According to the bulletin issued at 2:40 p.m. on April 21 from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, through monitoring on satellite images and weather radar images, convective clouds causing rain are active in Ba Vi district (Hanoi). This convective cloud area tends to continue to develop and expand to the east.
In fact, at present, at 3:30 p.m., some inner-city districts have recorded thunderstorms. In the next 30 minutes to 3 hours, this convective cloud area will continue to cause showers and thunderstorms in the districts of Bac Tu Liem, Nam Tu Liem, Ha Dong, Tay Ho, Cau Giay... then may spread to other inner-city districts of Hanoi city. During thunderstorms, beware of tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong gusts of wind.
The meteorological agency noted that during the changing seasons, thunderstorms, tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong gusts of wind may occur suddenly, especially in the late afternoon.
Regarding the trend of rain in the next month, the total rainfall across the country is approximately the average of many years; Particularly, Central Central and South Central region is 10 -30% lower than the average of the same period.