The North will have a sharp drop in temperature this weekend, while the Central region will have heavy rain.

Mr. Nguyen Van Huong informed about the strong cold air mass that is about to spread to the North.

The North has just experienced the two coldest days in the strongest cold air wave since the beginning of winter. It is forecasted that today and tomorrow, December 11, the temperature in this area will increase slightly, with warm sunshine in the afternoon and cold at night and in the morning.

Mr. Nguyen Van Huong - Head of Weather Forecasting Department, National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said that around the afternoon and night of December 11, the North will be affected by the northeast monsoon. From December 12-14, cold air will continuously strengthen, causing the temperature to continue to drop.

"We estimate that around December 14-15, the mountainous and midland areas of the North are likely to experience severe cold, with average daily temperatures dropping below 15 degrees Celsius.

With such a drop in temperature, in addition to the impact on human health, crops and livestock are also affected. People in the mountainous and midland areas of the North need to have a plan to keep warm, take care of livestock and poultry as well as protect crops, and fully cover plants that are not heat-resistant," Mr. Huong warned.

Severe cold is likely to hit the mountainous areas of the North after a strong cold front arrives. (Illustration: Dac Huy)

In addition to the cold and temperature drop, according to Mr. Huong's assessment, from the night of December 10 to December 15, the impact of cold air combined with easterly wind disturbances in the Central and South Central regions, focusing from Quang Tri to Binh Dinh and Khanh Hoa, is likely to cause widespread moderate and heavy rain, affecting people's agricultural production activities.

Specifically, from the night of December 10 to the night of December 11, Thua Thien Hue to Khanh Hoa will have moderate rain, heavy rain, locally very heavy rain and thunderstorms with common rainfall of 70-150mm, in some places over 250mm.

From December 12, the Central and South Central regions will have moderate rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms, locally very heavy rain with rainfall ranging from 50-100mm, in some places over 150mm.

At sea, strong winds will occur in most of the North and Central East Sea. In particular, the North and Central East Sea, the waters of the Hoang Sa archipelago, the Gulf of Tonkin, the waters from Quang Tri to Binh Thuan will have strong northeast winds of level 6-7, waves of 3-5m high causing rough seas.

Nguyen Hue

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