WEATHER
<strong>Tropical storm possible</strong>
A tropical depression east of Guam could soon be upgraded to a tropical storm, the Central Weather Bureau said yesterday, adding that it would be able to better ascertain how it would affect Taiwan on Wednesday or Thursday. As of 2pm yesterday, the tropical depression was moving northwest at 16kph, bureau data showed. Bureau forecaster Hsieh Pei-yun (謝佩芸) said the tropical depression was nearly 4,000km from Taiwan. Meanwhile, high temperatures are forecast until Saturday as a Pacific high-pressure system yesterday expanded west to cover Taiwan, she said. Chances of temporary showers or thundershowers would remain high until Thursday