Two days of warmer weather, clearer skies forecast for northern Taiwan

Taipei, Oct. 29 (CNA) The Central Weather Administration (CWA) has predicted higher daytime temperatures, with a chance of sunny skies, in northern Taiwan on Wednesday and Thursday, after more than a week of incessant rain in the region.

On those two days, temperatures in northern Taiwan may climb to 29 degrees Celsius during the day and dip to lows of 19 degrees, the CWA said.

In central and southern Taiwan, daytime highs will soar to over 30 degrees, while lows will hover around 21-23 degrees, the CWA said, warning about the big temperature gaps.

Meanwhile, steady rain can be expected along the Keelung north coast, in Yilan County, and in mountainous regions of the Greater Taipei area on Wednesday, the CWA said.

Northern and eastern Taiwan, as well as mountainous regions in central and southern Taiwan, may see some sporadic localized showers, according to the CWA.

Also on Wednesday, independent meteorologist Wu Der-rong (吳德榮) forecast that another wave of seasonal northeasterly winds will arrive in Taiwan on Friday, bringing rain and lower temperatures to some parts of the country.

Northern and eastern Taiwan can expect rain on Friday, while Yilan in the east and some areas along the northern coast will see some sporadic showers over the weekend, Wu said. Other parts of the country will see cloudy to sunny skies, he added.

With the arrival of the new wave of seasonal winds, temperatures in northern areas of the country are likely to drop to nighttime lows of 19 degrees, Wu said.

Central and southern regions, however, are unlikely to experience any significant change in temperature on Friday and into the weekend, while daytime highs in northern Taiwan will hover around 25 degrees, according to the CWA.

On Wednesday, a low of 18.5 degrees was recorded in New Taipei's Shiding District, CWA data showed.