Winter this year comes early, colder than the last 5 years

Mr. Nguyen Van Huong - Head of Climate Forecasting Department (National Center for Hydrometeorological Forecasting) said that forecasting this winter in the North will come sooner and colder than the last 5 years.

Talking to reporters, Mr. Nguyen Van Huong - Head of Climate Forecasting Department (National Center for Hydrometeorological Forecasting) - said that this winter in the North of our country will come sooner and cooler than 5 years ago. In 2017, the first Northeast monsoon came on October 13; 2016 is October 29; 2015 is 9/10; 2014 is October 4 and 2013 is September 25.

"While this year, from September 7, there was the first cold air wave. It is expected that in October there will be about 3-4 waves of cold air pouring into our country" - Mr. Huong said.

Mr. Nguyen Van Huong.(Photo: Nguyen Duong).

According to Mr. Huong, cold air in October and November will have 2 types, one is the Northeast monsoon, which will cause wide-area rain, and the cold air will only cause strong winds on the sea, and on land will making weather from murky to sunny.

The general judgment of experts is that this winter will not only come earlier but it will likely be cooler in the last 5 years.

In addition, Mr. Huong said, from now until the end of the rainy season, there will be about 3-4 storms and tropical depressions in the East Sea, in which 1-2 attacks are likely to directly affect the land of our country. . Particularly in October there are about 1-2 storms, tropical depressions appear near the South China Sea or into the South China Sea but do not affect the mainland of our country. Currently, the rainy season has ended in the North, while the Central is in the main season of the rainy season.

Talking about the winter forecast coming soon, Mr. Le Thanh Hai - Deputy General Director of the General Department of Meteorology and Hydrology (Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment) said that there are now signs of winter this year. coming early in the Northern Hemisphere. In Austria, it appeared in August; In Japan, the North American winter also came earlier; In Vietnam, only in September there were 2 waves of cold air.