[Weather] Heavy Snow Nationwide Tomorrow... Bitter Cold in the Morning

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On Friday the 7th, heavy snow is expected to fall in most areas nationwide.

In the Seoul metropolitan area and inland and mountainous regions of Gangwon, the snow will mostly stop in the morning, while in the Chungcheong and Gyeongsang regions, it will mostly cease in the afternoon. In other areas, the snow will continue until the 8th.

In Busan, there may be places with less than 0.1 cm of snow flurries from morning to afternoon, and from night, snow is expected in the northern inland areas of Chungnam and central and southern parts of Chungbuk.

The expected snowfall from the 6th to 7th is 3 to 8 cm in Seoul, Incheon, Gyeonggi, the five western islands, inland and mountainous areas of Gangwon, western Gyeongbuk, northeastern inland and mountainous areas, western inland Gyeongnam, and coastal Jeju Island (with heavier snowfall of 10 cm or more in southern Gyeonggi and southern inland and mountainous Gangwon), 1 to 5 cm in eastern Jeonnam southern coast, Daegu, central inland Gyeongbuk, and southern east coast, and around 1 cm in Ulsan, central and eastern inland Gyeongnam, and western southern coast.

On Ulleungdo and Dokdo, 5 to 10 cm of snow is expected (with heavier snowfall of 15 cm or more), 5 to 15 cm in Daejeon, Sejong, Chungnam, Chungbuk, and mid-mountainous areas of Jeju Island (with heavier snowfall of 20 cm or more in Chungnam and Chungbuk), and 5 to 20 cm in Jeonbuk, Gwangju, Jeonnam (excluding eastern southern coast), and mountainous areas of Jeju Island (with heavier snowfall of 25 cm or more in the western coast and southern inland of Jeonbuk).

During the same period, expected precipitation amounts are less than 5 mm in eastern southern coast of Jeonnam, southern Gyeongbuk, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam; around 5 mm in Seoul, Incheon, Gyeonggi, the five western islands, inland and mountainous Gangwon, and northern Gyeongbuk; 5 to 15 mm in Daejeon, Sejong, Chungnam, Chungbuk, Ulleungdo, and Dokdo; and 5 to 20 mm in Jeonbuk, Gwangju, Jeonnam (excluding eastern southern coast), and Jeju Island.

The morning low temperatures are forecasted to be between -15 and 0 degrees Celsius, and the daytime highs between -8 and 3 degrees Celsius, which is about 3 to 10 degrees lower than the average (morning lows -11 to 0 degrees, daytime highs 2 to 9 degrees).

Fine dust levels are expected to be 'Good' to 'Moderate' nationwide due to smooth atmospheric dispersion.

Sea waves will be 0.5 to 3.5 meters in the East Sea and South Sea coastal waters, and 1.0 to 3.5 meters in the West Sea coastal waters. Wave heights in the outer seas (about 200 km from the coastline) are expected to be 1.5 to 5.0 meters in the East Sea, West Sea, and South Sea.