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| The road near Gyodae Station in Seocho-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 12th when heavy snow falls is showing traffic jams due to heavy snowfall. 2021.1.12/News1 © News1 Reporter Seyoung Lim |
On the afternoon of the 12th, a maximum of 5.0 cm of snow per hour poured into the metropolitan areas such as Seoul and southern Gyeonggi, raising concerns over whether heavy snowfall exceeding the original expectations of the Meteorological Agency. In response, the Meteorological Administration predicted that “the amount of snowfall will not increase significantly after the time when it was predicted to snow strongly.” It is explained that although strong and a lot of snow fell at once, the amount will not be much afterwards.
Meteorological Agency this afternoon <뉴스1>“There will be snow similar to the expected level,” he confirmed again.
The Meteorological Administration previously predicted that 1~5cm of snow will fall in the metropolitan area, Chungbuk, and some areas of Gyeongsangbuk-do until 0 o’clock on the 13th. Came out concerns.
The Meteorological Administration said in a notice in the first place that “the time when it snows strongly is 3-6 pm,” and predicted that the amount of snow will decrease by 6 pm around the time of work.
According to the heavy snowfall of the Meteorological Administration’s Disaster Prevention and Weather Information System, 5.5 cm of snow accumulated at the Meteorological Administration’s observatory in Sindaebang-dong, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, as of 4:50 pm. 0.5cm fell at the previous 2~3 o’clock, followed by 5.0cm in 1 hour.
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| Vehicles are running slowly at the northern end of Hannam Bridge in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, on the afternoon of the 12th when heavy snow warnings were in effect in the southeast and southwestern areas of Seoul and parts of Gyeonggi Province. 2021.1.12/News1 © News1 Reporter Yoonsung Koo |
At the observation point in Seocho-dong, Seocho-gu, where the snow that fell on the previous 6-7 days had not melted, 3.4 cm of snow piled up over an hour, recording a cumulative snowfall of 7.2 cm.
As snow was added to the existing snow at other points, the cumulative snowfall reached 2.1 cm in Jongno-gu, 2.1 cm in Gangseo-gu, 2.2 cm in Nowon-gu, 3.9 cm in Seodaemun-gu, and 1.7 cm in Eunpyeong-gu.
In the Gyeonggi area, Siheung, which had 5.8cm of snow accumulated over an hour, recorded a cumulative snowfall of 9.4cm, and Ilsandong-gu, Goyang recorded a cumulative snowfall of 5.1cm, and in the Chungcheong area, the accumulated snowfall of Hongseong 4.8cm, Taean 9.2cm, Dangjin 6.0cm, Seosan 5.5cm, etc. Showed.
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| On the afternoon of the 12th, at Lake Park in Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, officials are working on snow removal during sudden heavy snowfall. On this day, the Meteorological Administration predicted that the cold would ease from daytime and snow would fall in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province. 2021.1.12/News1 © News1 Reporter Sung Donghun |