Although it is the long-awaited soothing rain, it has concentrated locally mainly in the southern regions, bringing disaster-level rainfall.
Over the holiday weekend, more than 700mm of a heavy downpour was dumped on Geoje, Gyeongnam.
Strong precipitation cloud bands are still passing through the southern regions, and especially along the southern coast of Gyeongnam, extreme torrential rain of around 100mm per hour is currently pouring in some areas.
Rain is also falling at a rate of around 5 to 30mm per hour in other regions.
As heavy rain warnings remain in effect, centered around Gyeongnam and Jeju, these areas will see heavy rain concentrated until this morning.
Today, torrential rain of over 250mm at maximum is expected along the southern coast of Gyeongnam, and heavy rain exceeding 100mm is expected in Jeju as well.
Rainfall of around 5 to 40mm is expected in the central regions.
The precipitation will mostly stop by this morning.
However, from this afternoon to night, strong showers of around 5 to 60mm are expected to pour in the central and Honam regions.
Winds will also be strong in the southern regions today, including the Gyeongnam coast where strong wind advisories have been issued.
Midday temperatures today will rise to 30°C (86°F) in Seoul and 32°C (90°F) in Daejeon and Gwangju, making it sweltering mainly in the western regions.
Rain in the Yeongnam and Jeju regions will continue until tomorrow.
(Weathercaster Park Se-rim)
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