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Tomorrow (16th) early morning, the worst yellow dust is expected to cover the Korean Peninsula.
This yellow dust is highly likely to last for more than 2 hours with an average concentration of 800㎍/㎥ for 1 hour. This’very dark’ yellow dust has been observed in about 5 years since April 2016.
The Meteorological Administration said on the 15th that “from the previous day (14th), the pressure difference between the low pressure developed in northeastern China and the high pressure near Lake Baikal has widened, and the strong winds are causing yellow dust in Inner Mongolia and the Gobi Desert in China.” Revealed.
Moreover, between the high pressure developed near Lake Baikal and the low pressure developed in northeastern China, a very strong wind of 50 to 70 km/h is blowing, and the source of yellow sand is gradually expanding to northeast China.
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In fact, in Beijing, the capital of China, the air quality index fell to’very bad’ this morning as the yellow dust started in Inner Mongolia and the Gobi Desert came down with the northwest wind. Chinese media such as CCTV said, “The most powerful yellow dust in the last 10 years.”
The yellow sand, which was blown by the strong northwest wind, is expected to flow into Beijing and Tianjin at the dawn of the 16th.
The Meteorological Administration said, “After the rain stops at the dawn of the 16th, the yellow dust will flow into the western region of Korea through the north wind.” It will be” he said.
The Meteorological Administration said, “From the 17th, the yellow dust will gradually weaken, but there is a possibility that it will continue to weaken afterwards, depending on the flow of the barometer around the Korean peninsula. In particular, there is a possibility that dense yellow dust may be observed in the western area including the metropolitan area, which is close to the inflow route of the yellow dust.”
Meanwhile, fine dust that has been covering the Korean peninsula for more than a week since the 8th is expected to be mostly resolved on the night of the 15th when a relatively clean southwest air current flows in.
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