Zheng Mingdian, director of the Bureau of Meteorology, said that this year's spring rain is not obvious, and it may have to wait until the rainy season.

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[Reporter Zhan Shihong/Yunlin Report] Taiwan has experienced the biggest drought in recent years since the beginning of spring, and many reservoirs have been warned. Zheng Mingdian, director of the Meteorological Bureau, was interviewed in Yunlin County today (8th) and said that the spring rain will be less obvious, and the rainfall I'm afraid I have to wait until the rainy season, the rainy season is "very reliable" and there will definitely be rain.

Zheng Mingdian pointed out that the drought is expected, and the dry season and wet season in southern Taiwan are obvious. When the wet season is about to end, how much water will be stored in the reservoir is to know whether there will be water shortage in the next year. This year is expected There is also an anti-El Nino phenomenon, the spring rain will be less obvious, so the probability of water shortage will be relatively high, and the water may have to wait until the rainy season.

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Zheng Mingdian said that the general spring rain refers to the rain that falls from February to April. February to March is the main rainfall period. April is the most difficult to predict, and the rainfall in April depends on whether the tropical system is close. At present, it seems that There is no signal; and the rainy season starts later and later in terms of climate, but the rainy season is very stable and reliable. Even if the so-called "dried plums" do not have a rainy season, the amount of rainfall is still heavy, which is also the beginning of the rainy season .

Zheng Mingdian said that, generally speaking, the rainy season falls in May and June, starting on May 20 on average. In recent years, it has been extended to the end of May and early June. This year is almost the same. The rainy season is very reliable, no matter how rare, There will still be rain.