This afternoon temperatures returned closer to what Taiwan expects in late spring, but it looks like May showers may be raining on Mother’s Day celebrations this year. The Central Weather Administration is forecasting that a front will be passing through on Sunday and Monday, so expect some cold and wet weather. The CWA also announced that it’ll be linking up its own satellites in order to provide more accurate forecasts when typhoons come towards Taiwan.

After a chillier than normal morning temperature, the mercury started to rise this afternoon. But it looks like good weather will only grace Taiwan for a couple days, as a front will be coming to Taiwan on Sunday and Monday. This front along with strengthening northeastern monsoon winds will likely make this year’s Mother’s Day a wet and cold occasion.

Lin Po-tung
CWA forecaster
The weather in Taiwan will be affected by the front that’ll be passing through on Sunday and Monday as well as the northeast monsoon. By looking at this image we can see that the weather will be changing a lot. Every area is more likely to experience rain, especially in central, northern and northeastern Taiwan. These places will be more likely to have heavy rains.

The Central Weather Administration forecasts that next week the public will not have to put up with extended bouts of plum rains. As part of an effort to provide more accurate forecasts, last year the CWA launched its self-made satellite Triton, which is nicknamed Wind-Hunter in Chinese. In June the satellite will be linked up with Formosat-7. The CWA will then be able to predict the weather 6% to 10% more accurately, as reflections from the ocean’s surface as well as information from the satellites will be recorded. The cone of uncertainty of 72-hour predictions for typhoon routes will be able to be reduced by 5%.

Cheng Jia-ping
CWA director-general
Formosat-3 and Formosat-7 provide vertical profiles from the atmosphere, so, in general, they’ll give us temperature, humidity, and, of course, we can derive pressure from satellite data. For this Triton satellite, it provides ocean surface data at a lower elevation. What makes the Triton special is that it can measure wind. It can measure higher wind speeds, which is especially important for when there’s a typhoon.

Taiwan will soon be taking precautions for the upcoming typhoon season. But with Taiwan’s first self-made weather satellite, the CWA is hoping to provide more accurate forecasts so that the public will be able to get ready well before a tropical storm makes landfall.

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