Why is Hanoi and the Northern provinces coldest in the winter this year?

From the beginning of the week until now, the Northern provinces have to suffer from cold air with very strong intensity, causing severe cold and harm on a large scale.

It is forecasted that this cold and damaging cold spell this time in the Northern provinces as well as the capital of Hanoi will last until the end of January 14.

Concerning this cold spell, Mr. Hoang Duc Cuong, Director of the Central Hydrometeorological Center, said that normally, in the northern provinces of Vietnam, cold air usually operates strongly in January, so here It is also the period of the lowest heat in the year, whereby the appearance of this cold air is also consistent with this period every year.

Assessing the cause of this cold, damaging cold spell in the North, Mr. Cuong said, the origin of this cold air wave originated from Siberian cold high pressure , (high pressure block existed in the area from 40 to 60 degrees north latitude), after overflowing into China, it gradually spreads down to Vietnam causing cold rain.

'Coming to Vietnam is a lower latitude region (tropical region), the temperature of this cold air mass has increased more than when passing through mainland China but it is still enough to cause a strong change. in terms of weather, causing heavy rain and strong winds, damaging the Northern provinces' , Mr. Cuong analyzed.

The director of the Central Center for Meteorological and Hydrological Forecasting said that the forecast of this cold and damaging cold spell this time in the Northern provinces as well as the capital of Hanoi will last until the end of January 14 (ie the day of the master this week), in which the mountainous area needs freezing precaution.