Around December 21-22, cold air will intensify and diffuse down to the Southern region. At the same time, the low pressure trough tends to lift its axis to the North with a low pressure area over the South China Sea.
During Christmas, Ho Chi Minh City and neighboring provinces and cities are affected by the combined effects of the two weather systems above.
Therefore, the weather is generally cloudy, with light rain from the evening of December 24, with insignificant rainfall lasting through the night of December 24.
On December 25, there will be rain with the possibility of moderate rain in some places, mainly occurring from noon to evening. The lowest temperature is 20-23 degrees Celsius, the daytime is sunny with the highest temperature commonly 29-32 degrees Celsius.
Regarding high tides, in the past 24 hours, water levels at most stations downstream of the Saigon - Dong Nai river system continued to rise and remain high.
Water levels at most stations are likely to remain at or above alert level III until the end of December 17, then drop rapidly. The highest daily tide will be at or above alert level I until the end of December 19. The disaster risk level in the downstream area of the Saigon - Dong Nai River is at level 2.
