On the afternoon of June 10, monitoring satellite cloud images, weather radar images and lightning positioning showed that the thunderstorm area was developing and causing rain with thunderstorms and lightning in the Can Gio area, Cu Chi district (HCMC). Thunderstorms in Long An and Tien Giang provinces also tend to move towards the southwest of Ho Chi Minh City.
In the next 0-3 hours, thunderstorms will continue to develop, causing showers, accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning in the above districts, then expanding to other neighboring areas.
Rainfall is generally from 5-20 mm, in some places over 20 mm. During thunderstorms, beware of tornadoes, hail and strong gusts of wind of about level 5-7 (8-17 m/s), heavy rain causing local flooding.
The thunderstorms are caused by a low trough with an axis through the Central region connecting with a low pressure area in the North East Sea combined with a moderate to strong southwest monsoon.
Weather forecast for the next 24-48 hours, the low pressure trough with an axis through the Central region connecting with the tropical depression is likely to strengthen into a storm. The southwest monsoon will operate at medium to strong intensity. Above, the subtropical high pressure will weaken and slowly retreat to the East.
Weather forecast for the next 3-10 days, the low pressure trough with an axis through the Central region connecting with the tropical depression is likely to strengthen into a storm making landfall in Guangdong - China, then weaken and gradually dissipate.
The southwest monsoon will operate at medium to strong intensity. Above, the subtropical high pressure will weaken and slowly retreat to the East.
The southwest monsoon will operate at medium to strong intensity, then gradually weaken. Above, the subtropical high pressure will continue to weaken and slowly withdraw its circulation to the East. Around June 16-17, activity will return strongly and encroach back to the West.
Therefore, in the coming days, the Southern region will continue to have showers and thunderstorms, with the possibility of moderate and heavy rain.
