Frost forecast to occur in mountainous area (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – A severe cold spell began affectingthe northern and north-central regions from December 29 night, with northernmountainous provinces warned to prepare for frost and rime, according to NguyenHuu Thanh, deputy head of the Weather Forecasting Division under the National Centre for Hydro-MeteorologicalForecasting.
Thanh said that this cold spell will hit the central-centralregion and south-central regions from December 30, and then spread to the centraland Central Highlands localities and farther to the southern region fromDecember 31.
Cao Bang, Bac Kan, Lang Son, Ha Giang, Tuyen Quang, Lao Caiand Yen Bai provinces will be the areas most affected, with temperatures droppingbelow 10 degrees Celsius, and even below 0 degree Celsius in the highmountainous areas.
The expert predicted that between four to six cold spells willhit Vietnam in January, with the temperatures in the first 20 days lower thanmany years’ average.
The La Nina phenomenon will continue through the first halfof 2021, and then the climate will shift to the neutral conditions in summer2021.
As a result, heat waves in summer months of 2021 will occurin the northern and central regions later than and be less severe than in 2020.
Storms and tropical depressions are forecast to happen inthe East Sea earlier than in 2020, and hit the mainland mainly at the lastmonths of the year.
Thanh advised taking precautions against strong storms inthe entire country as well as in the East Sea with complicated developments./.
VNA
