and a seating capacity of 60 passengers. Lion Travel is arranging railway tours for the express service. Several news outlets were invited to experience the pilot tour on the new express train service, which is to operate between Hualien Railway Station and Chihshang (池上) Railway Station in Taitung County. It would also be the first tourism service
RSS