[Tomorrow's Weather] Weekend Rain Returns with Over 100mm Expected in the Seoul Metropolitan Area and More

Heavy Rain Concentrated Mainly in the Central Region
Daytime High Temperatures 26~33°C

On Saturday the 20th, the whole country will be mostly cloudy. After sweeping through the Seoul metropolitan area and hitting the southern region the previous day, rain clouds will move back up, bringing very heavy and intense rainfall mainly to the central regions.

Rain will fall across most parts of the country, but many areas in the southern region will experience a lull from the afternoon through the night.

Jeju Island will see occasional rain from late dawn to morning.

Expected precipitation amounts for the day are 30 to 80 mm (with some areas exceeding 100 mm) in Seoul, Incheon, Gyeonggi, the West Sea 5 Islands, Daejeon, Sejong, South Chungcheong, North Chungcheong, and North Jeolla; 20 to 70 mm in inland and mountainous Gangwon; 20 to 60 mm in Gwangju and South Jeolla; 10 to 60 mm in Daegu and North Gyeongsang; 5 to 40 mm in Busan, Ulsan, and South Gyeongsang; 5 to 10 mm in Jeju; and around 5 mm on the east coast of Gangwon.

From dawn to noon, very heavy rain with hourly rates of 20 to 30 mm in the Seoul metropolitan area and 30 to 50 mm in the Chungcheong region is expected. During the same period, Gwangju and South Jeolla (excluding the southern coast), North Jeolla, and Daegu and North Gyeongsang will also see rainfall around 30 mm per hour in some areas.

On the 19th, when the monsoon rain temporarily subsided, thick fog covered the city center as seen from Namsan, Jung-gu, Seoul. Photo by Jinhyung Kang aymsdream@

Morning low temperatures are forecast to be between 23 and 26 degrees Celsius, with daytime highs ranging from 26 to 33 degrees Celsius.

For the time being, the Gyeongnam region, Jeju Island, and other southern areas will experience very hot conditions with maximum apparent temperatures rising above 33 degrees Celsius, and most other parts of the country will also feel hot with maximum apparent temperatures around 31 degrees Celsius.

Some areas nationwide will experience tropical nights, so it is important to take care of your health.

Fine dust levels will be 'good' nationwide due to smooth atmospheric dispersion and the influence of rain.

From night through the morning of the 21st, strong winds with gusts reaching around 55 km/h (up to 70 km/h in mountainous areas) are expected in Gangwon Province.

Sea waves will be 0.5 to 1.5 meters in the East Sea and South Sea coastal waters, and 0.5 to 2.0 meters in the West Sea coastal waters.

Wave heights in the offshore waters (about 200 km from the coastline) are expected to be 1.0 to 2.5 meters in the East Sea, 1.0 to 2.0 meters in the West Sea, and 0.5 to 2.5 meters in the South Sea.

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