According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, there is currently a cold air mass moving south from the north.
The meteorological agency has forecast the development of cold air in the next 24 to 48 hours.
From around the night of April 4 and March 5, this cold air mass will weakly affect the mountainous areas of the Northeast.
Around the night of March 5 and March 6, the cold air will be strengthened, affecting other places in the Northeast and North Central regions, then affecting the Northwest and some places in the Central Central region.
Inland, the wind will gradually increase to level 3 - 4, coastal areas level 4 - 5, some places will gust to level 6.
The temperature in the North will gradually decrease from March 5. From the night of March 5, the North and North Central regions will turn cold, with some mountainous areas in the North experiencing severe cold. From around the night of March 6, the area from Quang Binh to Hue will turn cold.
The lowest temperature in this cold air mass in the North is generally from 12 - 15 degrees Celsius, in high mountainous areas it is below 8 degrees Celsius; in the North Central region, it is generally 14 - 17 degrees Celsius; from Quang Binh to Hue, it is generally 17 - 20 degrees Celsius.
The Hanoi area has turned cold since early morning on March 6. The lowest temperature in this cold air mass is generally 13 - 15 degrees Celsius.
Regarding another notable situation, due to the influence of the strengthening cold air combined with the strong wind in the high-altitude westerly wind zone, from March 5 to 8, the Northern and North Central regions will have scattered rain and light rain.
