Viet Nam’s National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting has issued a warning for unsettled weather in some parts of Central Viet Nam from early next week as a cold front is moving into the southern part of Viet Nam associated with the upper-tropospheric easterly winds.

Bouts of heavy rain will hit the parts from Da Nang to Khanh Hoa from next Monday, November 8 with the possibility for thunderstorms developing in the late afternoon and night hours. Thunderstorms can produce strong winds, lightning, hail and tornadoes, the national forecasters warned.

By the coast they will see gradually increasing northeast winds at level 4 to 5, and farther inland you could find high winds at level 3.

From Sunday night, November 7, a cold weather snap is predicted for North Viet Nam and North Central Coast with temperatures expected to drop to 15-18 degrees Celsius in mountainous areas, and are likely fall further, and touch the below 8 degrees Celsius mark in high mountainous regions.

The Gulf of Tonkin could see northeast winds at level 7 to 8 and the gusts reaching level 9, as well as experience rough seas with waves as high as 2-4m.

The North of the East Sea (including the Hoang Sa (Paracel) Islands) will see northeast winds at level 6 to 7, and gustiness of level 8, rough seas with waves as high as 3-5m.

Reporting by HOANG HIEP – Translating by H.L