The "rainy season" has become the "no rainy season" Taiwan Meteorological Department: The coming week will still be dry and hot

Taipei, 9 May (China News Service) -- The Taiwan region is facing its worst drought in 56 years. In previous years, the rainy season has entered in May, but the recent strong subtropical high pressure has led to little rainfall. Taiwan meteorological department said on the 9th that the rain signal in the coming week is not obvious, and the weather will still be sunny and hot.

Guan Xinping, a forecaster of Taiwan's meteorological department, said on the same day that in terms of the current weather pattern, the water situation in central and southern Taiwan is urgent, and it takes a long time to accumulate precipitation to alleviate the drought, but there is no obvious rain signal in the coming week.

Generally speaking, May is the traditional rainy season, he said, but the presence of a frontal system of lingering large-scale heavy rainfall will not be possible until the southwest monsoon is established, otherwise the drought will not be alleviated. However, in the future, even if there is a front near Taiwan, the impact area will only be mainly in the north.

According to taiwan media such as the Central News Agency, United News Network, and Zhongshi News Network, the Kaohsiung Meteorological Station released high temperature information on the afternoon of the 9th, and the maximum temperature was observed to reach 38.3 degrees Celsius. In addition, Tainan, Pingtung, Chiayi and other places also lit up high temperature orange or yellow signals.

There is a serious shortage of water in the central and southern parts of Taiwan, and there are also hidden droughts in the northern regions. According to Taiwan's real-time water website, the water storage capacity of Yongheshan Reservoir is only 4.6%, the Shimen Reservoir is 17.6%, and the storage capacity of Jade Reservoir and Johor Bahru Reservoir has also dropped significantly. Some people ridicule the "rainy season" for becoming a "rainy season", and some people call on relevant departments to pay attention to it and deploy in advance.

According to the latest report "Taiwan Climate Risks and Opportunities" released by the Center for Risk Society and Policy Studies of National Taiwan University, taiwan's long-term climate risks are higher than those of neighboring asian economies from past trend analysis, and according to the assessment of future climate change scenarios, Taiwan is listed as a highly climate risk economy due to typhoons and sea-level rise threats. In the context of increasing hot weather, Taiwan's annual rainfall is likely to decrease by 40% to 60% by the end of this century. (End)

Source: China News Network