[Tomorrow's Weather] Snow in Various Areas... First Sunrise of the New Year from Dokdo

[Asia Economy Reporter Jang Hee-jun] On the last day of 2022, Saturday the 31st, there will be occasional clouds nationwide.

In Incheon, southern and eastern Gyeonggi, Yeongseo region of Gangwon, Chungcheong area, and the western coast of Jeonbuk, less than 1 cm of snow is expected to fall from dawn to morning. There will also be places with snow flurries in Seoul, northwestern Gyeonggi, inland Jeonbuk, and western inland Gyeongbuk.

The morning low temperature is forecast to be between -13 and 0 degrees Celsius, and the daytime high temperature between 1 and 8 degrees Celsius.

On the 31st, the last sunset of the Year of the Dog 2018 is setting in the western sky as seen from Noeul Park in Mapo-gu, Seoul. It has been a more eventful and challenging year than ever, but we hope you shake it all off and finish the year remembering only the happy moments. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

Fine dust concentration is expected to be 'bad' in the metropolitan area, Sejong, Chungnam, and Jeonbuk, and 'normal' in other regions. However, Gangwon Yeongseo, Daejeon, Chungbuk, Gwangju, Jeonnam, Daegu, and Gyeongbuk will temporarily show 'bad' levels at night.

Sea waves will be 0.5 to 1.5 meters in the East Sea and West Sea coastal waters, and 0.5 to 1.0 meters in the South Sea coastal waters. The wave height in the offshore waters (about 200 km from the coastline) is expected to be 1.0 to 3.5 meters in the East Sea, and 0.5 to 1.5 meters in the West Sea and South Sea.

Meanwhile, the last sunset of this year and the first sunrise of the new year are expected to be visible anywhere nationwide.

This weekend, the east coast is expected to be mostly clear. Other regions will have clouds at low altitudes, but the sun setting and rising will be visible through the clouds.

In Seoul, the last sunset time of this year is at 5:23 PM, and the first sunrise time of the new year is at 7:47 AM.

The earliest place to see the first sunrise of the new year is Dokdo, where the sun will rise at 7:26 AM. Within the Korean Peninsula, Ulsan's Ganjeolgot and Bangojin will have the earliest sunrise time at 7:31 AM.

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