[Tomorrow's Weather] Freezing Cold Persists Until Weekend... Temperature Recovery Next Week

On Friday the 21st, temperatures nationwide will remain below freezing from the morning, making it cold. Cold air moving southward from the northwest will cause temperatures to be lower than the average for this time of year (lowest -7 to 2 degrees Celsius, highest 5 to 11 degrees Celsius) for a while.

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In particular, in areas under cold wave warnings such as northern and eastern Gyeonggi, inland and mountainous Gangwon, inland Chungnam, Chungbuk, and northern inland and northeastern mountainous Gyeongbuk, morning temperatures will be around -10 degrees Celsius (below -15 degrees Celsius in inland and mountainous Gangwon), and strong winds will make the wind chill even lower, resulting in very cold conditions.

This cold spell will continue through the weekend and temperatures will return to average levels early next week. After that, mild weather is expected.

On the morning of the 21st, the lowest temperatures will range from -12 to -2 degrees Celsius, and the highest temperatures during the day will be between 0 and 7 degrees Celsius. From the 20th to the 22nd, the sky will be mostly clear nationwide, but there will be occasional clouds along the western coast of Chungnam, the Jeolla region, and Jeju Island. From dawn to morning on the 21st, there may be light snow less than 0.1 cm in the western coastal areas of Chungnam and Jeolla, as well as in the mountainous areas of Jeju Island.

In some inland areas where snow has accumulated, the snow that melted during the day will refreeze overnight as temperatures drop, creating icy roads and slippery surfaces in many places.

Dryness warnings have been issued for the Seoul metropolitan area, Gangwon Province, inland Chungnam, Chungbuk, eastern Jeonnam, and the Gyeongsang region, where the air will be very dry. Other areas will gradually become dry as well.

For the time being, strong winds with gusts around 55 km/h (about 70 km/h in mountainous areas) will blow in most parts of the country. In the central East Sea offshore area, where a high wave warning has been issued, winds will blow very strongly at 25 to 60 km/h until the 22nd, and waves will be very high at 1.5 to 3.5 meters.

From the night of the 20th, strong winds and very high waves will gradually develop in the West Sea offshore areas (except the southern part of the southern West Sea offshore), and from dawn on the 21st, most other offshore areas will also experience very strong winds and very high waves, with the possibility of high wave warnings being issued.

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