A new weather warning has been issued for Northern Viet Nam and North Central Coast as cooler and wet weather is expected to arrive from Sunday night, May 7.

Viet Nam’s National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting (NCHMF), said that a cold front will move into the Northeast region and North Central Coast from Sunday night, and it may usher in rain, cooler temperatures and gusty winds across these areas. It will affect some places of Northwest region, thereafter.

Under these conditions, by the coastal areas they will see high winds at levels 3 to 4, and farther inland you could find gradually increasing northeasterly wind at levels 2 to 3.

The cold front will bring cooler temperatures to the Northeast region and Thanh Hoa on Monday, May 8 as the minimum temperature is predicted to drop to 22 to 25 degrees Celsius, even below 22 degrees Celsius in their mountainous areas.

From Sunday night, strong northeasterly winds at level 5 is in forecast for the Gulf of Tonkin while its northern part will see strong northeasterly winds at level 5, sometimes at level 6, and the gusts reaching at levels 7 to 8, as well rough seas with waves as high 1.5-2m.

Sunday into Monday, scattered showers and thunderstorms with localised heavy rain are expected across the Northern region and the North Central Coast during late afternoon and night hours. The total rainfall amount will be 20mm to 40mm in common in these areas while more than 60mm of rain could fall in some places.

From Monday (May 8), scattered showers and thunderstorms with localised moderate to heavy downpours are possible across the parts from Quang Binh to Thua Thien- Hue. As much as 10mm-30mm of rain could fall over these areas, and even more than 50mm at isolated locations.

Scattered showers and the potential for thunderstorms with localised moderate to heavy rainfall are expected across the Central Highlands and the Southern region during the afternoon and evening hours. These areas could receive 10-30mm of rain while over 50mm of rain could fall at some places.

Thunderstorms can produce tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong winds, national forecasters have warned.

NCHMF continues to monitor the newly-formed tropical depression which is expected to gradually weaken in the coming time.

In its latest bulletin, the National Weather Service said that at 1:00am on Sunday, May 7, the depression's centre was spotted near latitude 11°2'N and longitude 116°3'E, about 230km southeast of Song Tu Tay Island. The maximum sustained winds reaching level 6 (39-49km per hour), and the gusts as high as level 8 affected the area near the depresion’s center.

The tropical depression is forecast to gradually weaken over the next 48 hours to 72 hours as it tracks the northwestward over the East Sea at about 10km per hour, according to the latest forecast track.

Reporting by BAO TIN TUC – translating by H.L