At about 6 pm, in Ho Chi Minh City, the sky in many places turned dark, accompanied by strongly developing thunderstorms. Some roads in the central area experienced heavy rain, causing visibility to decrease.
On Quoc Huong, Nguyen Van Khoi streets... the water level rose, causing traffic difficulties during rush hour.
Monitoring on satellite cloud images, weather radar images and lightning positioning shows that the convective cloud area is developing strongly, causing rain with thunderstorms and lightning in many areas in Ho Chi Minh City.
Areas with thunderstorms include Tan Dinh, Binh Tien, Tan Hung, Phu Dinh, Dien Hong, Dong Hung Thuan, Trung My Tay, Tan Thoi Hiep, An Phu Dong, Binh Tan, Tan Tao, Binh Tri Dong, Binh Hung Hoa, Binh Thanh, Binh Loi Trung, Thanh My Tay, Binh Quoi, An Nhon, Go Vap, Thong Tay Hoi, Duc Nhuan, Phu Nhuan, Tan Son Hoa, Tan Son Nhat, Tan Binh, Tan Son, Tay Thanh, Phu Tho Hoa, Tan Phu, Phu Thanh, Hiep Binh, Binh Trung, An Khanh, Vinh Loc, Tan Vinh Loc, Binh Loi, Tan Nhut, Binh Hung and Ba Diem.
In the next 3 hours, convective clouds will continue to develop, causing showers and thunderstorms in the above-mentioned areas, then it is likely to expand to neighboring areas. Common rainfall is from 20-100 mm, in some places over 130 mm.
During thunderstorms, people need to be wary of tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong gusts of wind at level 5-7 (8-17 m/s). Heavy rain may cause localized flooding in some low-lying areas.
According to the meteorological agency, the weather pattern causing thunderstorms is due to the low pressure trough with its axis through the North Central region being gradually compressed, combined with the Southwest monsoon operating at medium intensity. Above, the subtropical high pressure has its axis passing through the South Central region - Southern region.
