The Central Weather Administration (CWA) today issued cold surge warnings for New Taipei City and offshore Kinmen and Lienchiang counties, as a period of persistently low temperatures is expected.
The CWA issued "orange alerts" for Kinmen and Lienchiang (Matsu), signaling sustained temperatures around or below 10°C and possibly dropping below 6°C.
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"Yellow alerts" warning of lows below 10°C were issued for New Taipei City.
The CWA forecast daytime highs of 15°C to 17°C for other parts of northern and northeastern Taiwan, 18°C to 22°C in central Taiwan and 24°C to 27°C in the rest of the country.
The CWA added that wet weather is expected to prevail nationwide, with heavy rainfall likely in parts of northern, northeastern and mountainous areas in central Taiwan.
Occasional brief showers are likely in other regions.
The rain is to begin to ease after tomorrow, although localized showers could occur in the north and the eastern half of the main island throughout the rest of the week, independent meteorologist Wu Der-rong (吳德榮) said.
Stable weather and rising temperatures are expected to return across Taiwan by Wednesday, Wu said.
Sunny to cloudy skies are also expected on the first two days of the Tomb Sweeping Festival holiday on Thursday and Friday.
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