At noon on April 1, the sky in Ho Chi Minh City was foggy, with rain in many areas. Monitoring on satellite cloud images, weather radar images and lightning positioning shows that the thunderstorm area is developing, causing rain with thunderstorms and lightning in the Can Gio area, Thu Duc City, Cu Chi District (HCMC). In addition, thunderstorms from Dong Nai and Vung Tau are tending to move East - West towards Ho Chi Minh City.
In the next 0-3 hours, thunderstorms will continue to develop, causing showers, accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning in the above districts, then expanding from the East - West to other neighboring areas such as the central area, Districts 7, 12, Go Vap, Nha Be, Hoc Mon, Binh Tan, ...
Rainfall is generally from 5-20 mm, in some places over 25 mm. During thunderstorms, beware of tornadoes, hail and strong gusts of wind of about level 5-7 (8-17 m/s), heavy rain causing local flooding.
According to the Southern Hydrometeorological Station, the thunderstorms are caused by stable continental cold high pressure and gradually weakening. Above, the subtropical high pressure with an axis through the Central region is stable. The equatorial low pressure trough with an axis at about 5-8 degrees North latitude will maintain its intensity.
From now until April 3, Ho Chi Minh City will have scattered showers and thunderstorms with the possibility of moderate to heavy rain locally.
