On the afternoon of March 17, through monitoring on satellite cloud images, weather radar images, and lightning positioning, thunderstorms are developing, causing showers and thunderstorms in the provinces of Ca Mau, Bac Lieu, Hau Giang, Tien Giang, An Giang, Dong Thap.
In the coming hours, thunderstorms will continue to develop, causing showers with thunderstorms and lightning in the above areas, then thunderstorms tend to expand and spread to other neighboring areas.
Rainfall is generally from 2-15 mm, in some places over 15 mm. During thunderstorms, beware of tornadoes, lightning, hail, strong gusts of wind of level 5-8 (8-21 m/s), heavy rain causing local flooding.
Weather forecast for the next 24-48 hours, the continental cold high pressure will be stable, and will strengthen again from the night of March 17. Above, the subtropical high pressure with an axis through the Central - Central region is operating stably.
Weather forecast for the next 3 days, the continental cold high pressure will continue to strengthen after stabilization; from March 20, it will gradually weaken. Above, around March 21-22, the subtropical high pressure tends to lift its axis to the North, cross the Central region and operate strongly, around March 24-25, weakly retreating to the East.
Weather forecast for the South is strong sunshine, the highest temperature ranges from 34 - 36 degrees Celsius, especially in some places it can reach 38 degrees Celsius. The humidity makes the outdoor air hot and dry, unseasonal thunderstorms appear on March 23 - 25.
