From tomorrow (January 17th), Nghe An will experience severe cold weather.
(Baonghean.vn) - A strong cold front is moving south. Forecasts indicate that from January 17th, the North Central region will experience severe cold weather.
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| From January 17th, the North Central region, including Nghe An province, will experience severe cold weather. Photo: Xuan Hoang |
According to the National Center for Hydrometeorology, as of today (January 16th), the strong cold air mass is continuing to move southward.
Forecast: Around tonight (January 16th), the departmentcold airThis will affect the northern mountainous region of Northern Vietnam, and then will affect other areas in Northern and Central Vietnam, and some areas in South Central Vietnam.
Due to the influence of a strong cold front, there will be rain and light rain in the Northern region tonight and tomorrow morning (January 17th); from tomorrow (January 17th), there will be rain in the Central provinces, with some areas experiencing moderate rain and thunderstorms.
Tomorrow (January 17th), the weather in the northern and north-central provinces, including Nghe An, will turn very cold.severe cold(The cold spell is concentrated in Cao Bang, Bac Kan, Lang Son, Ha Giang, and Lao Cai provinces) with lowest temperatures of 8-11 degrees Celsius, 4-7 degrees Celsius in mountainous areas, and below 0 degrees Celsius in some high mountainous areas, with the possibility of further cold spells.iceSnowfall is expected; in the provinces from Quang Tri to Quang Ngai, the weather will be cold with the lowest temperatures generally ranging from 14-18 degrees Celsius; from tomorrow night (January 17th), the South Central provinces and the Central Highlands will experience cold nights and mornings; the Southern provinces will be cold at night and early morning.
From January 18th, the northern provinces will experience intensely cold weather, with frost at night and early morning, and sunny days.
From early tomorrow morning (January 17th), the northeast wind inland will gradually strengthen to level 3-4, and level 5 in coastal areas. In the Gulf of Tonkin, the central and southern coastal waters, the northeast wind will be strong at level 6-7, gusting to level 9, causing rough seas; wave height will be from 3.0-5.0m.
In the northern South China Sea (including the waters around the Paracel Islands) and the central South China Sea, strong northeasterly winds of force 7, in some places force 8, gusting to force 10, will cause rough seas; wave heights will range from 4.0-6.0m.
In the western part of the South China Sea (including the western part of the Spratly Islands), there are strong northeasterly winds of force 6-7, gusting to force 9, with rough seas; wave heights range from 3.0-5.0m.
Hanoi area: Tonight and tomorrow morning (January 17th) there will be rain and light rain; tomorrow (January 17th) the weather will turn very cold, with some areas experiencing severe cold, and the lowest temperature will generally be 8-11 degrees Celsius. From January 18th onwards, it will be very cold at night and in the morning, with sunny days.
Warning of natural disaster risk level due to strong winds at sea: level 2.
