[Today’s Weather] Rain at Times Nationwide... "Bring an Umbrella for Your Commute Home"

On the 19th, when it rained, citizens hurried their steps on Yonsei-ro in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul. / Photo by Moon Honam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Hyewon]Commuters in the Seoul metropolitan area are advised to carry an umbrella on their way home on the 22nd.

According to the Korea Meteorological Administration, as of 3:30 PM on this day, raindrops are falling or light rain is occurring in various parts of Seoul, Incheon, and northern Gyeonggi Province.

The rain cloud band accompanying a trough is moving southeastward from the West Sea, and from around 6 PM, rain will begin in earnest in northern Gyeonggi Province.

In the evening (6 to 9 PM), sporadic raindrops or light rain will fall in Seoul and southern Gyeonggi. This rain will gradually intensify and by dawn on the 23rd, it will be raining in most areas of the metropolitan area.

Rain is expected to occasionally fall until around 8 AM on the 23rd in Seoul, Incheon, and northern Gyeonggi, and until around 11 AM in southern Gyeonggi.

In Gangwon Province, rain will begin with raindrops falling in the Yeongseo region in the evening. Raindrops will fall in northern Yeongseo and northern Yeongdong of Gangwon until night on the 22nd, and the raindrops in Yeongseo will change to rain after the 23rd. Northern Yeongseo will have rain until dawn on the 23rd, and central-southern and southern Yeongseo will have rain at times between dawn and afternoon.

In Gangwon Yeongdong, apart from the rain cloud band accompanying the trough, rain will occasionally fall from morning to evening on the 23rd due to the influence of easterly winds.

In Chungnam Province, rain will begin with raindrops falling in the northern part. Northern Chungnam will see raindrops falling at night on the 22nd (from 6 PM to midnight), followed by occasional rain at dawn on the 23rd. After that, most areas of Chungnam will have occasional rain in the morning of the 23rd, with southern Chungnam experiencing rain continuing until night.

In the southern regions, rain will start in the morning of the 23rd and continue occasionally until the morning of the 24th.

Precipitation amounts by region are expected to be 10 to 50 mm in the metropolitan area, Chungnam, and western Jeonbuk; 5 to 30 mm in Gangwon, Chungbuk (until the morning of the 24th), southern regions (excluding western Jeonbuk), and the five West Sea islands; and around 5 mm in Ulleungdo and Dokdo.

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