Cold air and rain hit, meteorological agency warns of severe cold in mountainous areas

According to him, this is the strongest cold spell since the beginning of the season and will cause the first cold spell of winter 2023-2024. In the capital Hanoi, the lowest temperature will drop to 17-19 degrees Celsius and on the night of November 13, it is likely to drop to 16 degrees Celsius.

*Mr. Nguyen Van Huong, Head of Weather Forecast Department, National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting. Photo: Mai Dan*

Mr. Nguyen Van Huong said that on the evening of November 12, cold air will affect the mountainous and midland areas of the North, then the plains, then the North Central, Central Central and some places in the South Central. Due to the influence of cold air, from tonight, the weather in the North will have the lowest temperature at night and in the morning of about 16-19 degrees Celsius, in the highlands below 15 degrees Celsius.

The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting predicts that from tonight until around November 14-15, there will be a cold spell, with localized cold in mountainous areas.

Notably, due to the impact of cold air combined with the East wind zone, the North and Central Central regions, then the South Central region will experience widespread heavy rain from tonight until about November 16-17. According to forecasts, the total rainfall in the area from Thua Thien Hue to Quang Nam is 300-500mm, with some places over 500mm.

“With such rain forecast, there is a possibility that the North and Central Central regions will experience a flood, focusing on Thua Thien Hue, Da Nang , Quang Nam and Quang Ngai. The river water level this time is likely to reach alert level 2, alert level 3, and at times above alert level 3,” Mr. Huong noted.

Therefore, he warned that on land, the impact of cold air and rain will cause severe cold in mountainous areas, affecting crops and livestock. Thunderstorms accompanied by tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong gusts of wind can affect agricultural production, break trees, damage houses, traffic works and infrastructure. Heavy rain in the Central region is likely to cause flooding in urban and coastal areas such as Da Nang, Thua Thien Hue, Quang Nam and Quang Ngai.

At sea, with strong winds of level 6, gradually increasing to level 7, appearing in many areas in the Gulf of Tonkin and the Central Coast, waves of 3-4m high, or even higher, are likely to affect the activities of ships and other activities at sea in coastal areas as well as offshore in the North and the middle of the East Sea, including the Hoang Sa island district.

As for the weather in Hanoi, from tonight it will turn cold with the lowest temperature of 17-19 degrees Celsius and tomorrow night (November 13), the temperature will drop further to 16-17 degrees Celsius.

northern-winter-season-relief-16936400983501874258164(1).jpg — Due to the impact of cold air combined with the East wind zone, the North and Central Central regions, then the South Central region from tonight until about November 16-17 will experience widespread heavy rain.

Previously, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, November 13 is likely to be the coldest day of this period with the lowest temperature possibly falling to 16-18 degrees Celsius. Then, from November 14, the temperature will gradually increase. But on November 16, there is a possibility of another cold air mass flowing down, maintaining low temperatures in the capital Hanoi and the northern provinces for the next week.

From November 12, in the North East Sea (including the waters of Hoang Sa archipelago), there will be strong northeast winds at level 6, then gradually increasing to level 7, sometimes level 8, gusting to level 9, waves 3-6m high, rough seas. From this evening, in the Gulf of Tonkin, there will be strong northeast winds at level 6, then gradually increasing to level 7, gusting to level 8-9, waves 2-4m high, rough seas.

From November 13, the sea area from Quang Tri to Quang Ngai and the northern part of the Central East Sea will have northeast winds gradually increasing to level 6, gusting to level 7-8, waves 2-5m high, rough seas.

Strong winds and large waves at sea are likely to affect boating and other activities.

On the morning of November 12, the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said that from the evening of November 12 to the evening of November 13, in the area from Thanh Hoa to Nghe An, there will be moderate rain, heavy rain, some places with very heavy rain and thunderstorms with common rainfall of 50-100mm, some places with over 150mm. From the evening of November 12 to the night of November 13, in the Ha Tinh area, there will be moderate rain, heavy rain, some places with very heavy rain and thunderstorms with common rainfall of 80-150mm, some places with over 200mm. From the early morning of November 13 to the night of November 13, in the area from Quang Binh to Phu Yen, there will be moderate rain, heavy rain, some places with very heavy rain and thunderstorms with rainfall of 70-120mm, some places with over 170mm.

In addition, from the afternoon of November 12-13, in the Northern region, there will be scattered showers and thunderstorms, locally moderate rain, heavy rain with rainfall of 15-30mm/24 hours, in some places over 50mm/24 hours.

On November 14, in the southern Ha Tinh region, there will continue to be moderate rain, heavy rain, and in some places very heavy rain with common rainfall from 20-50mm, and in some places over 70mm. From the night of November 14, the rain will decrease. From November 14-17, in the area from Quang Binh to Phu Yen, there will be moderate rain, heavy rain, and in some places very heavy rain with common rainfall from 200-400mm, and in some places over 600mm.

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