It’s going to be wet and cool in the north on the opening day! Three consecutive waves of northeast monsoon have arrived, and fireworks are the fastest to escalate to a strong station

Tomorrow (27th), the start day of construction, will register for the northeast monsoon! The Central Meteorological Administration predicts that there will be three waves of northeast monsoon relay in the next week, but the intensity will not be very strong. It will mainly rain and cool down on the windward side. There will be localized rainfall in the north and eastern half of Taoyuan in the next two days, Saturday and next Monday. Pay attention to local heavier rains in Yilan, especially from tomorrow night to the morning of the day after tomorrow. In addition, the fireworks will intensify into a strong typhoon as soon as tomorrow, and will move west to northwest in the next five days, and then turn north to approach the sea south of Japan. It is not expected to have any impact on Taiwan.

Lai Xinguo, a forecaster from the Meteorological Administration, said that there will be three waves of northeast monsoon intensification in the next week. The first wave will be in the two days after tomorrow. In these two days, there will be some localized brief rain in the north and eastern half of Taoyuan and the Hengchun Peninsula on the windward side. It will be cloudy in the south of Hsinchu, with scattered rain in the southern mountainous areas in the afternoon. Rain, including heavy rain in Yilan from tomorrow night to the early morning of the day after tomorrow; the northeast monsoon weakens on Thursday and Friday, and the environment turns to easterly winds. Only the northern coast and the eastern half of Keelung will have short-lived rain. There will also be sporadic rain opportunities in the southern mountainous areas in the afternoon, and other areas will be cloudy to sunny.

Lai Xinguo pointed out that the second wave of the northeast monsoon will strengthen slightly on Saturday, with local brief showers in the north of Taoyuan and Yilan, and scattered rain opportunities in East Huadong. It will be cloudy to sunny in the south of Hsinchu. The northeast monsoon will weaken next Sunday and will turn to an easterly wind environment. There will still be local brief showers in Greater Taipei and the eastern half, and it will be cloudy to sunny in other areas. Next Monday, the third wave of northeast monsoon will strengthen, with local rainfall in the northern and eastern half of the windward side, and cloudy to sunny in other areas.

Regarding the temperature, Lai Xinguo said that the intensity of these three waves of northeast monsoon is not very strong, and the temperature in northern Taiwan is mainly cooling. The northeast monsoon will strengthen in the next two days and drop to 24 or 25 degrees in northern Taiwan. It will rise to 28 degrees during the weakening period on Thursday and Friday. Affected by the next wave of northeast monsoon on Saturday, northern Taiwan will drop to 26 degrees again. After returning to around 28 degrees next Sunday, it will drop to around 25 degrees next Monday. However, the central and southern parts will not have much impact, and the daytime temperature will still be around 28 to 30 degrees in the coming week.

Lai Xinguo continued that as for morning and evening temperatures, from tomorrow to early Thursday morning, the temperature in the north of central China and Yilan may be only 20 to 21 degrees, while in the south it will be 22 to 23 degrees. On other days, it will be around 23 degrees everywhere.

At 2 o'clock this afternoon, the "fireworks" in Taiwan were located at 14.0 degrees north latitude and 163.0 degrees east longitude, traveling northwest to west at a speed of 4 kilometers per hour. Lai Xinguo said that this afternoon the fireworks were located on the sea about 4,500 kilometers east of Taipei. In the next five days, they will generally move in a west-northwest direction. It is expected to turn northwest and move towards the sea south of Japan in the future. It is expected to have no impact on Taiwan; because the environment is conducive to development, and it is observed that the typhoon develops rapidly during the day, it is expected to intensify into a strong typhoon as soon as tomorrow.

Lai Xinguo reminded that today through Saturday coincide with annual spring tides. The Yunlin coast and Jinma should pay attention to the higher water levels during high tides, and pay attention to seawater intrusion in low-lying areas. In addition, low clouds or fog may affect visibility from Thursday night to early Friday morning from Miaoli to Chiayi, so please pay attention.