People burn wood to keep warm in cold weather. (Photo: VNA)The northern region and the provinces of Thanh Hoa and Nghe Anwill experience cold air from now until the end of 2022.
The northern mountain provinces will be affected by cold weatherand are likely to see rain on December 28 and 29.
The average temperature across the country from January to March2023 is forecast to be approximately the average over recent years.
The temperatures in the Central Highlands and the southern regionare expected to be lower than the average by 0.5 degrees Celsius.
In February 2023, the temperature in the northern region isforecast to be higher than the average by 0.5 degrees Celsius.
Hoang Phuc Lam, Deputy Director of the National Centre forHydro-Meteorological Forecasting, said the total rainfall in the northern regionfrom January to February 2023, is predicted to be lower than the average ofmany years by 5-15mm. While it is forecast to be higher by 10-30mm in the centraland southern central regions.
The total rainfall in the Central Highlands and the southernregion are also 5-20mm higher than the average.
Regions across the country will see the water level in rivers andstreams changing slowly and tend to decrease in the first three months of 2023.
Water shortages are likely to appear in the northwest regionduring the dry season of 2023.
Regarding the tides, Lam said the southern coastal area willexperience seven high tides from the second half of December 2022 to March2023, with the first high tide from December 21-29./.
VNA
