Most of Taiwan should experience rainfall throughout the week due to a stationary front that is forecast to arrive today, a meteorologist said yesterday.
A stationary front forms when two masses of air are pushing against each other, but neither is powerful enough to move the other, causing either a cold front or warm front to stop moving.
The front is likely to be accompanied by strong winds, causing extreme weather until Saturday, National Central University professor of atmospheric sciences Wu Der-rong (吳德榮) said.
The front should be weak at first, with occasional rain or thundershowers across much of Taiwan today and
Taipei, May 21 (CNA) Most of Taiwan will experience rainfall throughout the week due to a stationary front which is forecast to arrive on Sunday, according to a meteorologist on Saturday.
Taipei, April 29 (CNA) The Central Weather Bureau (CWB) will join with local governments to test a torrential rain warning system at three recreation areas in mountainous parts of Taipei and New Taipei that are vulnerable to flooding and storm surges.
Taipei, April 29 (CNA) The precipitation during the upcoming plum rain season in Taiwan has been forecast to be from normal to below normal this year, with rainfalls more likely to concentrate in certain periods of time and in a higher intensity than before, according to the Central Weather Bureau (CWB).
The Central Weather Bureau (CWB) is to join with local governments to test a torrential rain warning system at three recreation areas in mountainous parts of Taipei and New Taipei City that are vulnerable to flooding and storm surges.
The trial, to begin next month, would cover the Shuangsi (雙溪) recreation area in Taipei, Hubaotan (虎豹潭) in New Taipei City’s Shuangsi District (雙溪) and the Dabao River (大豹溪) in New Taipei City’s Sansia District (三峽), Weather Forecast Center Director Lu Kuo-chen (呂國臣) said.
Lu told a news conference that the new system aims to prevent a repeat of tragedies such as the