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The intensity of the heat wave has eased slightly due to the rain that fell overnight. This is because the rain clouds left behind by Typhoon No. 9, Bavi, pushed the North Pacific high-pressure system that had been covering the Korean Peninsula toward the south. A monsoon front is expected to form near this high-pressure system again.

Reporter Jeong Gu-hui has the details.

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This is downtown Seoul after the heavy rain stopped.

Although the ground is wet and humid from the rain, the relatively cool breeze kept the daytime high temperature to just 26.2°C (79°F).

This is 5 degrees lower than yesterday (July 14).

[Interview: Sim Hyun-jung / Seongdong-gu, Seoul]
"It rained a lot, so I think the heat has eased a bit. The heat was suffocating, but it feels better now."

As you can see, temperatures in most parts of the country, indicated in green, have dropped compared to yesterday.

However, this does not mean the heat wave has completely retreated.

Areas shown in yellow are actually hotter; the temperature in Miryang, South Gyeongsang Province, which was 32.8°C (91°F) yesterday, soared to 37°C (99°F) today, more than 10 degrees higher than in Seoul.

What caused this large temperature difference is Typhoon No. 9, Bavi.

As the rain clouds left by Bavi moved over our country, as you can see here, they brought up to 135mm of rain to Seoul, causing temperatures to drop, mainly in the central regions.

However, these rain clouds did not just bring rain; they also pushed the North Pacific high-pressure system, which had been covering the Korean Peninsula in a double layer along with the Tibetan high-pressure system, toward the south.

Currently, this North Pacific high-pressure system has been pushed down to the vicinity of Jeju Island.

It appears that a monsoon front will form along the edge of this North Pacific high-pressure system, and accordingly, monsoon rain is forecast for Jeju Island and the Honam region tomorrow (July 16).

As the monsoon rain clouds move north again, they will bring rain to the Yeongnam and southern Chungcheong regions the day after tomorrow (July 17), which is Constitution Day, helping to cool down the heat slightly.

Until then, the heat wave in the Yeongnam region will continue.

Looking at the temperature forecast for Daegu:

It will remain hot tomorrow with temperatures rising to 35°C (95°F).

In the Seoul metropolitan area and Gangwon Province, monsoon rain is not expected until Saturday (July 18), so daytime heat exceeding 30°C (86°F) will continue starting tomorrow.

(Video reporting: Kim Seung-tae | Video editing: Kim Jong-mi | Graphics: Kim Han-gil)