According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, today (December 12), the mountainous and midland areas of the North will have rain and showers. The plains will have rain in some places, the highest temperature will be 21 - 24 degrees Celsius.
Currently, the strong cold air mass in the north is continuing to move south.
Around December 13, cold air will affect the Northeast region, then spread to the North Central region, the Northwest region and the Central Central region. On land, strong northeast winds of level 3 - 4, coastal areas of level 4 - 5, some places of level 6, gusting to level 7 - 8.
The weather in the North will turn cold from December 13, the mountainous and midland areas of the North will be very cold from December 13-14, with some mountainous areas experiencing severe cold; the Northern Delta will have some places experiencing severe cold.
The North Central region will turn cold from the night of December 13.
On the day and night of December 13, the Northern region will have the lowest temperature of 13-16 degrees Celsius; the mountainous and midland areas of the North will have 9-12 degrees Celsius, some places below 5 degrees Celsius. The average temperature is 16-18 degrees Celsius; the mountainous and midland areas will have 14-16 degrees Celsius, some places in the high mountains will have below 13 degrees Celsius. The North Central region will have the lowest temperature of 14-17 degrees Celsius, the average temperature is 17-19 degrees Celsius.
On the day and night of December 14, the Northern region will have the lowest temperature of 11-14 degrees Celsius; the mountainous and midland areas of the North will have 7-10 degrees Celsius, some places below 5 degrees Celsius. The average temperature is 15-17 degrees Celsius; the mountainous and midland areas will have 13-15 degrees Celsius, the high mountainous areas will have places below 12 degrees Celsius. The North Central region will have the lowest temperature of 12-15 degrees Celsius, the average temperature is 16-18 degrees Celsius.
The lowest temperature in this cold air mass in the mountainous and midland areas of the North will generally be 7-10 degrees Celsius, in high mountainous areas, some places will be below 5 degrees Celsius; in the plains, it will generally be 11-14 degrees Celsius; in the North Central region, it will generally be 12-15 degrees Celsius.
Hanoi area will have moderate rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms on the night of December 12 and December 13, with the possibility of tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong gusts of wind during thunderstorms; from December 13, the weather will turn cold, with some places experiencing severe cold, with the lowest temperature commonly 12-14 degrees Celsius.
Due to the influence of cold air combined with convergence in the high-altitude westerly wind zone, from the night of December 12 to the end of the night of December 13, the Northern region and from Thanh Hoa to Hue city will have moderate rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms, locally very heavy rain, thunderstorms are likely to cause tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong gusts of wind. From the night of December 13 to the end of the night of December 14, the area from Quang Tri to Da Nang city and the east of Quang Ngai province will have rain, moderate rain, locally heavy rain and thunderstorms.
According to Mr. Hoang Phuc Lam - Deputy Director of the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, along with heavy rain in the North and North Central regions due to cold air, there is a risk of extreme weather phenomena such as monsoons, tornadoes and even hail.
"Cold air accompanied by rain will cause a sudden change of weather from dry cold to severe cold due to high humidity in the air, mountainous and midland areas in the North are likely to experience widespread severe cold. This is the characteristic of this cold spell" - Mr. Lam said.
The Deputy Director of the meteorological agency warned that this cold air mass, when affected by moderate to heavy rain, will have a huge impact on crops, livestock, poultry, etc.
Severe cold and severe cold also have a great impact on the health of people and livestock. Therefore, the first thing in response is to cover the crops and keep the bodies of humans and animals warm. People should not go out when there is strong thunderstorms.
