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Updated Thursday, December 8, 2011 0:40 am TWN, The China Post news staff

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CWB expects temperatures in Taipei to drop by 10 degrees

The China Post news staff--The abnormality of the recent weather peaked as the highest temperature during the day reached over 30 degrees Celsius in northern Taipei, yesterday, but the temperature will again drop in the following few days, according to the Central Weather Bureau (CWB).

The record-breaking temperature appeared at the Banqiao (板橋) weather station — never before had the station seen 31.2 degrees Celsius in December, the CWB said.

While northern Taiwan was scorching, Yilan and Hualien, however, endured a full morning of intense rainfall. The CWB had it that as of noon, yesterday, Hualien's Sioulin Township (秀林鄉) had accumulated 222 millimeters of rainfall, and Yilan's Nan'ao Township (南澳鄉) had 147 millimeters.

It is likely that the temperature difference between day and night could be as great as 10 degrees Celsius, Chen said.

This continental air mass will first yield some moisture then dry up, he said, pointing out that there will be a chance that snowfall might occur on the top of mountains above 3,000 meters, such as Yushan (玉山), in the upcoming two days.

As the moisture decreases over the weekend, it is likely that the temperature in open areas along the northern and northeastern coast would drop to 11 degrees Celsius in the night, Chen predicted.

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