Stifling Hot Weather Expected During Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋連假天氣高溫悶熱  局部午後雷陣雨

Presenter: The Mid-Autumn Festival is almost here, and the weather during the long holiday weekend is expected to be stifling hot.

Typhoon Chanthu is no longer affecting Taiwan, and the weather has gradually improved. Penghu, Kinmen, and the central and southern regions are alternating between clear and rainy weather, while other regions are seeing afternoon thunder showers. The Central Weather Bureau forecasts the weather will remain like this until Sept. 16. A Pacific high-pressure system will begin strengthening on Sept. 17, and the weather will become blistering hot.

Wu Wan-hua, Senior Technical Specialist, Central Weather Bureau:”The Pacific high-pressure system will gradually strengthen, so the weather will be stifling hot and even blistering hot after Friday. We may see morning sunshine and afternoon thunder showers.”

Numerous cities and counties have banned outdoor barbecues as a precaution against the Delta variant. People are hoping for good weather to admire the moon during the four days of the Mid-Autumn Festival long weekend, which are Sept. 18 to 21. The CWB says there will be sunshine during the mornings and thunder showers in the afternoons. There might also be heavy rain in some parts. 

Wu Wan-hua, Senior Technical Specialist, Central Weather Bureau:”Between Friday and Saturday, the north, central, southern, northeastern, and other mountainous regions will see afternoon thunder showers. In between, there might be locally heavy rain. From Saturday until Monday and Tuesday, we forecast that the regions seeing afternoon thunder showers will decrease and only those areas located near mountains will see them.”

The Mid-Autumn Festival long weekend will see typical summer weather. Matsu, Penghu, the central and southern regions, and the eastern region will see temperatures of around 32 to 33 degrees Celsius, while Kinmen and the north will see temperatures of around 34 degrees Celsius. Some regions may see even higher temperatures. The intensity of the afternoon thunder showers will vary by region and depend on the stability of the weather on that day.

隨著璨樹颱風遠離台灣，全台灣天氣都逐漸好轉，澎湖、金門以及中南部時晴時雨，其他各地屬於午後雷陣雨的天氣型態，氣象局預估這樣的天氣將持續到週四，週五開始受到太平洋高壓增強的影響，天氣會更加悶熱、甚至炎熱。

氣象局簡任技正 伍婉華：「至於我們這邊太平洋高壓會逐漸增強，所以星期五以後天氣悶熱，甚至會炎熱，然後在天氣方面也比較屬於早上可以看到陽光，中午以後有午後雷陣雨的天氣情況。」

雖然受到Delta變種病毒的威脅，多個縣市紛紛宣布禁止戶外烤肉，但是中秋連假18到21號四天時間，民眾還是期待能夠有個好天氣如願賞月，氣象局表示四天連假大致屬於早上能夠看見陽光、中午過後有雷陣雨的天氣型態，也可能會出現局部性的大雨。

氣象局簡任技正 伍婉華：「星期五到星期六這一段時間，我們預估是在北部中部南部，東北部和其他山區會下午後雷陣雨，中間可能會出現局部性的大雨，至於星期六到下禮拜一至禮拜二，我們預估所下午後雷陣雨區域範圍比較縮小了，會局限在山區附近。」

中秋連假將是典型的夏季天氣型態，氣溫方面，馬祖、澎湖、中南部及東半部高溫大約32.33度，金門和北部地區高溫約在34度，可能部分區域，溫度還會更高；至於午後雷陣雨各地降雨強度不同，將會隨著當天大氣穩定度而有變化。