Will the cold air be very strong this evening, causing "bitter" cold in the North?

According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, currently (January 20), the cold air mass has continued to move south.

Forecast of cold air movement on land: around the afternoon and night of January 20, this cold air mass will affect the Northeast region, then affect some places in the Northwest and North Central regions. Around January 22, the cold air will be strengthened and affect other places in the North, North Central regions, then affect the Central and South Central regions. From the afternoon and night of January 20, the wind inland will gradually change to the Northeast, gradually increasing to level 2-3; from January 22, it will increase to level 3, coastal areas will increase to level 4-5, gusting to level 6-7.

From the night of January 20, the weather in the Northeast and Thanh Hoa will turn cold. From January 22, the weather in the North and North Central regions will be very cold; the area from Quang Binh to Thua Thien Hue will turn cold. During this cold air mass, the lowest temperature in the North will be from 7-10 degrees Celsius, in the mountainous areas of the North from 3-6 degrees Celsius, in some high mountainous areas below 0 degrees Celsius; in the North Central region from 9-12 degrees Celsius; in the area from Quang Binh to Thua Thien- Hue from 13-16 degrees Celsius.

Overview - Will the very strong cold air this evening cause 'bone-chilling' cold in the North? — Weather forecast for January 20, two strong cold fronts are forecast to begin moving into the North this afternoon, with cold rain. From the Central region to the Central Highlands and the South, there will be a lot of sunshine.

At sea: in the Gulf of Tonkin and the northern East Sea (including the waters of the Hoang Sa archipelago), from the evening and night of January 20, the Northeast wind will gradually increase to level 5, sometimes level 6, gusting to level 7, waves 1.5-2.5m high, rough seas; from January 22, the Northeast wind will increase to level 7, gusting to level 8-9, waves 3.0-5.0m high, rough seas.

From the afternoon and night of January 22, the sea area from Quang Tri to Khanh Hoa and the South East Sea area (including the sea area of Truong Sa archipelago) will have strong northeast winds increasing to level 6, gusting to level 7-8, waves 1.5-2.5m high, rough seas; the area between the East Sea and the sea area from Ninh Thuan to Ca Mau will have strong northeast winds of level 6-7, gusting to level 8-9, waves 3.0-5.0m high, especially from Ninh Thuan to Ca Mau 2.0-3.0m high, rough seas.

The widespread cold spell in the North and North Central regions may last for several days. During this widespread cold spell, snow and ice are likely to occur in mountainous areas.

From the afternoon of January 20-22, the Northern region will have scattered showers and thunderstorms in some places.

From January 22-24, the North and Central Central regions will have rain, scattered showers and thunderstorms, locally heavy rain. Thunderstorms may include tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong gusts of wind.

Weather forecast for Lunar New Year 2024

There is still about 1 month left until the Lunar New Year of Giap Thin, besides racing against time to complete year-end work, the weather of Tet is also something that many people are interested in, especially people in the North and North Central regions. Because in the past 10 years, the weather of Tet in this area is often sunny, warm, even hot.

According to VTV , in the past 60 years, the North has experienced 5 Dragon Tets in cold weather. In Hanoi , the lowest temperature was 11.4 degrees Celsius on the Giap Thin Tet in 1964; 11.2 degrees Celsius on the Binh Thin Tet in 1976; 7.1 degrees Celsius on the Mau Thin Tet in 1988 (this was the lowest temperature in February since 1977 up to that point); 11.5 degrees Celsius on the Canh Thin Tet in 2000; and the most recent 9 degrees Celsius on the Nham Thin Tet in 2012.

Sharing about this issue, Prof. Dr. Phan Van Tan, Department of Hydrometeorology and Oceanography, University of Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi said that during Tet, the weather in the North is not too cold, but also not as unusually hot as in some recent years. The temperature fluctuates around 20-22 degrees. There may be light rain and drizzle at night and in the morning, but there is little chance of rain during the day.

Truc Chi (t/h)

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