Low pressure area off the East Sea likely to strengthen into storm

The East Sea is likely to welcome a tropical depression or storm in the next 2-3 days. From August 25, the North and the area from Thanh Hoa to Hue are likely to have moderate to heavy rain over a wide area.

The North will have many rainy days from now until the end of the month. Illustration photo: Hoang Minh

This afternoon, August 21, the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting provided information on the development of the low pressure area near the East Sea and thunderstorms in the coming days.

Specifically, a low pressure area is currently operating in the eastern part of the Philippines. At 1 p.m., the center of the low pressure area is located at about 14.5-15.5 degrees North latitude; 126.5-127.5 degrees East longitude, in the sea east of the Philippines.

It is forecasted that in the next 24-36 hours, the low pressure area will move in a West-Northwest direction, traveling 15-20km per hour, into the East Sea and is likely to strengthen into a tropical depression.

After forming, the tropical depression is likely to continue to strengthen into a storm with a probability of 60-70%, moving rapidly towards the Gulf of Tonkin in the next 2-3 days.

Due to the influence of the low pressure circulation, later a tropical depression that is likely to strengthen into a storm, in the coming days, the northern and central areas of the East Sea (including the Hoang Sa special zone) and the Gulf of Tonkin will have increasingly strong winds and bad weather; vessels operating in these waters need to take precautions and ensure safety. In addition, from August 25, in the North and the area from Thanh Hoa to Hue, there is a possibility of widespread moderate to heavy rain.

In the immediate future, from this evening to the night of August 22, the mountainous areas of the North will continue to have moderate rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms with common rainfall of 40-100mm, locally very heavy rain over 250mm.

In addition, this evening and tonight, other places in the North and Thanh Hoa will have scattered showers and thunderstorms with rainfall of 10-30mm, locally heavy rain over 70mm; from Gia Lai to Lam Dong and the South, there will be rain, moderate rain and thunderstorms with rainfall of 20-40mm, locally heavy rain over 80mm.

Warning of risk of heavy rain (>100mm/3h). Thunderstorms may cause tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong gusts of wind.

Further assessment of the weather in the regions from the night of August 23 to August 31, the meteorological agency said that in the North on the night of August 23, there will be scattered showers and thunderstorms, with some places having heavy rain; in the mountainous areas, there will be rain, moderate rain and thunderstorms, with some places having heavy to very heavy rain.

Notably, from August 25-27, when the tropical depression or storm is likely to move towards the Gulf of Tonkin, the Northern region, from Thanh Hoa to Hue, is likely to have moderate rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms, locally very heavy rain; from August 28, there is a possibility of rain, moderate rain and scattered thunderstorms, locally very heavy rain.

From now until the end of the month, the South Central Coast region will continue to have scattered showers and thunderstorms, with some places experiencing heavy rain (rain concentrated in the afternoon and evening).

The Central Highlands and the South also have scattered showers and thunderstorms, with some places experiencing heavy to very heavy rain (rain is concentrated in the afternoon and evening).

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