As the cold snap hits, shoppers in Taipei put on overcoats and fur hats to go out.

(Photographed by reporter Fang Bin)

[Reporters Chen Xinyu, Cai Zhengmin, Huang Meizhu, Chen Fengli/Comprehensive Report] The cold wave broke out, and the biting cold wind brought by the cold wave that hit Taiwan last weekend is expected to weaken from today's day.

However, the strong continental air-conditioning group will report in relay on Wednesday, and it will be cold all the way until Sunday and Christmas. The low temperature in the north is 11 degrees, and the central and south are 12 degrees.

According to the observation of the Central Meteorological Bureau, the lowest temperature on Taiwan Island yesterday morning was Fuguijiao, Shimen, New Taipei City.

Seven degrees, Shimen six.

Seven degrees, Taoyuan City (tea reform field) VI.

Nine degrees.

Due to sufficient moisture on the main peak of the Snow Mountain, snow fell again in areas above 3,500 meters, while Yushan and Lala Mountains did not snow but were frozen.

As for Hehuan Mountain, Chen Jiahe, a tourist who had been waiting at the Wuling parking lot for nine hours, said that it snowed for about 20 minutes around 2:18 am.

However, Zhang Jiejun, the manager of Songxuelou, said that it was ice graupel (formed by supercooled water attached to falling ice crystals, ice beads or cracked snowflakes).

In addition, icicles also fell around Yulao Observation Deck and Lubi Mountain in Jianshi Township, Hsinchu County, and rime (water particles in the fog condense on tree branches and accumulate as frost) appeared in Taiping Mountain and Siyuan Yakou.

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The Bureau of Meteorology stated that due to the influence of the cold front this morning, it was extremely cold in various places. Some open areas north of Tainan dropped by 4 degrees.

The temperature will rise briefly tomorrow, and another strong continental cold air mass will hit on Wednesday. The dry and cold weather will continue until the early Christmas morning next Sunday.

Will it reach the intensity of the cold snap?

Lin Dingyi said that enhancements are not ruled out, and it will be clearer in a day or two.

Zheng Mingdian, director of the Meteorological Bureau, posted a satellite cloud image on Facebook yesterday, explaining that the recent weather is "a typical cold wave outbreak cloud system". Cloud Street".

Bureau of Meteorology: Typical "cold wave outbreak"

Lin Dingyi, a forecaster from the Meteorological Bureau, said that the cold advection has been very strong recently, which is a typical "cold wave outbreak" scene in East Asia. This week, waves of strong cold air relay will affect Taiwan.

Lin Dingyi explained that the low temperature in the north today is 8 to 9 degrees, and some parts drop to 6 degrees.

The central and southern regions will still be cold this morning and evening, with a large temperature difference between day and night. The central part will drop by four degrees today, and the south will be nine degrees.

The temperature dropped again on Wednesday. The temperature in the morning and evening of the whole Taiwan was low, and the temperature difference between day and night was still large. There were local short-term rains in the northern and eastern half.

The average low temperature in the north is 11 or 12 degrees, with local dips of 9 degrees, the central low temperature of 11 to 12 degrees, local dips of 8 degrees, and the southern low temperature of about 14 to 15 degrees.