‘True monsoon’ is on the way, agency says‘SPECIFIC PHENOMENON’: The Water Resources Agency said that rain forecast for this weekend might arrive in time to avoid additional restrictions in Hsinchu CountyBy Angelica Oung / Staff reporterA “true monsoon” is on its way this weekend, Water Resources Agency Deputy Director-General Wang Yi-feng (王藝峰) said yesterday, citing Central Weather Bureau predictions. However the rain so far has been from “summer storms” that do not compare in magnitude to a true monsoon, Wang said. “As the plum rain season lasts from May to June, we have gotten into the habit of calling all rainfall in that period ‘monsoon rain,’ but a true monsoon is a specific meteorological phenomenon that is far more powerful and sustained than summer storms,” he said. It would be “no problem” for the monsoon to boost that to 100mm, Wang said. Taichung, Miaoli County and northern Changhua County are under a “red” alert, meaning that the agency provides households and businesses with water for five days per week.

Source: Taipei Times May 26, 2021 15:56 UTC