The North is likely to experience snow and ice; heavy rain and cold in the Central region
(Baonghean.vn) - According to the Central Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, early this morning (December 27): The cold air mass has approached the northern border of our country.
Early this morning (December 27):The cold air mass has reached the northern border of our country.
Forecast:Today and tonight, this cold air mass will have a weak impact on the northeastern provinces; from December 28, it will strengthen and affect all the northwestern, northern and central central provinces; the wind will change direction to the northeast at level 3 inland, and level 3-4 in coastal areas.
In the Northeastern provinces and Thanh Hoa, the weather is cold; the lowest temperature is commonly 17-20 degrees, in the mountainous areas of the North, 15-18 degrees.
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Heavy rain caused kiosks at Vinh market (Vinh city, Nghe An) to be flooded rapidly on the morning of December 8. Photo: Quang An |
From December 28, in the North and North Central regions, it will be cold, in the mountainous and midland areas it will be very cold with the lowest temperature commonly 14-17 degrees Celsius, in the mountainous and midland areas 11-14 degrees Celsius.
From December 29 in the North and North Central regionscold weatherwith the lowest temperature commonly 8-11 degrees; mountainous areas 4-7 degrees; high mountainous areas below 3 degrees.
Warning:This severe cold spell will last until around January 3-4, 2019; from around the night of December 28 to December 31 in the mountainous areas of the North, there is a possibility ofsnow, ice.
In the Gulf of Tonkin and the northern East Sea (including the waters of the Hoang Sa archipelago), the wind will gradually change direction to the northeast, gradually increasing to level 6-7, gusting to level 8-9; rough seas. From December 29, in the waters off the Central and Southern regions and the central East Sea, there will be strong northeast winds of level 6, gusting to level 8; rough seas.
Warning of heavy rain, thunderstorms, tornadoes, lightning due to cold air:Due to the influence of cold air, in the Northern and North Central provinces, there will be rain, showers and thunderstorms in some places; on December 29-30, due to the combined influence of the upper westerly wind trough, in the Northern and North Central regions, there will be rain, moderate rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms in some places. During thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes, lightning and strong gusts of wind.Natural disaster risk level due to tornado and lightning: level 1
Heavy rain in Central Vietnam
In the provinces from Quang Binh to Da Nang from the night of December 27 to December 30, there will be moderate to heavy rain (common rainfall 40-70mm/24 hours).
Due to the influence of the low pressure trough with an axis at about 8-11 degrees North latitude with disturbances in the East wind zone, from now until about December 30, in the provinces from Quang Nam to Binh Thuan, there will be heavy to very heavy rain (common rainfall 50-100mm/24 hours).
Risk of flash floods, landslides in mountainous areas, flooding in low-lying areas and urban areas in provinces from Quang Binh to Khanh Hoa(Detailed flash flood and landslide warning information to district level in flash flood and landslide warning bulletins).
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Temperature on December 27 in regions across the country. Photo: news.zing.vn |