Today, March 19, cold air continues to affect a wide area in the North and Central regions. Inland, strong northeast winds of level 2 - 3, coastal areas of level 3 - 4, some places with gusts of level 6.
The Northern region and from Thanh Hoa to Hue will continue to be cold, with some mountainous areas in the North experiencing severe cold.
Cold, severe cold, and severe cold are likely to affect livestock and poultry; growth and development of crops.
Day and night on March 19, the North and North Central regions will have the lowest temperature of about 13 - 16 degrees Celsius, the high mountainous areas of the North will have places below 10 degrees Celsius. The average temperature is about 17 - 19 degrees Celsius; some places below 15 degrees Celsius.
The Hanoi area is cold. The lowest temperature in this cold air mass is generally 14 - 16 degrees Celsius.
From Quang Binh to Hue, the lowest temperature is about 15 - 17 degrees Celsius; the average temperature is 16 - 18 degrees Celsius.
From March 20, the temperature in the Northern and Central regions will tend to increase due to weakening of the cold air.
From the night of March 20 to March 24, the Northern and North Central regions will have rain in some places at night and sunny days.
From the night of March 24 to 27, the two areas are forecast to have rain in some places, fog and scattered light fog in the early morning, sunny in the afternoon. In the Northwest region, there will be showers and thunderstorms in some places in the evening and at night, sunny during the day; from March 25, there will be hot weather in some places.
