Hot weather will return to Northern and Central Vietnam next week.

According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, tomorrow (May 14th), the Northwest region will experience showers and thunderstorms, with localized heavy rain; the Northeast region will have scattered rain.

Northern Vietnam will experience hot weather starting next week. (Photo: VNN)

On May 15-16, Northern Vietnam will experience little rain, sunny weather, and hot conditions in some areas. Over the next three days, the northwestern region will experience widespread, intense heat; the plains and midland areas will experience localized heat.

Central Vietnam will experience little rain and sunny days over the next three days. From May 17-19, the area from Thanh Hoa to Phu Yen will have hot and intensely hot weather, with localized thunderstorms in the evening; from Khanh Hoa to Binh Thuan, there will be little rain and sunny days.

From now until May 17th, the Central Highlands and Southern Vietnam will experience sunny days with showers and thunderstorms in the late afternoon and evening. On May 18th and 19th, these areas will have intermittent sunshine during the day, followed by showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening, with localized moderate to heavy rainfall.

Hanoi will generally experience little rain tomorrow; sunny weather on May 15-16, with hot and humid afternoons. From May 17-19, the capital will experience localized heatwaves.

Explaining the 'record-breaking' heatwaves, each 'volcano-like' episode lasts 5-7 days.

The peak of the heatwave is forecast to be in June-July in the North and June-August in the Central region. Each heatwave will last longer, 5-7 days. Notably, due to El Nino, the number and intensity of typhoons this year will be lower.

Nghe An breaks record for heatwave with 44.2 degrees Celsius.

On May 7th, the highest temperature recorded in Tuong Duong (Nghe An) was 44.2 degrees Celsius, surpassing the record set yesterday by Hoi Xuan (Thanh Hoa) at 44.1 degrees Celsius.

Vietnam records a new record for heatwave in Thanh Hoa with a temperature of 44.1 degrees Celsius.

At the Hoi Xuan weather station (Thanh Hoa province), the temperature recorded at 4 PM on May 6th was 43.8 degrees Celsius, and the highest temperature of the day exceeded 44.1 degrees Celsius. This is a record for the highest temperature ever recorded in Vietnam.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/thoi-tiet-nang-nong-tro-lai-bac-bo-trung-bo-vao-tuan-toi-2142800.html