The China Post
Date: October 4, 20170
By: Flor Wang
TAIPEI (CNA) – Intensifying northeasterly winds, cooler weather and an obscured
The Central Weather Bureau issued advisories for heavy rain and extremely heavy rain for seven counties and cities — Taipei, New Taipei, Keelung, Yilan, Hualien, Taitung and Pingtung.
moon are expected Wednesday for the annual Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節), according to the Central Weather Bureau (CWB, 中央氣象局).
The northeasterly winds are expected to bring steady rainfall and cloud cover that will prevent people in eastern Taiwan and in areas north of Taoyuan from seeing the full moon that the festival celebrates, CWB forecaster Lin Ding-yi (林定宜) said.
Daytime high temperatures, however, will fall to 29-30 degrees in northern and eastern Taiwan after a period of unseasonably high temperatures over the past few days, Lin said. [FULL STORY]