Yellow Dust Originates from the Gobi Desert... Expected to Affect Korea in Two Days

Yellow dust.

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Gwan-ju] It is forecasted that yellow dust originating from the Gobi Desert will affect South Korea two days later.

The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) announced on the 26th that yellow dust has originated from the Gobi Desert and is being observed on the Inner Mongolian Plateau in China as it moves southeastward due to northwesterly winds.

The yellow dust is expected to travel southeastward with the northwesterly winds and may appear in South Korea on the 28th after the rain stops in the early morning, following the rear side of a trough.

A KMA official stated, "The areas affected by yellow dust, its intensity, and duration are variable depending on whether additional yellow dust originates on the 26th to 27th and the airflow," and added, "Please refer to upcoming weather information."

Meanwhile, due to the influence of an approaching trough near Shanghai, China, occasional rain is expected from the afternoon to nighttime of the 27th in the Jeonnam region, Gyeongnam region, and Jeju Island, continuing until the morning of the 28th in Jeju Island. Additionally, due to a trough moving southeast near the Bohai Bay in China, light rain is expected temporarily from the night of the 27th to the early morning of the 28th in the Seoul metropolitan area, Gangwon Yeongseo, Chungcheong region, and Jeonbuk.

On the morning of the 27th, raindrops will sporadically fall in the Seoul metropolitan area and Gangwon Yeongseo, in the southern Gyeongbuk region at night, and in the northern inland Gyeongbuk region in the early morning of the 28th. The morning low temperatures are expected to be between 6 and 13 degrees Celsius, and the daytime highs between 18 and 24 degrees Celsius.

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