[Weather] Following the heavy snowfall in Gangwon and Chungbuk, the cold wave...After the afternoon snow, it's freezing cold.

Most of the snow in the Seoul metropolitan area stops...There is still some snow here and there
Most of the snow stops in the afternoon...Honam Coast and Jeju by tomorrow
Smog from China...Air quality in Seoul and other metropolitan areas is bad.

[Anchor]
Snow in Seoul and other metropolitan areas has stopped, but snow is still pouring in Gangwon and south of Chungcheong.

Most of the snow will stop in the afternoon, but cold air immediately came down and cold weather warnings were issued throughout the central part.

I'm connecting with the reporter. Reporter Kim Minkyung!

It seems like it stopped snowing in Seoul, but it's still snowing a lot in some areas?

[Reporter]
Yes, the cloud bands that flowed in from last night to morning fell to the east, and now snow clouds are scattered all over the inland.

The snow in Seoul and other metropolitan areas stopped, and Gangwon-do, which had a lot of snow until the morning, also died down.

However, there is still a lot of snow in the mountains of Chungcheong, Honam, Yeongnam, and Jeju, and heavy snow warnings continue to be issued everywhere.

The snow will stop gradually in the afternoon.

However, the west coast of Honam is expected to see as much as 5cm more snow until tomorrow morning, and Jeju Island is expected to see 5 to 15cm more snow until tomorrow afternoon.

Along with snow, the air quality is also poor in the Midwest due to the addition of smog from China.

As of noon, the concentration of ultrafine dust in the Seoul metropolitan area, including Seoul, was 'bad' from 42 to 46㎍g per cubic meter.
Smog from China is expected to flow in by the afternoon of
and is likely to temporarily deteriorate to 'bad' levels even in areas where ultrafine dust concentrations are moderate.

[Anchor]
Following the heavy snowfall, there are areas where a cold wave warning has been issued?

[Reporter]
Correct.

Cold weather warnings have been issued throughout the central part of the country, warning of cold weather as cold air with upper temperatures below minus 30 degrees Celsius is expected to drop significantly overnight in the northwest.

Excluding the East Coast, all of Gangwon-do, northeastern Gyeonggi-do, and northern Chungcheongbuk-do,

Effective time is 9 o'clock tonight.

In this region, overnight temperatures are expected to drop by more than 10 degrees from today, and tomorrow, the lowest temperature is expected to be below minus 12 degrees Celsius.

Although there is no cold wave warning in Seoul, the temperature will be minus 6 degrees tomorrow morning, which will be about 7 degrees lower than today, and the wind chill will drop to minus 11 degrees Celsius.

In particular, cold winds are expected to blow strongly across the country tomorrow, so the wind chill is expected to be lower, so care should be taken in health care due to large temperature changes.

The cold will ease for a while by recovering to normal temperatures in the middle of the week, but the temperature will drop again after that, and the extreme cold is expected to come around the weekend.

I'm KIM MIN KYUNG of YTN from the Ministry of Science and Technology.