TAIPEI (TVBS News) — The Central Weather Administration (中央氣象署) on Wednesday (June 26) observed a slight strengthening of the Pacific high-pressure system, which is expected to yield mostly cloudy to clear skies across the region. Northern Tainan and other mountainous areas may see afternoon thunderstorms with a chance of heavy rainfall in the north-central mountain regions.
Dr. Lin Te-en (林得恩) of the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at National Taiwan University (台灣大學大氣科學系) posted on his Facebook that temperatures across Taiwan are predicted to rise over the next two days, reaching their peak for the week on June 26-27.
Meteorologist Wu Der-rong (吳德榮) reported in his column that temperatures soared to between 35-38 degrees Celsius on Tuesday (June 25), accompanied by heavy local thunderstorms and torrential rains.
The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF, 歐洲中期天氣預報中心) predicts that a stationary front will oscillate over the region from South China to the Yangtze River from Wednesday (June 26) to the following Tuesday (July 2).
Under the influence of the Pacific high-pressure system, Taiwan is expected to endure generally clear and scorching weather, with temperatures frequently reaching 36-38 degrees Celsius.
Data from the past week indicates that Taiwan, situated on the western side of the Pacific high pressure, has witnessed daily heavy thunderstorms due to insufficient suppression of afternoon convection by the subsidence effect—a phenomenon not commonly seen in recent years.
