Spring in the mountainous province of Ha Giang. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Severe cold spells are expectedto hit northern mountainous and midland provinces in the second half of thismonth, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.
Nguyen Duc Hoa, deputy head of the agency’s WeatherForecasting Department, said that in the first half of this month, as intensive cold air tends to be weakened and deviates to the East, northern and northcentral localities from Thanh Hoa to Nghe An will see light rain,drizzle, and fog at night and in the early morning.
Meanwhile, there are possibilities that severe cold andharmful cold will appear later this month in mountainous and midland provinces,he added.
Hoa said that the average temperature across thecountry this month is at approximately similar to the average of manyyears. Particularly, in the northwest region, the common temperature is 0.5-1.5degrees Celsius higher than the average of many years in the same period.
The total rainfall in the northwest region will be 5-10mm lower than the average of many years.
Other areas will see a higher rainfall than the averageof previous years, especially this year’s rainfalls in the southcentral andsouthern regions will be 20-40mm higher than the average of many years in thesame period./.
