Central Weather Bureau |Central Weather Bureau| |Zhōngyāng
Qìxiàng Jú| |Jurisdiction||Republic of China| |Agency
executive||Tzay-Chyn Shin (辛在勤), Director-General| |Parent
Agency||Ministry of Transportation and Communications| The
Central Weather Bureau (Chinese: 中央氣象局; pinyin: Zhōngyāng
Qìxiàng Jú; often abbreviated to CWB) is the government
meteorological research and forecasting institution of the
Republic of China (Taiwan). In addition to meteorology, the
Central Weather Bureau also makes astronomical observations,
reports on sea conditions, and conducts research into seismology
and provides earthquake reports. The Central Weather Bureau is
headquartered in Taipei City and is administered under the
Ministry of Transportation and Communications. While Taiwan was
under Japanese rule, the government set up five weather
monitoring stations on the island, located in Taipei, Taichung,
Tainan, Hengchun, and Penghu. On December 19, 1897, the
Governor-General moved the headquarters to the present location
occupied