On the morning of the 7th, a citizen goes to work in Gwanghwamun, Seoul, wearing a hat attached to his coat. Reporter Lim Hyun-dong
The New Year’s cold wave, which has froze the whole country, is peaking on the 8th. It is predicted that snow will continue until the 10th in Honam, Chungnam, and Jeju.
Honam·Chungnam·Jeju snow until the day after tomorrow
According to the Meteorological Administration on the 7th, the temperature drops 5-7 degrees lower than the day on the 8th, and the minimum temperature in the morning drops from -25 to -8 degrees below zero. As the daytime temperature is also only below -12 to -1 degree, it is expected that all regions of the country will not be able to recover the temperature of the video. By major region, Chuncheon is expected to drop to -24 degrees below -24 degrees in Suwon, -18 degrees below -Seoul, 17 degrees below -Daejeon and Incheon, 15 degrees below -Daegu, 13 degrees below -Gwangju, 12 degrees below -Busan and 3 degrees below -Jeju done. With the addition of strong winds, Seoul’s expected temperature is expected to drop to -26 degrees Celsius.
Even on the 9th, the morning minimum temperature will be very low from -23 to -7 degrees Celsius, but the maximum temperature in the daytime will rise slightly from -8 degrees to -1 degrees from the previous day. The cold is expected to continue until mid-January. The Meteorological Administration said, “This strong cold will be somewhat mitigated after peaking on the 8th, but the cold will continue until the 12th with a temperature of 2 to 6 degrees lower than normal.” “It will temporarily recover the normal level on the 13th to 14th, but the 15th to 17th It will get cold again.”
On the 7th, as the wind blew across the country, the lowest temperature in the morning fell to -16 degrees below zero in Seoul, 11.8 degrees below zero in Gangneung, 12 degrees below zero in Sejong, 7 degrees below zero in Gwangju, and 5.3 degrees below zero in Busan.
The snow cloud created when the cold air meets the warm West Sea is expected to fall about 5 to 20 cm of snow by the 9th in western Honam, Jeju Island, Ulleungdo and Dokdo. In many places, it was observed that more than 50 cm of snow would accumulate. Most regions of Chungnam and Jeolla Province also have 3~10cm of snow. Additional snowfall of about 1 cm was forecast in the inland of Chungnam and parts of the western inland of Gyeongsang-do, and about 1 cm in the west coast of southern Gyeonggi and the coast of Jeonnam and southern Chungbuk.
An official from the Meteorological Administration said, “Since the snow from the night of the 6th has not melted in the sub-zero weather, but freezes, so we have to pay attention to traffic safety as ice roads have been created everywhere.” did.
Reporter Kim Jeongyeon [email protected]