[Anchor]
Typhoon Champi, the 30th typhoon of the year and the latest on record, dissipated over the waters south of Jeju Island early this morning (October 26). Temperatures are expected to drop sharply starting tomorrow afternoon, and by the morning the day after tomorrow, the temperature in Seoul is forecast to plummet to 2°C, marking the coldest weather so far this autumn.
For more details on the weather, let's turn to reporter Jeong Gu-hui.
[Reporter]
Typhoon Champi weakened into an extratropical cyclone at around 3 a.m. today over waters 230 kilometers south of Jeju Island.
Satellite imagery shows that its swirling structure has disappeared, leaving only the remnants of rain clouds.
While South Korea avoided major damage as it moved out of the direct path of the typhoon, its indirect influence brought heavy rainfall starting on October 23, with 440 millimeters recorded on Mount Hallasan in Jeju and 216 millimeters in Jeju City.
Southern coastal areas, including Busan with 147 millimeters and Yeosu with 113 millimeters, also experienced torrential rains that surpassed the entire average monthly precipitation for October.
The rain clouds associated with the extratropical cyclone moved toward Japan today, bringing rain to most regions there.
[Local Resident, Fukuoka Prefecture, Kitakyushu : Water rose right up to the doorstep, so we couldn't go outside.]
A sudden and sharp drop in temperature is expected to hit South Korea starting tomorrow afternoon.
As the extratropical cyclone transformed from the typhoon moves eastward and a mobile high-pressure system approaches from the west, strong and cold northwest winds will blow between them.
Seoul's morning low, which was 14 degrees Celsius today, is expected to fall to 10 degrees Celsius tomorrow and further down to 2 degrees Celsius the day after tomorrow—Wednesday—marking the coldest weather of this autumn.
Temperatures in Paju and Cheorwon are projected to drop to sub-zero levels at -2 degrees Celsius, bringing a chill typically seen in late November.
[Byun Ga-young / Forecaster, Korea Meteorological Administration : Affected by the expanding high-pressure system, winds will blow very strongly mainly along the west coast, the east coast of Gyeongsang provinces, and Jeju Island. With the strong winds, the apparent temperature will be even lower, making it quite cold.]
Although the weather will ease slightly on Friday, colder-than-average temperatures are expected to persist into next week.
Typhoon In-fa, the 31th typhoon moving westward in the distant waters east of Guam, is forecast to intensify to category 4 with maximum winds of 45 meters per second tomorrow, but it is currently not expected to affect South Korea.
(Video Editing: Ahn Yeo-jin)
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