According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, today (December 17), the area from Ha Tinh to Da Nang city and the east of the provinces from Quang Ngai to Dak Lak will have rain, showers, locally heavy rain and thunderstorms. Rainfall from 7am to 3pm on December 17 locally, there are monitoring stations measuring over 50mm such as: Hoa My Lake station (Hue city) 56.8mm, Ba Na station (Da Nang) 71.4mm, Pho Phong station (Quang Ngai) 74.2mm, An Quang (Gia Lai) 62.2mm, ...
Hue city, Da Nang city and eastern provinces from Quang Ngai to Dak Lak on the night of December 17 are forecast to have rain, showers and thunderstorms with rainfall from 10 - 30mm, locally heavy rain over 50mm.
During thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong gusts of wind. Localized heavy rains are likely to cause flash floods on small rivers and streams, landslides on steep slopes and flooding in low-lying areas.
Regarding the sea weather, Huyen Tran monitoring station has strong northeast winds of level 6; Phu Quy station has gusts of level 7; Ly Son station has gusts of level 7.
On the night of December 17 and December 18, the sea area from South Quang Tri to Quang Ngai and the northern sea area of the central East Sea will have northeast winds of level 5, sometimes level 6, gusting to level 7 - 8; rough seas; wave height 2 - 3.5m.
The North East Sea area (including Hoang Sa special zone) has northeast winds of level 6, especially in the northeast, sometimes level 7, gusting to level 8 - 9; rough seas; wave height 3 - 5m.
The sea area from Gia Lai to Ca Mau and the western sea area of the South China Sea (including the western sea area of Truong Sa province) will have northeast winds of level 6, gusting to level 7 - 8; rough seas; wave height of 2 - 4m.
In addition, on the night of December 17 and December 18, the South China Sea (including Truong Sa special zone), the sea area from South Quang Tri to Dak Lak will have scattered showers and thunderstorms. During thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes and strong gusts of wind.
On the night of December 18 and December 19, the northeastern sea area of the North East Sea will have strong northeast winds of level 6, gusting to level 7 - 8; rough seas; waves 2 - 4m high.
The sea area from Khanh Hoa to Ca Mau and the western sea area of the South China Sea (including the western sea area of Truong Sa) will have strong northeast winds of level 5, sometimes level 6, gusting to level 7 - 8; rough seas; waves 2 - 3m 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.
