Korea Meteorological Administration: Heavy Winter Rain Forecast and Cold Wave Alert 2023

2023-12-13 09:39:00
Citizens with umbrellas are walking around Chonbuk National University in Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do on the 11th when winter rain fell. 2023.12.11/News 1

The Korea Meteorological Administration announced on the 13th that heavy winter rain will fall across the country on the 14th. Rain is expected to continue until the 15th. A lot of snow will fall in the Gangwon mountains.

According to the Korea Meteorological Administration on this day, a low pressure approaching from Shanghai, China will pass through Korea on the 14th to 15th and bring rain to most areas of the country. Rain will begin to fall in the metropolitan area, Gangwon, Chungcheong, Honam, Gyeongnam, and Jeju on the morning of the 14th, and will spread nationwide in the followingnoon.

The expected precipitation for the 14th and 15th is 50~120mm in Yeongdong, Gangwon, 30~80mm in the metropolitan area, Yeongseo, Gangwon, Chungcheong, and northern Gyeongbuk, and 20~70mm in Honam, Daegu, southern Gyeongbuk inland, Busan, Ulsan, Gyeongnam, and Jeju. There will be a lot of snow in the Gangwon mountains. The expected snowfall amount is 50 to 30 cm in Gangwon Mountain and 1 to 3 cm inland.

According to the current forecast, there will be an area that will break the record for the highest daily rainfall in December ever. If torrential rain of more than 57 mm per day falls in Seoul, the record set in 1936 will be broken for the first time in 87 years.

On the 15th, 10 to 20 mm of rain per hour will pour down in the central region and Gyeongbuk region. The amount of precipitation that constitutes ‘very heavy rain’ is ’15 mm per hour.’ Also, from the 15th, strong winds of more than 55 km/h will blow in most areas of the country, enough to shake signboards, and thunder and lightning will also occur. This rain will gradually stop from the night of the 15th.

The lowest temperature on the morning of the 14th will be 3 to 11 degrees, and the highest temperature during the day will be 7 to 16 degrees, which is higher than the average temperature. The weather, which was mild for a while, will turn cold from the followingnoon of the 15th as cold air moves south from the northwest of our country. A cold wave is expected from the 16th, and the cold below freezing is expected to continue therefollowing.

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