On the afternoon of August 23, monitoring on satellite cloud images, weather radar images and lightning location showed that the thunderstorm area was developing and causing rain with thunderstorms and lightning in the Binh Chanh area, Hoc Mon district, District 12, District 12. Go Vap, Cu Chi district.
In the next 0 - 3 hours, thunderstorm clouds will continue to develop, causing showers, accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning in the above districts, then expanding to other neighboring areas.
Rainfall is commonly from 1-10mm, in some places it is over 20mm. During a thunderstorm, watch out for tornadoes, hail and strong winds of about level 5-7 (8-17m/s).
Forecasting the weather in the next 24-48 hours, a low trough with an axis through the Northern and Southern regions of China will remain. The southwest monsoon operates with average intensity. At high altitude, the subtropical high pressure has a horizontal axis across the Central region, gradually lifting its axis to the North and withdrawing to the East.
From 72 hours to the 10th day, a low pressure trough with an axis through the Northern region remained. The southwest monsoon operates with gradually increasing intensity. At high altitude, the subtropical high pressure with a horizontal axis across the Central region gradually weakens. Forming a low pressure trough with an axis passing through the South Central and Southern regions.
Therefore, from August 24 onwards, the Southern region's weather will have scattered showers and thunderstorms in many places, with moderate and heavy rain in some places; mainly occurs between noon and late afternoon.
Regarding high tide, the water level at stations downstream of the Saigon - Dong Nai river will decrease slowly in the next 1-2 days, then decrease rapidly. The highest peak water level of the day is above alert level I and is likely to remain until August 23.
