2024-01-23 12:19:00
On the 23rd, when the Arctic cold wave arrived, the mudflats at Maehyang-ri Port, Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi-do were frozen solid, causing ships to stop and picturesque patterns to appear. This cold spell is expected to continue until the morning of the 25th, with temperatures gradually rising starting during the day./Yonhap News
On the 23rd, the perceived temperature on the way to work in Seoul was -21.7 degrees Celsius, the coldest this year. The Korea Meteorological Administration announced on the 23rd that this severe cold will continue on the 24th. The Arctic cold wave has receded, but a continental cold wave originating from China will hit and the entire country will be frozen until the 25th.
According to the Korea Meteorological Administration, on the 24th, the Korean Peninsula will be affected by a cold continental high pressure expanding from northern China, and strong cold and dry winds will come in. The Arctic cold wave that froze the entire country on the 23rd will not blow for the time being as the wind path leading to the Korean Peninsula is blocked. However, continental cold waves continue to hit the already frozen Korean Peninsula. The lowest temperature on the morning of the 24th was forecast to be -18 degrees to -2 degrees, and the highest temperature during the day was forecast to be -5 degrees to +3 degrees.
On the 23rd, the mercury was the lowest this year, with the temperature on the way to work in Seoul reaching -14 degrees Celsius. It was a similar level to -14.7 degrees Celsius on December 22 last year, when a similar Arctic cold wave hit, and it felt like -21.9 degrees Celsius. With strong winds blowing, the perceived temperature nationwide was regarding 5 to 7 degrees lower than the actual temperature. During the coldest time last year, the Arctic cold wave and the continental cold wave entered the Korean Peninsula at the same time, but this time, the Arctic cold wave and the continental cold wave are arriving one following the other.
Citizens are wearing thick clothes and going to work at Gwanghwamun intersection in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the morning of the 23rd when a cold wave warning was issued for Seoul and the metropolitan area./Newsis
As the continental cold wave meets warm water vapor from the West Sea and creates snow clouds, heavy snow will fall mainly in the Chungcheong and Jeolla regions and Jeju Island until the 24th. The expected snowfall amount for the 23rd and 24th is 1~10cm in the Chungcheong area, 2~20cm in the Jeolla area, 3~50cm in Jeju Island, and around 1cm in other areas. As snow changes to rain during the day, precipitation of 10 to 40 mm is expected in Jeju Island and 5 mm and 5 to 20 mm in Chungcheong and Jeolla regions, respectively. If snow and rain freeze overnight, ice and thin ice may form on the roads, so caution is required.
As the Earth gradually heats up due to climate change, predictable monthly and seasonal barometer patterns are collapsing. Warming basically creates heat waves and tropical nights (lowest temperature above 25 degrees). In early December last year, temperatures in Korea soared to a high of 20 degrees, reminiscent of early summer. In Jeju Island, ‘winter’ has already disappeared seasonally.
However, climate change is not only causing hot weather. Climate change is also why icy winds of -45 degrees Celsius, which should be confined to high latitudes, suddenly reach the Korean Peninsula, like this Arctic cold wave. As the high-latitude ‘jet stream’ that protects once morest Arctic cold waves is loosening, an unusual phenomenon is occurring in which cold winds from the Arctic are hitting Korea directly. This winter alone, Arctic cold waves have already struck twice. In Korea, it is considered that the peak of cold has passed once the seasonal cold spell has passed, but now it is no wonder that unusual cold waves come at any time.
This cold spell is expected to continue until the morning of the 25th, but the temperature is expected to recover as the Korean Peninsula enters the area of high pressure during the day. This weekend, temperatures across the country are expected to rise to normal levels, from a minimum of -8 degrees to +1 degrees, and a maximum of 1 to 9 degrees.
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