Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/04/02
By: Chen Wei-ting and Lilian Wu

Taipei, April 2 (CNA) The weather during Taiwan’s four-day Tomb Sweeping Festival that began on Saturday will be sunny and warm in the first two days, while turning cooler in the second half of the holiday, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) said.

According to the CWB, highs will be 26-28 degrees Celsius in northern and eastern Taiwan, and 29-31 degrees in central and southern Taiwan on Saturday and Sunday. But it also reminded the public to watch for a drop to between 18 and 20 degrees at night.

The sunny weather will continue until the first half part of Sunday. But a front is expected to pass over Taiwan on Monday, and the weather in northern Taiwan will become cooler, with the high dropping to 24 degrees.

Sporadic rain can be expected in the mountainous areas in central and southern Taiwan and also in northern and eastern Taiwan April 4-5 before the island returns to sunny and warm weather after Tuesday.

The CWB said the temperature next Wednesday and Thursday will rebound quickly, giving people the feeling of summer coming.     [FULL  STORY]