[Weather] First sub-zero in inland Gyeonggi Province, lowest in Seoul...It's colder tomorrow.

[Anchor]
As the cold air went south overnight, it dropped by more than 10 degrees in a day.

The morning temperature in Seoul was 5.6 degrees Celsius, the coldest this fall, and for the first time, the temperature in the interior of the metropolitan area fell below zero.

The cold is expected to gradually strengthen until the day after tomorrow, the season of "Ipdong."

I'll connect you to a reporter and find out more.

Reporter Kim Min-kyung, the air seems to have completely changed in a day, but the temperature fell below zero for the first time in the Seoul metropolitan area?

[Reporter]
Yes, the morning temperature in Panmunjom, Paju, Gyeonggi Province, dropped to minus 0.7 degrees, and the temperature in Baekhak-myeon, Yeoncheon, Gyeonggi Province dropped to minus 0.1 degrees.

Although it is an unofficial record, not an official observation point, it is the first sub-zero record in inland Gyeonggi Province.

The temperature in Insan-myeon, Hwacheon, Gangwon-do, also dropped to minus 0.1 degrees Celsius, but Gangwon-do recorded below zero once in Pyeongchang's Myeonon on October 25.

In addition, temperatures dropped by more than 10 degrees from yesterday, including 5.6 degrees in Seoul, 1.9 degrees in Cheorwon, 3.7 degrees in Ganghwa, and 5.6 degrees in Geochang, making it the coldest this fall.

This is because cold continental high pressure expanded as the cold, dry air near Siberia went south overnight.

As of 11:30 a.m., Seoul's temperature is 11.7 degrees, while Daejeon is 15 degrees in the middle of the day, Seoul and Gangneung are below 15 degrees,

The southern part of the country will be below 20 degrees, including 17 degrees in Jeju and Daegu and 15 degrees in Gwangju, which will be 2 to 4 degrees lower than usual.

Along with the cold, the east coast will receive 5 to 20 mm of rain all day.

In particular, about 2cm of snow fell and accumulated in mountainous areas, including Jungcheongbong Peak of Seoraksan Mountain, where the temperature is low.

In the future, Mt. Seorak will likely have snow or raindrops until tonight,
Snow and rain from some mountainous roads in
may create 'road thin ice', so caution is required.

The early cold will continue for a while.

Tomorrow, the temperature is expected to drop by about 5 degrees Celsius more than today, not only in the central part but also in the southern part of the country, and some inland areas will fall below zero.

The morning temperature in Seoul will drop to 4 degrees tomorrow and to 2 degrees the day after tomorrow, when the season is 'Ipdong', the cold will peak.

The agency said the cold is expected to gradually ease as temperatures recover from previous years starting Friday.

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