TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Due to a southwesterly airstream and a lingering weather front, heavy downpours are forecast across Taiwan over the next five days, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) said on Wednesday, advising the public to take precautions. On Friday and Saturday there will be showers and thunderstorms around the country caused by the southwesterly airstream and frontal system. In some areas the rainfall will be designated extremely heavy or higher, the CWB forecast. Meteorologist Wu Der-rong (吳德榮) forecast unstable weather for Wednesday with brief showers or thunderstorms in some areas. On Friday and Saturday, as the front moves gradually southwards and a southwesterly air current reaches Taiwan, the weather will be more erratic, including thunderstorms, gale force winds and sudden heavy downpours, according to ECMWF data, Wu said.

Source: The China Post May 31, 2017 03:45 UTC