Central Weather Administration

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The Central Weather Administration said Taiwan will see mostly cloudy to clear skies from Sunday through Tuesday, with daytime highs of 28 to 33 degrees Celsius and only localized brief showers along the Keelung North Coast, Ie Lan, and the mountains of Greater Taipei on the final day of the National Day holiday.

Moisture is expected to ease on Monday before the next northeast monsoon wave strengthens around Wednesday.

Forecasters also said they are monitoring a possible tropical disturbance that could develop next week, with cooler mornings and evenings prompting calls for residents to carry a light jacket.

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The northeast monsoon that chilled Taiwan this week will weaken on Thursday, October 8, as the National Day holiday approaches, sending temperatures higher, though northern and eastern Taiwan will still catch brief afternoon showers, according to the Central Weather Administration and weather forecasters.

The north coast, Yilan and Hualien remain on the windward side with intermittent rain, while central and southern Taiwan stay mostly clear.

Forecasters expect moisture to taper off through the long weekend, with rain concentrated north of Taoyuan on October 9th before a fresh northeast monsoon returns around October 14th.

Taiwan is in for a cooler, wetter National Day long weekend.

The Central Weather Administration says a northeast monsoon will push temperatures down, with central and northern Taiwan likely to see lows near nineteen degrees Celsius before October tenth.

The north coast, Yilan, and Hualien are expected to face the heaviest showers.

Friday and Saturday, October ninth and tenth should be the wettest days, with brief showers across Keelung's north coast, Yilan, Hualien, and greater Taipei.

though brief showers will persist across greater Taipei, the eastern half of the island, and the Hengchun Peninsula, with afternoon rain spreading to areas from to Taichung and south of Jiayi.

Another monsoon surge is expected next week, pushing lows down to around 20 degrees Celsius, and possibly into the teens in some areas, according to the Central Weather Administration.

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Taiwan's benchmark TAIX rose 122.25 points, or 0.25%, to a record close of 48,475.74 on Thursday, capping a third straight weekly gain of 451 points as funds rotated into passive component and memory chip stocks.

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The Central Weather Administration says a tropical depression is expected to strengthen into Tropical Storm Choy Wan within 24 hours and curve north toward Japan, posing no direct threat to Taiwan.

Japan has issued gale warnings for the system, which some forecasts suggest could reach strong typhoon strength.

Separately, two waves of northeast monsoon are set to arrive, bringing rain and cooler temperatures to northern and eastern Taiwan beginning around October 2, with lows in the north potentially dipping to 21 degrees Celsius early next week.

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The Central Weather Administration said two waves of northeast monsoon will arrive from October first, bringing brief showers to northern and eastern Taiwan and lowering daytime highs to twenty-eight to thirty degrees Celsius in the north and in Yilan and Hualien, where Yilan could see heavier rain.

The south will stay warmer.

Typhoon Surigae, the season's twenty-fifth storm, is weakening as it moves northeast south of Japan.

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The Central Weather Administration has issued a heat advisory for September twenty-ninth covering eleven counties and cities, including Taipei and New Taipei, where local highs may reach thirty-six degrees Celsius on the first working day after the mid-autumn holiday.

Forecaster Tsai I-chi said a northeast monsoon will strengthen from October first, bringing brief showers to the Keelung North Coast, Yilan, and Hualien, and easing northern and eastern Taiwan highs to thirty to thirty-one degrees Celsius.

Typhoon Surigae, this year's twenty-fifth, briefly strengthened to a strong typhoon before weakening back to a medium typhoon and is forecast to curve northeast toward Japan without affecting Taiwan.

It is forecast to turn north toward Japan, but its outer bands are expected to bring rain to northern Taiwan beginning Thursday, October first, with temperatures dropping.

The Central Weather Administration said the shift could leave parts of the north wet for roughly three days.

Surieghe is not expected to make landfall in Taiwan.

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Taiwan is baking under an Autumn Tiger heatwave during the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, with southern regions expected to reach thirty-six degrees Celsius and child heat illness hospital visits already at one hundred and forty-four this month.

The Central Weather Administration said mostly sunny weather would continue through Wednesday, ideal for moon viewing, with Typhoon Surige turning north over the weekend and posing no threat to Taiwan.

A northeast monsoon is forecast to arrive on October first, bringing cooler temperatures and rain.

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Typhoon Surige is forecast to turn north on Saturday and pull away from Taiwan, sharply reducing its impact on the island as the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday begins.

The Central Weather Administration said the storm, currently about fifteen hundred kilometers east-southeast of Taiwan, will turn northeast as the Pacific High weakens.

That leaves mostly clear skies and good moon-viewing conditions through the four-day break, with daytime highs reaching thirty-four degrees Celsius in some areas.

A new northeast monsoon is expected to strengthen on September thirtieth, bringing cooler and wetter weather to northern and eastern Taiwan.