Weather

Balmy weather forecast for New Year’s weekend

The China Post
Date: December 30, 2016
By: CNA

TAIPEI– With a weakening cold front, people in Taiwan can expect warm and balmy weather as they ring

Taipei residents are seen in this file photo donning thick jackets amid a cold spell, which is set to lift on New Year’s Day. (CNA)

in 2017, with a high of 28 degrees Celsius forecast for Central and Southern Taiwan on New Year’s Day, the Central Weather Bureau said Thursday.

As the cold air mass began weakening on Thursday, temperatures could shoot up for much of Taiwan from Friday through New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, the bureau said.

On New Year’s Day, western Taiwan will see clear skies, while intermittent rain is forecast for the eastern part of the island, according to the bureau.

The warm weather is expected to continue through Jan. 4 for most areas of Taiwan, except for some mountainous areas of Eastern and Northern Taiwan, where there will be some chance of sporadic rain, the bureau forecast.   [FULL  STORY]

Mercury plunges to 11 degrees in Tamshui

Snow possible above 3,000 m

Taiwan News
Date: 2016/12/27
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Temperatures fell rapidly to reach 11 degrees Celsius in Tamshui Tuesday

(By Central News Agency)

evening, the lowest so far this winter, the Central Weather Bureau said.

The Tamshui weather station measured a temperature of 11.0 degrees Celsius at 6:06 p.m., the bureau announced. Earlier, at 4:52 p.m., the mercury had already dropped to 11.9 in Tamshui, the bureau announced.

As predicted, temperatures did not wait until evening to fall, but dropped steadily all through the day, experts said.

The lowest temperatures were to be expected from Tuesday evening until Wednesday morning, with snow possible at high altitudes.   [FULL  STORY]

Snow deluge delays flights between Taiwanand Sapporo

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/12/25
By: Wang Shu-fen and Evelyn Kao

Taipei, Dec. 25 (CNA) China Airlines (CAL), one of Taiwan’s leading international carriers, said Sunday that two of its flights between Taiwan and Japan’s Sapporo city will be deferred for one day due to heavy snow, which has paralyzed New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido’s capital.

Though the airport is now open, the snow has since Thursday affected numerous flights, which had to be canceled or delayed, and stranded thousands of passengers at the airport.

CAL said its flights CI134, from Taiwan’s Kaohsiung to Sapporo, and CI135, from Sapporo to Kaohsiung, which were scheduled for Sunday, will be delayed for 24 hours.

In addition, an EVA Airways flight from Taiwan’s Taoyuan to Sapporo, which was scheduled for 7:15 a.m., took off at 7:37a.m., while another flight scheduled for 9:30 a.m. was deferred until 12:00 p.m., while a return flight will be deferred to 4:35p.m. from the originally scheduled time of 2:05 p.m., the air carrier said.     [FULL  STORY]

Taipei sees highest temp since start of winter

Highs on Monday reached some 28 degrees in northern Taiwan.

Taiwan News
Date: 2016/12/19
By: Central News Agency

Thanks to warm southeasterly winds and clear skies, Taipei recorded 27.8 degrees Celsius at 11:24 a.m. Monday, the highest temperature since winter began, according to the Central Weather Bureau (CWB).

The highest-ever temperature recorded in December in Taipei was 31.5 degrees in 1934, the bureau said.

Highs on Monday reached some 28 degrees in northern Taiwan, 26 degrees in central Taiwan and 27 degrees in southern Taiwan, the bureau said.

Still warmer weather is likely on Tuesday, forecasters said, but cautioned about large differences between minimum and maximum temperatures, as lows could drop to between 14-17 degrees in northern and central Taiwan early in the morning, and 18-19 degrees in the south.    [SOURCE]

Cold weather will continue to bite into Dec. 17: CWB

The China Post
Date: December 16, 2016
By: CNA

TAIPEI–A cold air mass that has sent minimum temperatures in most areas of Taiwan plunging to new

A woman braces the cold in Taipei on Thursday, Dec. 15 as temperatures drop to new seasonal lows in most regions in Taiwan. (CNA)

lows for the season could persist into the morning of Dec. 17, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) said Thursday.

Apart for Hengchun in southern Taiwan, lows in all other places in Taiwan were at 20 degrees Celsius or lower as of Thursday morning, the CWB said.

In Tamsui, northern Taiwan, a low of 13.1 degrees was recorded early Tuesday, the lowest temperature in low-lying areas of Taiwan since the start of winter, the bureau said.

Highs for the day could drop by 3-5 degrees in northern Taiwan to around 16 degrees, with increasing chances of rain, according to the forecasters.

