In the afternoon of June 3, monitoring on satellite cloud images, weather radar images and lightning positioning showed that the convective cloud area is developing strongly, causing rain with thunderstorms and lightning in many areas in Ho Chi Minh City and neighboring provinces.
Areas with thunderstorms include: Cau Ong Lanh, Binh Tien, Tan My, Tan Hung, Phu Dinh, Dien Hong, Chanh Phu Hoa, Vinh Tan wards; Binh Hung, Nha Be, Phu Giao, Phuoc Thanh, Tru Van Tho, Bau Bang, Long Hoa, Thanh An and Dau Tieng communes.
In the next 3 hours, convective clouds will continue to develop, causing showers with thunderstorms and lightning in the above-mentioned areas, then expanding to many other localities such as Long Binh, Binh Co, Ben Cat, Long Nguyen, Dong Hoa, Binh Duong, Hoa Loi, Tan Uyen, Tay Nam wards; Tan An Hoi, Thai My, Nhuan Duc, Bac Tan Uyen, An Long, An Nhon Tay, Phuoc Hoa, Thuong Tan communes...
Common rainfall is from 5-20 mm, in some places over 30 mm. During thunderstorms, it is necessary to watch out for tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong gusts of wind at level 5-7 (8-17 m/s). Heavy rain can cause localized flooding in low-lying areas.
The cause of thunderstorms is a low pressure trough with its axis passing through the Southern - South Central region combined with southwest winds operating at medium intensity in the Southern sea area.
In the next 24-48 hours, the hot low pressure area in the West will continue to develop and gradually expand to the Southeast. The low pressure trough passing through the South Central Coast tends to raise its axis to the North and then gradually weaken. Southwest winds maintain medium intensity, while the upper subtropical high pressure weakens and gradually moves to the East.
From now until about June 10, the hot low pressure area in the West will have little change in intensity. From about June 7, the possibility of forming a low pressure trough connecting to the hot low pressure area in the West and gradually moving southward. Southwest winds continue to maintain medium intensity, causing the weather in the South to continue to have showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening.
Therefore, on June 3rd, day and night, the Southern region will continue to have showers and thunderstorms, locally heavy to very heavy rain with common rainfall of 20-40 mm, in some places over 100 mm. From June 4th, thunderstorms tend to gradually decrease.
The meteorological agency warns that thunderstorms accompanied by tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong gusts of wind can affect agricultural production, causing fallen trees, damage to houses and infrastructure works. Heavy rain also has the risk of causing flooding, traffic jams, affecting people's lives and production activities.
