It rained heavily during the Ching Ming Festival, even in Tainan where there had been a long drought. Tainan residents were excited to see the rain and Facebook posts expressed hope that it would also fall in Kaohsiung to help water levels. Director Zheng Mingdian of the Central Meteorological Bureau explained that the rain belt had not fully passed through Taiwan and would continue into the followingnoon. Netizens noted heavy rain in Taichung and Yunlin and cheered for it to reach Chiayi and northern Tainan. The Southern District Meteorological Center reported rain in Xibei, mountainous and coastal areas, with Xuejia District receiving the most rainfall. Although the rain was light, it helped to water roadside plants and reduce dust levels. The Tsengwen Reservoir, Wushantou Reservoir, and Nanhua Reservoir recorded accumulated rainfall but it was not significant enough to address the drought.
It rains a lot during the Ching Ming Festival! Tainan, which has not rained for a long time, even rained in the followingnoon of the first day of the holiday.Tainan people in the followingnoonFacebookPosting, it is finally raining in Tainan, I hope that the rain will fall in Tainan and Kaohsiung, so that it will help the water situation.
On the first day of the festival, due to the influence of the cloudy and rainy area in South China, there were local heavy rains in the north of the central part.Zheng Mingdian, director of the Central Meteorological Bureau, was at theFacebookThe article pointed out that the rain belt has not completely passed through, and one rain belt is hardly moving. The rain pattern is like a ribbon hanging in Taiwan, and it will continue until the followingnoon. Some people replied to Zheng Mingdian’s post in the followingnoon, notifying that it was raining in Tainan.
The Facebook fan special “Taiwan Typhoon Forum – Urgent Weather” pointed out that the cloud and rain belt in South China is passing through, and the rain from Taichung to Yunlin is not small, and emphasized that “it will also rain from Chiayi to northern Tainan!” Netizens excitedly said, “Come on! The cloud and rain belt is going south!”, “Come to Tainan!”, “Please try to get down to the catchment area!”
According to observations by the Southern District Meteorological Center of the Central Meteorological Administration, most of the accumulated rainfall in Tainan City today is in the Xibei area, with rain in the mountainous areas and along the coast. As of 3:00 p.m., the 15.5 mm in Xuejia District ranks first, followed by 14 mm in Dongshan District, and 13.5 mm in Dadongshan in Baihe District.
The drizzle began to appear at 9:00 a.m. in downtown Tainan, but due to the prolonged drought, citizens only felt cloudy, dark clouds, low temperature and drizzle. Even the staff of the Southern District Meteorological Center said that this kind of light rain was almost useless. Only a brief “rain trail” remains.
However, Tainan suffered a long drought, and the light rain is still helpful for watering the roadside plants and suppressing the dust. Many Tainan people posted on Facebook (Facebook): “It’s finally raining”, and their joy is beyond words, even a little Light rain, still brings some hope.
Tsengwen Reservoir and Wushantou Reservoir, the largest reservoirs in Taiwan that are mainly connected to irrigation, have accumulated rainfall of 11.4 mm and 4.6 mm respectively in their catchment areas; Nanhua Reservoir, which supplies water for people’s livelihood and industry in Tainan, has an accumulated rainfall of 6 mm, the rain is really not that big.
(Responsible editor-in-chief: Zhuang Yuyu)
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Despite the light rain during the Ching Ming Festival, it brought hope to the drought-stricken city of Tainan. The prolonged drought had made citizens long for rain, and even though the rain was not heavy, it was still helpful for watering roadside plants and suppressing dust. It also gave a brief respite to the catchment areas of the major reservoirs in the city. The weather bureau had pointed out that the rain belt had not completely passed through, and it will continue until the followingnoon, giving hope that more rain will fall in Tainan and neighboring cities in the coming days.
