Southern Taiwan to See Rain Starting Tonight; Dragon Boat Festival Holiday Weather to Improve

Southern Taiwan is bracing for scattered showers and thunderstorms beginning tonight as the southwest monsoon strengthens. The Central Weather Administration forecasts that Sunday and Monday will see the most significant rainfall of the week, with potential for localized heavy downpours or short-duration torrential rain in central and southern areas.

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Sunday and Monday are the two rainiest days of the coming week.

Northern and northeastern Taiwan will also experience intermittent showers and thunderstorms, with a risk of heavy rain in the afternoon. While the weather system is expected to stabilize gradually from Tuesday, some moisture will persist, bringing localized showers to western areas and afternoon thunderstorms to the east.

By Friday, the start of the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, conditions are predicted to improve with mostly cloudy to clear skies across the island. However, localized afternoon thunderstorms are still possible in mountainous areas of central and northern Taiwan. Forecasters are also monitoring a potential tropical disturbance east of Guam, which could develop into a tropical depression, though it remains distant and requires continued observation.

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The weather will gradually stabilize starting Tuesday.

Meanwhile, residents in Taitung should be aware of potential heatwaves, with temperatures possibly reaching 36 degrees Celsius due to southwest winds on Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.

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We need to continue to observe whether it will develop into a tropical depression.