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Snow falls mainly in the western region on the night of the 2nd, and it is expected that there will be a lot of snow all over the country between the evening of the 3rd and the dawn of the 4th. The Meteorological Administration said on the 2nd, “Because of the influence of weak pressure valleys advancing southeast from the west sea, between 6pm and early morning on the 3rd, there were places where snow once came about 1~3cm in the southwestern part of Gyeonggi, the Chungnam area, Jeonbuk, and the Jeju mountains. , North of Honam, in the interior of western Gyeongnam, there will be places where snow blows.” The Meteorological Administration said, “This snow can accumulate on the road even if it snows a little because the temperature is low at around 3 degrees below zero and traffic is relatively low,” and advised us to pay special attention to pedestrian and traffic safety.
The Meteorological Administration also predicted that “the snow that started in the metropolitan area, Gangwon Yeongseo, and northern Chungnam on the evening of the 3rd will expand to the entire Chungcheong area, Jeollabuk-do, and inland northern Gyeongbuk at night due to the impact of the pressure valley coming from the northwest. Snow is expected to continue until early morning on the 4th in the metropolitan area and northern Yeongseo of Gangwon, northern Chungnam, and early morning in the rest of the region. It may rain in the southern regions and Jeju. The Meteorological Administration predicted that there will be places in the east coast of Gangwon where snow falls between the night of the 3rd and the dawn of the 4th.
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Estimated snowfall is 3~10cm in the north and east of Gyeonggi Province, inland and mountainous area of Gangwon, inland in the metropolitan area, inland in Chungnam, Chungbuk, inland in eastern Jeonbuk, inland in northern Gyeongbuk, 1~5cm in mountain in northeastern Gyeongbuk, west coast of Chungnam, inland in western Jeonbuk, inland in northeastern Jeonnam. , Inland of western Gyeongnam, around 1 cm of Ulleungdo and Dokdo. In case of rain, precipitation is expected to be less than 5 mm in the central region (excluding the east coast of Gangwon), around 5 mm in Jeonbuk, Gyeongbuk inland, Honam area, western inland Gyeongnam, Jeju Island, Ulleungdo and Dokdo.
The Meteorological Administration said, “Snow or rain lasts for about 6 hours in each region, and there are cases where it falls strongly, so the visibility distance is very short and there are many places where the roads are slippery.” There are many roads, so you should pay special attention to pedestrian safety and traffic safety.”
The Meteorological Office predicted that the morning of the 3rd will continue to flow in cold air from the northwest, so that the morning temperature will be around -15 degrees Celsius in the inland and mountainous areas of Gangwon, and around -10 degrees Celsius in the other central inland and northern North Gyeongsang Provinces. On the 3rd, the lowest temperature in the morning of the country is -14 to 2 degrees below zero, and the highest temperature in the daytime is 0 to 7 degrees, and the morning of the 4th morning, the minimum temperature is expected to be 11 to 3 degrees.