Clear skies means cold start to the day, but worth it for the rest of the day.
I love the temperature dip. It’s a pleasant feeling compared to the brick oven-like no discernable dip in the summer.
Guy
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Nice day up on the north coast @10:45, albeit a little hazy.
No surfing, but water is clear and calm for SUP.
Best part? Nobody. Pristine, empty, quiet beach. Not a single “Wa Ga Li Gong” to be heard!
My air cleaner inside my house is a bit high. It’s usually between 2-5. So, put your masks on!
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The end of another very nice day, although I wish the air quality had been better today.
At least it wasn’t cold and rainy.
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Very strong winds and horizontal rain in Tamsui now. Be careful.
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That was a very nice stretch of weather while it lasted. 
Guy
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I’m seeing 32 degrees for the high next Wednesday. I think summer is just about here.
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We’ll be in the roller coaster of hot and cold until well past Dragon Boat festival.
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Yup, at least in Taipei and environs, we’ll have a coolish weekend, followed by rising furnace-like heat during most of next week, followed by another plunge down accompanied with some rain during the next weekend and likely beyond . . . A “roller coaster” indeed!
Guy
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Anyone keeping an eye on rainfall? There’s been nothing significant for ages, am I right?
Yes! There is some discussion of water shortages, especially in southern Taiwan, here:
Guy
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Reservoir levels:
Oh … I knew things were bad in the south; north isn’t looking great either. But I have no idea how this compares to normal trends for this time of year.
Sigh, I’m supposed to be marking, which means any question about weather data leads to a thoroughly productive (/s) online investigation. Mm of precipitation by the month in Taipei (from here), for Jan / Feb / March / Total:
- 2023: 28.0 / 37.5 / 3.0 (thus far) / 68.5.
- 2022: 122.0 / 252.0 / 197.5 (for whole month) / 571.5 (no wonder I was miserable last year).
- 2021: 41.0 / 46.5 / 77.5 / 165.
- 2020: 38.6 / 29.6 / 245.5 / 313.7.
So, yeah, lower than recent years in Taipei. I had been thoroughly enjoying that with plenty of bike rides, but now I’ve starting to feel a trace of concern!
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Every time I think, Wow, this is pretty good weather, better than usual, invariably this also means water shortages on the island.
What I find “normal” or “good” is actually not, I have learned, what our industrial policy requires to keep industry going . . .
Guy
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I’m supposed to be writing, might use my marking as procrastination 
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Oh heck, that’s the background for my entire academic career. Er, “academic” “career”.
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We really need a typhoon or two, I am sorry to say.
It’s been raining/drizzling non-stop for the past three days up here on the north coast. In fact, today at 13:00, it’s actually not raining. Kind of cool.
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Does the weather here just break forecast apps?! My iPhone is predicting thunderstorms all night. But the same screen is saying there will be 0mm of precipitation.
I have no idea what’s up with that app.
I am pretty sure, however, that this is the sweet spot for weather in northern Taiwan. I am not sweating my a&& off, I am not blasting my air conditioner, I am not shivering from the damp cold in my apartment . . . I’m enjoying this while it lasts. 
Guy
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