Weather forecast for the next 24-48 hours, the continental high pressure will continue to strengthen to the Northeast, then strengthen more strongly, affecting other places in the Northeast and North Central regions.
The Northeast wind will be weak to moderate in the South Sea. The low pressure trough has an axis passing through the South China Sea connecting with Typhoon Fengshen in the eastern Philippines and is likely to enter the Northeast of the South China Sea tonight.
Above, the subtropical high pressure with an axis crossing the North will continue to encroach to the West, the high-altitude East wind disturbance dominating the South will tend to move to the West and weaken.
Weather forecast for the next 3-10 days, continental high pressure will continue to strengthen strongly on October 21-22, after stable activity. The low pressure trough over the South China Sea connecting with storm No. 12 will move mainly in the West Northwest direction and is likely to strengthen.
The Northeast wind will be weak in the southern seas, gradually becoming stronger from October 23-24. Above, the subtropical high pressure will operate stably, then weaken and withdraw.
Therefore, the Southern region is cloudy, sunny during the day, scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening, some places have moderate rain, some places have heavy rain, during thunderstorms, it is necessary to be on guard against lightning, strong gusts of wind and tornadoes.
In the coming days, the highest water level of the day at most stations on the Saigon River will continue to rise slowly following the high tide in early September of the lunar calendar and will be at a high level. The highest peak tide in this period is likely to appear on October 21-23.
At Phu An station, Nha Be is likely to reach 1.55-1.60 m (approximately or 0.05 m lower than alert level III). At Thu Dau Mot station, it will increase to 1.67-1.72 m (above alert level III by 0.07-0.12 m).
This is a high tide period, it is necessary to be on guard against heavy rain combined with high tides causing flooding in low-lying areas, along rivers affecting traffic and socio-economic activities in the Ho Chi Minh City area.