Cold air causes severe cold, some places below 5 degrees Celsius

1.Northeast monsoon and cold

Early this morning (January 16),Cold air has affected all the northeastern provinces, the North Central region and most of the western region, causing scattered rain; In the Gulf of Tonkin, there are strong northeast winds of level 6-7, gusting above level 7. Above, the westerly wind trough is gradually moving to the east.

Forecast:Today and tonight (January 16), cold air continues to affect other places in the Northwest, then will affect some places in the Central Central region; Northeast wind inland level 3, coastal areas level 3-4.

According to the Central Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, today and tonight (January 16), cold air will continue to affect some places in the Central Central region. Photo courtesy

In the Northern provinces and Thanh Hoa, the weather is very cold with the lowest temperature commonly 10-13 degrees Celsius, in mountainous areas 7-10 degrees Celsius, in high mountainous areas in some places below 5 degrees Celsius.

In the Gulf of Tonkin and the northern East Sea (including the waters of the Hoang Sa archipelago), the northeast wind will gradually increase to level 6, sometimes level 7, gusting to level 8; rough seas. From the night of January 16, in the waters off the Central and Southern regions and the central East Sea, there will be strong northeast wind of level 6, gusting to level 8; rough seas.

2.Heavy rain in the Northwest, Viet Bac and Central regions

Due to the influence of the upper westerly wind trough combined with cold air, there will be scattered rain in the Northern provinces, especially in the Viet Bac provinces today there will be moderate rain, some places will have heavy rain (common rainfall 20-50mm/24 hours, especially in Lao Cai and Ha Giang, some places will have over 80mm/24 hours). During thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes, lightning and strong gusts of wind.

On small rivers and streams in the upper Red River basin, there is a possibility of a small flood with a flood amplitude of 1.0-2.0m. During this flood, the flood peak on the rivers will be below BĐ1.Warning:Risk of landslides in the Northern mountainous region, especially in provinces such as Lai Chau, Dien Bien, Lao Cai, Ha Giang (It is necessary to pay attention to detailed flash flood and landslide warning information down to district level in flash flood and landslide warning bulletins).

From now until the night of January 17, in the provinces from Thanh Hoa to Khanh Hoa, there will be rain, moderate rain, especially in the provinces from Thua Thien Hue to Quang Ngai, on the night of January 16 and on January 17, there will be moderate rain, heavy rain, and in some places very heavy rain (common rainfall 40-80mm/24 hours, in some places over 100mm/24 hours).Disaster risk level: level 1