On the afternoon of June 9, many areas in Ho Chi Minh City and neighboring localities experienced widespread thunderstorms. According to the Southern Regional Hydrometeorological Station, through monitoring satellite cloud images, weather radar and lightning positioning, convective cloud areas developed strongly and caused thunderstorms in many areas of Ho Chi Minh City.
Thunderstorms were recorded in areas such as Can Gio, An Thoi Dong, Binh Khanh, Binh Chanh, Nha Be, Hiep Phuoc, Tan Thuan, Cho Quan, Cau Ong Lanh, Ben Thanh, Cat Lai, Binh Trung, Long Binh and many other wards and communes. The cloud area then continued to expand to the central and eastern areas of the city.
Common rainfall is from 5-25 mm, some places over 30 mm. During thunderstorms, there is a risk of tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong gusts of wind at level 5-7. Localized heavy rain may cause flooding in low-lying areas and urban areas with overloaded drainage systems.
The cause of rain is that the low pressure trough connecting to the hot low pressure area in the West is compressed and gradually moves southward, combined with the Southwest monsoon operating at medium intensity. Above, the subtropical high pressure with its axis passing through the South Central and Southern regions continues to maintain stability.
In the coming days, the weather in the South will continue to maintain a changeable cloudy pattern, intermittent sunshine during the day, scattered thunderstorms in the late afternoon and evening, with moderate to heavy rain in some places. The lowest temperature is commonly 25-28 degrees Celsius, the highest from 32-35 degrees Celsius; especially in coastal and island areas, it fluctuates from 30-32 degrees Celsius.
The meteorological agency assesses that the South is entering the heavy rain season. People need to be wary of extreme weather phenomena such as tornadoes, lightning, strong gusts of wind, hail and the risk of localized flooding in low-lying and urban areas; at the same time, be wary of the risk of landslides in hilly areas.
