According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, the weather in Hanoi will change in many areas in the next 3 hours.
Through monitoring on satellite cloud images, lightning positioning data and weather radar images at 2:00 PM on July 2, convective clouds are developing strongly in some wards and communes in Hanoi City.
Localities include: Co Do, Vat Lai, Bat Bat, Suoi Hai, Quang Oai, Minh Chau, Son Tay, Tung Thien, Phuc Tho... Cloud nests tend to move from Southeast to Northwest and expand.
Therefore, it is forecasted that in the next 3 hours, the above-mentioned areas and neighboring communes will have showers and thunderstorms. The thunderstorm area may expand to the city center area. In thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes, lightning and strong gusts of wind. Warning level of natural disaster risk due to tornadoes, lightning, and hail: level 1.
The meteorological agency also said that last night and this morning July 2nd, the Northern region, Thanh Hoa, Central Highlands and the Mekong Delta had scattered showers and thunderstorms, with locally heavy rain. Rainfall from 7 pm on July 1st to 8 am on July 2nd was over 70mm in some places such as: An Lac station (Lao Cai) 74. 2mm, Yen Lap (Phu Tho) 85. 6mm, Suoi Hai (Hanoi) 103. 2mm...
Forecast for the day and night of July 2nd, the Northern region, from Thanh Hoa to Hue City and the South Central Coast will have scattered showers and thunderstorms. Average rainfall reaches 10-30mm, locally heavy rain over 70mm (the area from Thanh Hoa to Hue City and the South Central Coast, the rain time is concentrated in the late afternoon and night).
In the afternoon and night of July 2nd, the Central Highlands and Southern regions will have rain, moderate rain and scattered thunderstorms with rainfall of 20-40mm, locally heavy rain over 90mm.
People and tourists should be wary of tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong gusts of wind during thunderstorms.Tourists going out need to bring umbrellas and raincoats to cope with sudden weather changes.
