Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/01/10
By: Zoe Wei and Elizabeth Hsu
Taipei, Jan. 10 (CNA) An approaching cold front will not bring in new air
Kaohsiung. (CNA photo Dec. 22, 2015)
pollutants but the air quality will remain poor in southern Taiwan over the next three days due to poor conditions for atmospheric dispersion, a senior official responsible for air monitoring said Sunday.
The Central Weather Bureau forecast that under the influence of the cold front, the weather will be cold and wet in the north over the coming week.
Observing that the cold front is not very strong, Tsai Hung-te (蔡鴻德), director of the Department of Environmental Monitoring and Information Management under the Environmental Protection Administration, said the chances of the cold front bringing air pollutants into Taiwan are not high.
Thanks to high water vapor levels, the air quality in the north will not become worse, Tsai said. “But in the next three days, the central and southern areas will be affected by poor conditions for atmospheric dispersion, under which the air quality will become increasingly worse in the afternoon.” [FULL STORY]
