First Heavy Snow Advisory This Winter in Seoul and Surrounding Capital Area... Expect Heavy Snowfall in a Short Time

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[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyungsoo] The first heavy snow warning of this winter has been issued for western parts of the Seoul metropolitan area. A heavy snow warning is issued when "new snowfall of 5cm or more is expected within 24 hours."

At 3 p.m. on the 18th, heavy snow warnings were announced and in effect for Seoul, Incheon, and Gwangmyeong, Gwacheon, Bucheon, Ansan, Siheung, Uijeongbu, Gimpo, Dongducheon, Goyang, Yangju, Paju, Suwon, Seongnam, Anyang, Guri, Namyangju, Gunpo, Uiwang, Hanam, Yongin, Hwaseong, and Gwangju in Gyeonggi Province. These areas had earlier been under a heavy snow advisory that morning.

The heavy snow advisory areas of Pyeongchang, Hoengseong, and Hongcheon in Gangwon Province are also expected to be upgraded to heavy snow warnings soon.

Snow clouds formed over the West Sea moved inland, causing snow to start falling around 1 p.m. on the same day in western parts of the Seoul metropolitan area and the northern coastal areas of Chungnam and Chungbuk provinces.

Due to the movement of the snow cloud band, heavy snowfall is expected between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. in the Seoul metropolitan area including Seoul and inland Chungnam, and between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. in Yeongseo region of Gangwon Province.

The snow cloud band is "long north to south and short east to west," so the time it passes over specific areas is expected to be about 1 to 2 hours. A large amount of snow will fall in a short period. In the Seoul metropolitan area, including Seoul, snowfall of around 4 cm per hour is expected to accumulate between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m.

Snow will mostly change to flurries overnight in most areas.

Snow will fall again in the early morning of the 19th. Expected snowfall amounts are 3 to 8 cm in Seoul, inland Gyeonggi, inland and mountainous areas of Gangwon, and mountainous areas of Jeju; 1 to 5 cm in Incheon, western coastal Gyeonggi, Chungcheong, Jeolla, the five West Sea islands, Jeju excluding mountainous areas, northern inland Gyeongbuk, Ulleungdo, and Dokdo; around 1 cm in southwestern inland Gyeongbuk and western inland Gyeongnam; and less than 0.1 cm in southeastern inland Gyeongbuk.

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