The Northeast monsoon is about to flood the North after a series of peak hot days

According to weather forecasts, after the April 30 holiday, the North will welcome a weak cold air mass moving down from mainland China. The weather will change, it will rain after a series of hot days.

According to Mr. Nguyen Van Huong (Head of Weather Forecasting Department, National Center for Hydrometeorological Forecasting), during the 5-day holiday (from April 27 to May 1), the dominant weather across the country is still sunny. hot.

"Statistics over the past 10 years show that there has never been a year when the North, Central, and South had heat waves during the period April 30 and May 1. Due to the impact of the El Nino phenomenon, the temperature throughout the country was high. "More than the average for many years. In addition, this period is affected by the hot low pressure area in the West, causing a widespread heat wave during the holidays ," Mr. Huong informed.

Mr. Huong added that during the holidays on April 30, the North and Central provinces will be affected by the hot low pressure circulation in the West. In the period from April 26 to around April 30, the Northern region will experience hot and intense heat, with the highest temperature during the day in the Northwest region ranging from 36 - 39 degrees Celsius, Some places are over 40 degrees Celsius; In the Northeast region and the capital Hanoi, the high temperature is 36 - 38 degrees Celsius, in some places it is above 38 degrees Celsius.

The Northeast monsoon is about to flood the North after a series of peak hot days. (Illustration photo: TL).

Particularly in the Central provinces from Thanh Hoa - Phu Yen, there will be intense heat and especially intense heat with high temperatures of 37 - 40 degrees Celsius, in some places over 40 degrees Celsius.

The Central Highlands and Southern regions in the period from April 26 to 30 also experienced widespread heat with high temperatures of 35 - 37 degrees Celsius, in some places above 38 degrees Celsius.

It is forecast that after April 30, in the first 1-2 days of May, there will be a weak cold air mass moving down from mainland China . In the Northern region from May 1 and 2, it is likely to appear. showers and thunderstorms are returning. In the South, southwest winds also tend to appear, causing thunderstorms.

During the first days of May , the North and South need to be careful of thunderstorms, tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong winds.

The meteorological center warns that, currently in the changing season , there are frequent conflicts between air masses with different characteristics, the atmosphere becomes more unstable, so thunderstorms also occur more often than usual. other times of the year. In some cases where thunderstorms have strong convection, in addition to causing heavy rain, they may also be accompanied by hail and strong winds.

Forecasting further, from now until June (with a focus on May), there will be a period of weather changes from the cold season to the hot season, the dry season to the rainy season in the North, resulting in strong thunderstorms and tornadoes. , lightning, hail can appear most of the year.

In mountainous areas , the impact of terrain can create strongly developed convective clouds, resulting in thunderstorms with tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong winds.