The main entrance to the Academia Sinica building in Taipei’s Nangang District is pictured on Tuesday. The team discovered that a weakening of atmospheric circulation during winter would contribute to a reduction in rainfall in winter and spring, he said. Reduced winter rainfall would affect farmers’ ability to sow rice in the spring, he added. For northern Taiwan, springtime southwesterly winds are an important annual source of rain, he said. Typhoons that do occur at latitudes above 20 degrees north latitude would become stronger, and those south of that latitude would become weaker, he said.

Source: Taipei Times November 14, 2020 15:56 UTC