Cold weather to cover northern region in Lunar New Year holidays
The northern and north-central regions are expected to experience a severe cold spell in the last days of the lunar calendar and during Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting (NCHMF).
Hanoi (VNA) – The northern and north-central regions are expectedto experience a severe cold spell in the last days of the lunar calendar and duringTet (Lunar New Year) holidays, according to the National Centre forHydro-Meteorological Forecasting (NCHMF).
Thecold spell is forecast to hit the northern region on January 28 and January 31(the 26th and 29th days of the last month of the lunar calendar),bringing in rains and lowering temperatures.
Thetemperatures might drop to 8 degrees Celsius in mountainous areas while thelowest in other areas would be between 13-18 degrees Celsius.
HoangPhuc Lam, director of the NCHMF, said it will be cold in the northernregion on February 1 (the first day of the Lunar New Year) while the south-central, the Central Highlands, and southern regions will enjoy sunny and dryweather.
Extremelycold is expected in the delta and mountain areas, he said, adding that northernmountains might be engulfed in frost.
Theweather in the northern region will be colder from February 2-7 (the second to theseventh day of the Lunar New Year) as a strong cওold spell continues to hit theregion./.
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