Cold air appears, with the possibility of tornadoes, hail and strong winds

Early this morning (April 18), cold air affected all the northeastern provinces (including Hanoi), some places in the northwest and north central regions.

Due to the influence of cold air compressing the low pressure trough combined with convergence in the westerly wind trough above 5,000m, in the North and Thanh Hoa there has been rain, moderate rain, some places have heavy rain to very heavy rain and scattered thunderstorms, some places in the thunderstorms have strong gusts of wind level 7-10.

In the Gulf of Tonkin, there are strong northeast winds of level 6, gusting to level 9. Rough seas.

It is forecasted that today cold air will continue to affect other places in the Northwest and North Central regions.

Due to the influence of cold air today in the North Central provinces there will be scattered showers and thunderstorms in some places.

During thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes, hail and strong gusts of wind. Northeast wind inland level 2-3, coastal area level 3-4.

The weather in the Northern provinces is getting colder, and in some mountainous areas it is freezing. In the Gulf of Tonkin this morning, there is also strong northeast wind at level 5, sometimes level 6, gusting to level 7-8. Rough seas. Waves are 2-3m high. Disaster risk level: level 1.

In addition, this evening in the Northern Central Highlands and the provinces from Quang Tri to Quang Ngai, there is a high possibility of heavy thunderstorms. During the thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes, hail and strong gusts of wind./.

According to Vietnamplus