Citizens are walking against strong winds near Hongik University Station in Seoul, where strong rain and wind are blowing on the evening of the 6th./Yonhap News
The Korea Meteorological Administration announced on the 6th that a cold wind will blow down from the north on the 7th, a day before Ipdong (立冬), bringing early winter cold to the entire country. This wind is a cold ‘snow wind’ that blows from Siberia in winter, and when this wind starts blowing, it means that the ‘gate of winter’ has opened in our country.
According to the Korea Meteorological Administration, a cold wave was forecast for the central region and Gyeongbuk region on the 7th. A cold wave warning is issued when the minimum temperature drops by more than 10 degrees compared to the previous day. Early this month, warm and humid air continued to blow in from the south, resulting in unusually high temperatures, followed by heavy autumn rains, and the minimum temperature immediately dropped to below zero. November on the Korean Peninsula is going back and forth between hot and cold baths.
This cold wave is caused by cold winds blowing from the continental high pressure in the north during the winter. After the low pressure that brought heavy rain across the country passed through the Korean Peninsula on the 4th to 6th, the cold and dry continental high pressure in the northwest expands its power, and cold winds are expected to flow strongly into Korea along its edge. On the 7th, the Korean Peninsula will be located between low pressure and high pressure, and the wind will blow stronger along the narrow ‘wind path’ formed between the two pressure systems. A strong wind warning is in effect for most of the country, and winds of 70 to 90 km per hour, enough to blow off roofs, will blow until the morning of the 7th.
On the afternoon of the 6th, at a building construction site in Sangdo-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, a building screen is tilted due to rain and strong winds./News 1
The lowest temperature nationwide on the morning of the 7th was forecast to be 1 to 12 degrees, about 10 to 15 degrees lower than the previous day. The lowest temperature in Seoul on the 6th was 15.4 degrees, but it is expected to drop by more than 12 degrees to a minimum of 3 degrees in one day, and the perceived temperature is expected to drop to minus 1 degrees. Here, rain will fall mainly in the central region from the night of the 6th to the early morning of the 7th, and in some areas, the rain will turn into snow. The expected snowfall amount is 1 to 3 cm in the Gangwon mountains and around 1 cm in the metropolitan area and Gyeongbuk area. In the central region and inland Gyeongbuk region, thin ice is expected to form on the roads in the morning, so be careful of traffic accidents on the way to work.
This cold spell will continue on the 8th with the lowest temperature dropping to -3 degrees. After that, temperatures will fluctuate again. On the 9th and 10th, the weather will be warmer than usual with a minimum of 4 to 9 degrees and a maximum of 10 to 21 degrees. However, from the weekend of the 11th onwards, the minimum temperature will again remain below freezing, making it colder than normal. In particular, on the 11th and 12th, the morning temperature will drop to around 0 degrees, especially in the central region, and the daytime temperature will also be cold, staying around 10 degrees. From then on, the minimum temperature across the country will continue to remain below freezing until mid-November, marking the start of winter in earnest.
2023-11-06 12:31:27
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