[YTN weather on the way to work 1/10] Cold wave is at its peak. -16℃ in Seoul.strong snow on the west coast of Honam

[Anchor]
The extreme cold reached its peak this morning, with a "Hanpa Special Report" in effect in most parts of the country.

Strong snow is expected again on the west coast of Honam, where a lot of snow has already fallen, so caution is needed.

Let's connect the weather, weather forecaster. It's one! Castor!

It was very cold yesterday, but it's colder on the way to work today?

[Caster]
Yes, Friday, today, the temperature fell more than yesterday, and this cold wave peaked again.

The current temperature in Seoul has dropped to minus 11.5 degrees Celsius, which is about 2 degrees lower than yesterday's time.
The wind chill in
is reaching minus 16 degrees Celsius.

Not only do you prepare for the cold when you go out,

Please pay attention to cold diseases such as hypothermia and frostbite and prepare for freezing accidents.

Amid the expansion of the 'Hanpa Special Report' to the south following the central region,
The coldest place in the country is Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do,

Unofficial record, but plummeted to minus 24.7 degrees,

Other Daegwallyeong, minus 21.4 degrees Celsius, and Paju and Jangsu, around minus 17 degrees Celsius,

places are breaking new winter lows in a day.

Even in the middle of the day, it's minus 2 degrees in Seoul and 0 degrees in Gwangju, not as much as yesterday, but
The cold wind blows all day
and the cold felt by the body will be severe.

While a 'heavy snow warning' remains on the coast of Jeollanam-do and mountainous Jeju amid cold weather,

The snow will continue until this morning.

After that, the snow subsided for a while,

Tonight, strong snow of around 1 to 3 cm per hour will be concentrated again around the west coast of Honam.

In North Jeolla Province, more than 30cm of snow has already fallen, but
Additional snow is expected by the day after
, so we need to be careful,

In the meantime, the expected amount of snow will be up to 20cm in the mountains of Jeju and 5~8cm in the west coast.

It snows for a long time around the west coast, so you should pay attention to icy roads and thin ice on roads.
From Sunday
, winter weather is expected to recover at this time of year, and the cold wave is expected to ease.

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