Heavy Rain Nationwide Starting Tomorrow... Up to 250mm in Honam and Jeju by the Day After Tomorrow

Approaching stationary front with new low pressure 'Heavy Rain'

Rain is expected to return nationwide from the 29th, with another bout of 'heavy and intense rain' likely in Jeju, Honam, and Gyeongnam regions.

According to the Korea Meteorological Administration on the 28th, the stationary front has currently retreated near the Korea Strait.

From the afternoon of the previous day until the morning of the 28th, heavy rain fell mainly in the Honam and Gyeongnam regions. In Honam, an unusually large amount of rain poured due to the combined effects of the stationary front and a mid-sized low-pressure system formed by cold, dry air in the upper atmosphere descending to the lower layers.

On the afternoon of the 27th, when a heavy rain warning was in effect, the fire department was conducting drainage work at the intersection in front of the Geumho 2-dong Community Center in Seo-gu, Gwangju. Photo by Yonhap News, Gwangju Western Fire Department

In Gwangju, the accumulated rainfall since noon the previous day reached 274.6 mm. This is similar to the average July rainfall in Gwangju (1991?2020 average) of 294.2 mm.

On the 29th, the stationary front accompanied by a low-pressure system developing over inland China will approach, bringing rain nationwide starting from the central regions.

On the 30th, with the low-pressure system and stationary front separated, the stationary front will move southward, bringing rain mainly to the southern regions and Jeju.

The expected rainfall amounts for the 29th to 30th are 100?200 mm (over 250 mm in some areas) in Honam and Jeju; 50?120 mm (over 150 mm in some areas including the Seoul metropolitan area, inland Gangwon, Gangwon mountains, Chungcheong, Yeongnam, western five islands) in the Seoul metropolitan area, inland Gangwon, Gangwon mountains, northern Chungcheong, western Gyeongnam, and the western five islands; 20?80 mm on the eastern coast of Gangwon; and 5?30 mm on Ulleungdo and Dokdo.

Especially, from noon to night on the 29th, heavy rain of 30?60 mm per hour will fall in the central regions; from the afternoon of the 29th to noon of the 30th in the southern regions; and from morning to night on the 30th in Jeju.

On the 1st of next month, the stationary front will remain around Jeju, bringing rain mainly to Jeju, Jeonnam, and Gyeongnam. Rain will continue in the southern regions and Jeju until the 3rd of next month.

The central regions will experience cloudy and hot weather mainly inland from the 1st to the 3rd of next month.

On the 4th of next month, rain is expected nationwide again due to the stationary front accompanied by a low-pressure system.

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