According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, on October 17, the Southern region will be cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms; in the afternoon and evening, it will be cloudy with rain, moderate rain and scattered thunderstorms, locally heavy to very heavy rain with rainfall from 20-40mm, locally over 80mm. Light wind. During thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes, lightning and strong gusts of wind.
Lowest temperature 23-26 degrees Celsius. Highest temperature 30-33 degrees Celsius.
According to the air monitoring application Air Visual (belonging to IQAir, which owns a huge amount of aggregated data on air quality and is headquartered in Switzerland), today's air quality in Ho Chi Minh City is at the harmful level - 156.
During the day and night of October 17, the sea area from Binh Dinh to Ca Mau, Ca Mau to Kien Giang and the Gulf of Thailand will have scattered showers and thunderstorms. During thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes and strong gusts of wind of level 7-8.
All vessels operating in the above areas are at risk of being affected by tornadoes and strong gusts of wind.