Maximum temperatures could reach 20-25 degrees in central and southern Taiwan, and 19-21 degrees in eastern Taiwan, the CWB said.    [FULL  STORY]

Mercury could drop to 15 degrees in northern Taiwan next week

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/12/03
By: Wang Shu-fen and Lilian Wu

Taipei, Dec. 3 (CNA) As northeast seasonal winds weaken Saturday, the temperature will rebound but 201612030015t0002the mercury could dip to as low as 15 degrees Celsius next week in northern Taiwan, weather expert Wu Der-rong (吳德榮) said on Saturday.

The weather will improve from Saturday and there will be less rain. In the daytime, the temperature could rise to between 24-25 degrees Celsius in northern Taiwan and between 28-30 degrees in central and southern Taiwan.

Between Dec. 4-5, there remains a chance of partial rain in northeastern and eastern Taiwan, while the weather will be fair in other places. The mercury could rise to over 27 degrees in the daytime in northern Taiwan and about 30 degrees in central and southern areas, although it will drop by more than 10 degrees in the morning and evening.

A new wave of northeast seasonal winds will arrive on Dec. 6 and impact Taiwan until Dec. 10, Wu forecast.    [FULL  STORY]

Typhoon Tokage set to bring more rain over weekend

The mild typhoon will reinforce the precipitation by Saturday evening.

Taiwan News
Date: 2016/11/26 11:34
By: Wendy Lee , Taiwan News, Staff Writer

This year’s 25th typhoon Tokage, which formed east of Philippines on Thursday, is set to bring more rain

Central Weather Bureau

Central Weather Bureau

to Taiwan over the weekend as it has gathered more strength and expected to move towards the East Vietnam Sea.

While most parts of the island have seen mostly sunny and warmer weather on Saturday morning, the weather is expected to change later in the day as a cold front passes through the island, according to the Central Weather Bureau (CWB).

The strengthened northeasterly winds will also turn weather chilly into the evening, the bureau said. The temperatures are forecast to dip to around 17 degrees Celsius by tomorrow morning in the northern part of Taiwan.

The mild typhoon will reinforce the precipitation by Saturday evening, while most of the heavy rain will be seen on Sunday across the island and especially in Hualien and Taitung of eastern Taiwan, as well as Taipei mountain area, according to the latest forecast.    [FULL  STORY]

Good weather to continue into next week: CWB

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/11/16
By: Chen Wei-ting and Lilian Wu

Taipei, Nov. 16 (CNA) Temperatures in northern Taiwan, Yilan and Hualien were expected to hit highs 27939903of 27 degrees Celsius on Wednesday but the weather should become cooler next week when northeasterly seasonal winds travel southwards, the Central Weather Bureau said.

The CWB said the weather has remained unusually warm this November, with temperatures dropping only in the early morning and evening.

Chiayi City saw a low temperature of 20.7 degrees and Tamsui 21.6 degrees Wednesday morning, but daytime highs should climb to 27 degrees in the greater Taipei area and to 30 degrees in central and southern Taiwan.

Taiwan could get even warmer on Thursday, with the bureau saying the mercury could hit 30 degrees in northern Taiwan.    [FULL  STORY]

Seasonal winds bring cool weather to northern Taiwan

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/10/29
By: Wang Shu-feng, Yu Hsiao-han and Y.F. Low

Taipei, Oct. 29 (CNA) Temperatures in northern Taiwan turned noticeably cooler 26467377Saturday as seasonal northeasterly winds strengthened, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) said.

Daytime highs in northern regions are forecast to register between 25 degrees and 28 degrees Celsius, dropping to 22 degrees to 23 degrees at night, the bureau said.

For the rest of Taiwan, temperatures will remain relatively high, reaching 29 degrees to 32 degrees during the day before falling to 24 degrees to 25 degrees at night, according to the CWB.

Moisture carried by northeasterly winds could cause heavy rainfall in parts of Yilan, Keelung and the mountainous areas of greater Taipei Saturday, the bureau warned, advising residents to be on alert for sudden downpours, thunder strikes and landslides.    [FULL  STORY]

Hot weather in Taiwan expected to last until Friday

Taiwan News
Date: 2016-10-26
By: Wang Shu-fen and Elizabeth Hsu, Central News Agency

Taipei, Oct. 26 (CNA) Taiwan will be bathed in sunlight Wednesday with temperatures rising to between 677496030 and 34 degrees Celsius countrywide during the day, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) forecast.
The bureau said the unseasonably warm weather, expected to last until Oct. 28, is the result of a powerful high air pressure system over the Western Pacific Ocean.

The high in the north could surge to 34 degrees, the CWB forecast, advising people to increase their water intake and take precautions against ultraviolet radiation.

Though the weather was likely to be hot and muggy during daytime hours, the bureau said temperatures in early morning and late evening hours could drop to 25 to 27 degrees, making things “more comfortable.”

The CWB said there was little chance of rain in Taiwan on Wednesday except for possible occasional showers in mountainous areas due to the relative lack of moisture in the air.    [FULL  STORY]