Today, September 7, the Central region has showers and localized thunderstorms. The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting forecasts that in the late afternoon and night of September 7, the area from Quang Tri to Da Nang city, the eastern province of Quang Ngai and the Central Highlands will have showers and scattered thunderstorms with rainfall of 10 - 30mm, locally heavy rain over 70mm.
The Southeast region has scattered showers and thunderstorms with rainfall of 10 - 20mm, locally heavy rain over 50mm.
In thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong gusts of wind. Thunderstorms accompanied by tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong gusts of wind can affect agricultural production, causing trees to fall, damage to houses, traffic works, and infrastructure. Localized heavy rain is likely to cause flash floods on small rivers and streams, landslides on slopes and flooding in low-lying areas.
The meteorological agency added that rain in the Central region is about to increase. From September 9, a tropical convergence zone will form in the East Sea area, with axis passing through the Central Central region.
It is forecasted that in the period of September 12-13, a tropical depression is highly likely to form on the central area of the East Sea (with a probability of about 70 - 80%; then it is likely to strengthen into a storm with a probability of about 30 - 40%).
With the scenario of tropical depression/storm appearing combined with the influence of cold air and the intertropical convergence zone, it is forecast that from about September 10-17, 2026, in the Central provinces, there is a high possibility of a widespread period of moderate to heavy rain accompanied by a high risk of tornadoes, lightning, flash floods, landslides and localized flooding.
According to current forecast data, there are 2 rain scenarios:
Scenario 1 (probability 60-70%): Heavy rain in the Central region starts from September 10th and lasts until September 16th, the center of rain is the area from Ha Tinh to Gia Lai.
Scenario 2 (probability 30-40%): Heavy rain in the Central region starts from about September 14 and lasts until about September 17, the center of rain is concentrated in the area from Nghe An to Hue city.
In addition, it is forecasted that in the period from September 9 - 12, 2026, due to the southwest monsoon potential to strengthen strong activity, thunderstorms will appear more in the Central Highlands and Southern regions.
