According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, the sea weather in the current period is unfavorable due to the impact of the northeast monsoon. Currently, the northeastern sea area of the North East Sea has strong northeast winds of level 6.
Day and night of December 20, the North East Sea area (including Hoang Sa special zone) will have winds gradually increasing to level 6, sometimes level 7 at night, gusting to level 8 - 9, rough seas; winds blowing northeast, waves 2 - 4 m high.
In addition, on the day and night of December 20, the central and southern East Sea (including Truong Sa special area) will have scattered showers and thunderstorms; there is a possibility of tornadoes and strong gusts of wind during thunderstorms.
Day and night of December 21, the North East Sea area (including Hoang Sa special zone) has strong northeast winds of level 6 - 7, gusting to level 8 - 9, rough seas; waves 3 - 5 m high.
The Gulf of Tonkin has strong northeast winds of level 5, sometimes level 6, gusting to level 7 - 8, rough seas, waves 2 - 3 m high.
The sea area from Gia Lai to Ca Mau, the area between the East Sea and the western sea area of the South East Sea (including the western sea area of Truong Sa) will have strong northeast winds of level 6, gusting to level 7 - 8, rough seas, waves 2 - 4 m high.
The meteorological agency warns that the level of natural disaster risk at sea is level 2. All ships operating in the above areas are at high risk of being affected by strong winds and large waves.