According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, today, February 18, cold air has affected the Northeast region, most of the North Central region and some places in the Northwest region causing light rain in some places, the temperature dropped by 2 - 4 degrees Celsius.
On the day and night of February 18th (day and night of the 2nd day of Tet), cold air will continue to affect other places in the North Central region, Northwest region, then affect the Central Central region. On land, Northeast wind strong at level 2-3, coastal areas level 3-4 From February 18th to February 19th, in the North Central region there will be rain, scattered light rain.
The Northern region and Thanh Hoa from February 18 - 19 (from the 2nd to the 3rd day of Tet) will be cold, with deep cold in some mountainous areas.
The lowest temperature in this cold air wave in the Northern region and Thanh Hoa is commonly from 16 - 19 degrees C, mountainous areas have places below 13 degrees C.
Hanoi area has light rain in some places, from February 18 (the 2nd day of Tet) to February 19 (the 3rd day of Tet) it will be cold. The lowest temperature in this cold air wave is commonly 17 - 19 degrees C.
The meteorological agency assesses that this cold air wave is of moderate intensity, with little chance of dangerous natural disasters accompanying it.
From February 20th (ie, the 4th day of Tet), the cold air tends to weaken, causing the temperature in the North and Thanh Hoa to gradually increase.
At sea, the Gulf of Tonkin has strong northeast winds of level 5, sometimes level 6, gusts of level 7 - 8, rough seas, sea waves 1 - 2.5m high; the North East Sea area (including Hoang Sa special zone) has strong northeast winds of level 6, especially the northeast sea area sometimes level 7, gusts of level 8 - 9, strong rough seas, sea waves 3 - 5m high.
The sea area from Khanh Hoa to Ca Mau, the area between the East Sea and the sea area west of the South East Sea (including the sea area west of the Truong Sa special zone) has northeast wind gradually strengthening to level 6, gusting to level 7-8, rough seas, waves 2.5 - 3.5m high.
Strong winds and gusts, large waves at sea are likely to affect the operation of ships and other activities.
