AIR QUALITY WILL GET BETTER ON SUNDYA WITH MONSOON ARRIVING|濕氣結合汙染物 北台空氣糟到星期天

For those of you who plan a trip over the weekend, don't forget your mask because the air quality has been less than ideal. But the good news is that it will improve by next Monday, as the northeast monsoon will arrive on Sunday. Still, drivers are advised to exercise caution becuase the visiblity may be low due to the high humidity and air pollutants. From the top floor of the Environmental Protection Administration, looking at the Taipei 101 from eight kilometers away, the sky was foggy, caused by air pollution. ==CHANG SHUN-CHIN EPA Dep. of Envir. Monitoring Info. Mgmt. Supervisor== Things such as sulfate and nitrate, are capable of absorbing water and their volume will swell. Visibility becomes lower due to these swollen particles. The air quality index in cities in western Taiwan was orange, unhealthy for sensitive groups, and red color, unhealthy to all groups. ==HSIEH PEI-YUN, Central Weather Bureau Forecaster== Under the influence of the coming stronger northeast monsoon, the temperature will be lower starting Sunday, especially on the following Monday to Wednesday. Comparing with previous days, Taiwan will be cooler. The Environmental Protection Administration stated that air quality in the northern area will not improve until this Sunday afternoon; an extra day of waiting for central and southern cities. The Central Weather Bureau reminds people, by next Tuesday morning, the temperature will be down to 14 to 15 Celsius degrees in central and northern open areas. TRANSLATED BY：ANTHONY LIN 西半部地區空氣品質持續不良，而今天北台灣濕度高，污染物結合水氣，造成能見度變差。環保署表示，下波鋒面將在週日報到，到時候北部地區的空氣品質會好轉，但中南部地區要等到下週一。 站在環保署的頂樓眺望四周，位於西邊8公里外的台北一零一大樓，像是雲霧環繞樣一片迷濛，其實這是空氣污染所造成。 ==環保署監資處長 張順欽== 像硫酸鹽硝酸鹽這些東西 它特別容易吸水 吸收水份 吸收水份它體積會膨脹 膨脹之後對能見度的影響 就會特別明顯 西半部地區的本地污染物難以擴散，空氣品質AQI 指標，從橘色的對敏感族群不健康、到紅色的對所有族群不健康。 ==中央氣象局預報員 謝佩芸== 受到下一波東北季風增強的影響 從禮拜天開始氣溫會下降 尤其在下禮拜一 到下禮拜三這段期間 全台各地的天氣跟先前相比 都會明顯的轉涼 環保署表示，北部地區要到週日下午，空氣品質才會好轉，但中南部要等到下週一。另外氣象局也提醒，中部以北的空曠地區，預計下週二清晨，低溫會下探14至15度。 記者林靜梅 吳嘉堡 台北報導。