Heavy Rain Clouds Move North... Strong Rain Expected in Central Regions Until Morning

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Let us now take a closer look at the detailed weather forecast. The stationary front that had been dumping heavy rain in the Honam region and the west coast is gradually moving northward. Strong rain is expected to continue in Chungcheong and the greater Seoul metropolitan area until tomorrow, the 1st.

Reporter Seo Donggyun has the details.

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Rain fell throughout the afternoon in the greater Seoul metropolitan area, including the capital.

This is because the rain clouds that had been stretched across the southern regions gradually moved northward, affecting Chungcheong and the metropolitan area.

[Kim Young-sung / Seongdong-gu, Seoul: It has been raining so much that it is humid, and I hope it lets up a bit now.]

Here is the daily precipitation for today.

On the screen, darker colors indicate areas with heavier rainfall, with torrential downpours concentrated mainly in the Honam region and the west coast.

Nakwol Island in Yeonggwang recorded 344 mm of rain, bringing the two-day total to a staggering 550 mm.

In particular, Nakwol Island was hit by an extreme downpour of 107.5 mm per hour at one point early this morning.

Buan also saw extremely heavy rain concentrated in the Honam region, with 62.1 mm per hour, alongside 51.4 mm in Gochang.

Rain has continued in the southern regions for five days straight as of today, dumping around 300 mm of rain in parts of Honam and South Chungcheong Province over this five-day period.

This amounts to a quarter or a fifth of the annual rainfall.

This was caused by a stationary front affecting areas mainly centered around Honam, as a warm high-pressure system from the south expanded its influence while cold air pushed down from the north.

Additionally, the influx of moisture overnight allowed the rain clouds to develop even more explosively.

[Woo Jin-gyu / Forecaster, Korea Meteorological Administration: The central regions are under the influence of rain clouds associated with the stationary front, and rain is expected to continue due to this impact until early tomorrow morning.]

Rain is expected to continue until tonight in the southern regions and until tomorrow morning in the greater Seoul metropolitan area, with over 100 mm forecasted for heavy areas on the South Chungcheong west coast, and 10 to 60 mm expected across the rest of the country, including the metropolitan area.

Afterwards, the southern regions will come under the influence of the high-pressure system, though occasional showers are expected in some areas.

(Video by: Kim Se-kyung | Video Editing by: Lee Hong-myung | Design: Kang Yoon-jung, Cho Su-in)
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