Having just received the heaviest rain since the beginning of the year, what will the weather be like in Ho Chi Minh City in the coming days?

TPO - On the afternoon and evening of May 5, some areas in Ho Chi Minh City experienced heavy rain. The rain covered a relatively large area with the heaviest rainfall since the beginning of the year, making the weather in Ho Chi Minh City cool, but also accompanied by strong gusts of wind.

According to records from noon to early afternoon on May 5, some areas in Ho Chi Minh City such as Thu Duc City, Go Vap District, Tan Binh District, District 12, etc. had rain and gusty winds. In Thu Duc City, heavy rain and strong thunderstorms caused some trees to fall and damaged the roofs of some shops on Pham Van Dong Street.

Meanwhile, some areas in districts 5, 6, 7, 8 have cloudy skies, light winds, but no rain.

The Southern Hydrometeorological Station said that monitoring satellite cloud images, weather radar images and lightning positioning images showed that thunderstorms were developing and causing rain and lightning in the districts including Thu Duc City, Can Gio, Binh Chanh, District 8, Binh Tan District, District 11, District 5, District 10, Binh Thanh District, District 1, Phu Nhuan District, Go Vap District, Hoc Mon District, District 12, and Cu Chi District.

It is forecasted that from noon to the afternoon of May 5, thunderstorms will continue to cause showers, accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning in the above areas, then expand to other neighboring areas. Rainfall is generally from 10 - 20 mm, in some places over 25 mm. During thunderstorms, beware of tornadoes, hail and strong gusts of wind of about level 5 - 7 (8 - 17m/s).

Having just received the heaviest rain since the beginning of the year, what will the weather be like in Ho Chi Minh City in the coming days? photo 1

On the afternoon of May 5, many areas in Ho Chi Minh City had widespread rain. Photo: Traffic camera

According to the Southern Hydrometeorological Station, due to disturbances in the upper East wind zone (causing rain) tending to move inland, affecting the weather of the Southern region and Ho Chi Minh City, it is forecasted that from today (May 5) to May 8, Ho Chi Minh City area is likely to have scattered showers and thunderstorms with some places having moderate rain, beware of tornadoes and gusts of wind during thunderstorms.

In the coming days, Ho Chi Minh City will continue to experience seasonal rains. People need to be on guard against extreme weather phenomena such as gusts of wind, tornadoes, lightning, and hail that may appear during thunderstorms.

Many localities in the South have heavy rain

In addition to Ho Chi Minh City, currently in some provinces and cities in the Southern region, there have also been cooling rains after a long period of hot weather.

The Southern Hydrometeorological Station said that in the past 3 hours, monitoring satellite cloud images, weather radar images, and lightning positioning showed that thunderstorms were developing, causing showers and thunderstorms in the provinces of Ca Mau, Bac Lieu, Kien Giang, Soc Trang, Hau Giang, Tra Vinh, Vinh Long, Dong Thap, An Giang, Long An, Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Binh Phuoc, Binh Duong, Tay Ninh, etc.

In the coming hours, thunderstorms will continue to develop and cause showers with thunderstorms and lightning in the above areas, then the thunderstorms will tend to expand and spread to other neighboring areas. Rainfall is generally from 10 - 20mm, in some places over 25mm. During thunderstorms, beware of tornadoes, lightning, hail, and strong gusts of wind at level 5 - 7 (8 - 17m/s).

The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting also said that this afternoon (May 5), in the Central Highlands and the South, there will be showers and thunderstorms, with some areas having heavy to very heavy rain. The rainfall from 10am to 3pm on May 5 was over 60mm in some places, such as: Bong Krang (Dak Lak) 67.2mm, O Lam (An Giang) 110mm, Vien An (Soc Trang) 61.2mm, Tan Thanh (Ca Mau) 92.2mm, ...

It is forecasted that in the late afternoon and evening of May 5, in the Southern region, there will be scattered showers and thunderstorms, locally heavy rain with rainfall from 15 - 30mm, some places over 70mm.