Nearly 80 million people across the US East Coast are on guard against a cold air mass from the Arctic this weekend.
Extreme cold warnings are in effect in most of the Northeast and Central Atlantic regions. The morning of February 8th is the coldest morning of winter in the Northeast region.
The temperature perceived by the wind has dropped to extremely cold levels from the Five Lakes to Carolina in the early morning of February 7, and is expected to be even lower.
Along with extreme cold temperatures and strong gusts, snow is gradually decreasing in the New England coastal area. An uncomfortable inverse low pressure trough has formed in this area and brought some localized heavy snowfall, with some snow bands reaching about 6.3 cm/h.
With temperatures dropping to a one-digit level in most northeastern regions and winds continuing to whistle strongly, the perceived wind temperature will be below 0 degrees Celsius throughout the northeastern region.
Extreme cold warnings are in effect in most of the northeast region, including Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont.
Places like New York City, Boston and Buffalo will experience feelings of cold due to winds at minus 10 degrees Celsius. Skin frostbite can occur within 30 minutes or less during severe cold spells.
New York City is experiencing its coldest winter in more than 20 years. The last time it was cold like this in the first week of February was in the winter of 2002-2003. Boston is experiencing its coldest winter in more than a decade.
Meanwhile, places in northern New York state and the northernmost part of New England may experience feelings of cold due to winds dropping to minus 20 and 30 degrees Celsius.
By the morning of February 9th, it was still cold but starting to warm up throughout the northeast region with the wind gradually weakening and the cold no longer as harsh as this weekend.
Gradually, in the coming week, the warming trend is expected to occur throughout the east.
Meanwhile, in Vietnam, on August 8, cold air has affected the Northeast region and some places in the Northwest region, causing rain, scattered showers, and thunderstorms in some places; the temperature dropped by about 1-3 degrees Celsius.
Day and night of February 8th, cold air continues to affect other places in the Northwest, North Central and Central Central regions.
On land, northeast wind level 3, coastal areas level 3-4.
From February 8th to the early morning of February 9th, the North and North Central regions will have rain, showers, and thunderstorms in some places.
From the afternoon of February 8-9, the North will be very cold, the mountainous areas will be severely cold; the North Central region from the afternoon of February 8 will turn cold, with some places being very cold.
The lowest temperature in this period in the North is commonly 10-13 degrees C, mountainous areas 7-10 degrees C, high mountainous areas in some places below 3 degrees C; North Central region is commonly 12-15 degrees C.
Weather forecast for Hanoi area on the day and night of February 8th: rain, showers; from the afternoon of February 8th to February 8th, it will be very cold, with the lowest temperature of 10-12 degrees Celsius.
