According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, on September 18, the weather in the Southern region will be cloudy with moderate to heavy rain and scattered thunderstorms, with some places having very heavy rain (rain concentrated in the afternoon and night).
Southwesterly wind level 3. Thunderstorms may cause tornadoes, lightning and strong gusts of wind.
Lowest temperature 24-27 degrees Celsius. Highest temperature 28-31 degrees Celsius, some places above 31 degrees Celsius.
According to the AirVisual air monitoring application (belonging to IQAir, a Swiss-based organization that owns a large amount of aggregated data on air quality), today's air quality in Ho Chi Minh City remains at a moderate level - 79.
In addition, on the day and night of September 18, in the Gulf of Tonkin, the sea area from Quang Tri to Ca Mau, Ca Mau to Kien Giang, the Gulf of Thailand, the northern, central and southern areas of the East Sea (including the sea areas of Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos) there will be showers and thunderstorms. During the thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes and strong gusts of wind of level 7-8.
Currently, the tide level in the western coastal area of the South is high, it is necessary to guard against abnormal water level rise causing sea dike erosion.