Warning of severe cold may last at least 3 days after the latest cold air mass in China led to snowfall in Shanghai.
Shanghai, located on the east coast of China, recorded the most recent heavy snowfall in January 2018.
According to Chinese state media, many other areas in the country have also recorded deep temperature drops, including Jiangxi and Guizhou provinces, located south of China's Yangtze and Huai Rivers.
Guizhou province forecasts to record temperature drops from 10 degrees Celsius to 14 degrees Celsius.
Across China, authorities have closed 241 main road sections in 12 provinces, including Shanxi, Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang, due to snowfall and slippery roads.
Meanwhile, last week, Shanghai recorded an unusually high temperature of up to 20 degrees Celsius, which local media reported caused some pangolin trees to bloom.
This year's weather seems quite strange. In general, temperature fluctuations are quite significant, so some people may feel a bit uncomfortable" - Yu Xin, 30 years old, a Shanghai resident, said.
According to the northeast monsoon and cold forecast of the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting of Vietnam, on January 20, the cold air mass was reported to continue moving south.
In the North, there will be rain in some places, the lowest temperature is commonly 18-21 degrees Celsius.
Around late afternoon and night on January 20, this cold air will affect the northeast region of the North, then affect other places in the Northeast region, North Central region, Northwest region and Central Central region.
On the mainland from the evening and night of January 20, the wind will shift to the northeast level 2-3, coastal areas level 3-4. From the evening and night of January 20 to January 22, in the North, Thanh Hoa and Nghe An there will be scattered rain; from January 21-22.1 the area from Ha Tinh to Da Nang City and the east of the provinces from Quang Ngai to Gia Lai will have rain, showers, locally moderate rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms.
In the Northern region from the night of January 20th, the weather will turn cold, and in the North Central region from January 21st, the weather will turn cold. From January 21st to around January 23rd, the Northern region will be very cold, with severe cold in some mountainous areas.
The lowest temperature in this cold air wave in the Northern region is commonly from 11-14 degrees Celsius, the Northern mountainous region 8-11 degrees Celsius, the high mountainous region in some places below 6 degrees Celsius; in the North Central region commonly 13-16 degrees Celsius.
In Hanoi, from the evening of January 20 to January 22, there will be rain, the weather will turn cold, from January 21 to around January 23, it will be very cold. The lowest temperature in this cold air wave is commonly 11-14 degrees Celsius.
