Reporter Chen Yi / Taipei Report
▲ Zheng Mingdian, head of the Bureau of Meteorology, said that the water vapor of this weekend’s cold current is very different from that of the “overlord-level cold current” in 2016. (Image/Flip Screen)
The first winter cold snap is about to hit the South this Saturday. Over the past two days, major media outlets have been running headlines about “the temperature dropped 4 degrees,” which reminds many of the ladies-wide cold snap supreme in 2016. Zheng Mingdian, director of the Central Meteorological Bureau, said the low temperature difference between the two can only be 2 to 3 degrees, and the biggest difference is in the water vapor content.
Meteorological Bureau meteorologist Guan Xinping said that the cold air mass over the land weakened slightly on Thursday, and water vapor was still concentrated in northern Taiwan. water vapor. ;Affected by the front on Friday, there will be a chance of rain all over Taiwan.
▲▼ It is cold this week, and it will be colder due to the cold draft on weekends, and it will become dry and cold at night on Saturday. (Photo/Supplied by the Weather Bureau)
On Saturday and Sunday, the first wave of cold winter draft moves south, the humidity gradually decreases, and from Saturday night onwards it will become dry and cold. It is worth noting that the temperature will drop completely from Friday night and it will still be quite cold until next Monday. The low temperature in most areas is expected to drop below 10 degrees, especially in the north and Yilan. days from Saturday to next Monday There could be a minimum temperature of 6 degrees, and only 8-10 degrees in other areas.
Guan Xinping stressed that there is a possibility of snowfall in the mountains above 3,000 meters on Saturday and Sunday morning, and white spots in the areas above 2,000 meters in the north of the central part are not excluded, and the roads in the mountainous areas may be icy and frosty.
The cold front over the weekend was fierce, reminiscent of the overlord-level cold front in January 2016. At 5:30 a.m. and 7:15 a.m. on January 24 of that year, the Meteorological Bureau measured a low temperature of 4.1 degrees Celsius at Taipei station The first graupel of ice has been observed since the station was established. That cold current also caused snowfall in many low-elevation mountainous areas across Taiwan, including Datun Mountain, Wuzhi Mountain, and Xindian Mountain. At least 60 people in Taiwan died suddenly from the cold.
The outside world is concerned about the reappearance of the Bawang-wide cold wave. Zheng Mingdian stressed in an interview on Wednesday afternoon that this cold snap mainly affects the weekend for two days. The biggest difference between this cold wave and the Bawang class cold wave is the moisture content, 2 or 3 degrees, but the water vapor is much worse.
Zheng Mingdian said that there was a lot of moisture in the Bawang-level cold stream, and it snowed on almost all of the highlands of the island. This time, the snow scene is not expected to repeat itself, but the chances of snow are estimated to be more high in areas above 1,500 meters (may be lower in the north) Humidity will drop rapidly after day on Sunday.
