The SAT cold wave is back: very cold since the weekend (forecast)

Starting in the afternoon of the 27th, the temperature will drop significantly due to the cold air from north to south, and the cold is expected to continue for the time being. Even on the 3rd of next month, when the University Academic Proficiency Test will take place, the morning temperature is expected to remain below zero in the central and southern regions.

The Meteorological Administration said on 26: “The cold air from the northwest since the 27th is less than 10 degrees in the central region, Jeonbuk and inland Gyeongbuk, and the wind is strong, so the perceived temperature will be colder.” . In the case of Seoul, the minimum temperature is forecast at 2 degrees on the 27th, which is similar to that on the 26th, but the maximum temperature during the day remains at 7 degrees and the sensational temperature is only 4 degrees. On the 28th, the temperature drops even more, and the morning low temperature is -4 degrees Celsius, and the wind is also strong at 3 meters per second, and the meteorological agency predicts that the perceived temperature will reach -7 to 8 degrees centigrade.

Meteorological Office weather forecaster Shin Jeong-hoon said: “In the vicinity of Mongolia there is a cyclonic circulation that rotates counterclockwise, and cold air from the north is strongly drawn down along of the flow ”. “As the cold air with high density in the upper part of the atmosphere descends to the bottom of the atmosphere, As the high pressure develops and expands near the ground, it is expected that the cold winds of the series of winds from the north blow in Korea. ”

Cooler than normal for the next week

In the medium-term forecast (10-day forecast), the Meteorological Administration predicted that the temperature in the morning will remain below -6 to 5 degrees Celsius and 3 to 14 degrees Celsius during the day, which is lower than normal for the next week. In particular, on the 3rd of next month, the day of the SAT, the morning minimum temperature in Seoul is expected to be 2 degrees below zero and the highest daytime temperature will be 5 degrees Celsius. Additionally, candidates are expected to have to feel colder as they have to open windows frequently to prevent COVID-19. Mr. Yoon Amugae, father of a high school student living in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi Province, said, “Because you need to ventilate in cold weather, you will have to bring not only warm clothes, but also a cooler and a thermos.” .

This year’s college entrance exam was scheduled for the 19th, the third Thursday in November, but has been postponed for three weeks due to the corona 19 pandemic. On the 19th, the minimum temperature in Seoul was 6 , 9 degrees and the maximum temperature was 19.1 degrees. On this day, a large amount of 86.9mm rain fell in Seoul.

For the past 10 years, the SAT has been held in early and mid-November, and the days of the SAT are generally not cold, so the word ‘SAT-Nungpa’ has become colorless. On the day of the last 10 years, the average minimum temperature in the morning was 3.7 degrees and the highest during the day was 12.5 degrees.

However, last year (Nov 14), it was a bit chilly on SAT day, so the lowest morning in Seoul was -2.5 degrees and the highest during the day was 5 degrees. . It is similar to the expected weather this year. The day before last year’s SAT (November 13), the lowest and highest temperatures were 3.0 degrees and 11.3 degrees, respectively, and the next day (15 days) they were 1.4 degrees and 7.6 degrees, which shows the power of the cold wave ‘SAT’ once again.

Meanwhile, the Meteorological Administration predicted that rain or snow started in the northern part of Yeongdong, Gangwon-do from late afternoon due to the influence of the east wind on the 26th, and that it would spread to the central part. and south of Yeongdong, Gangwon-do on the afternoon of the 27th, and that it would once rain a little on the east coast of north Gyeongbuk. The Meteorological Administration predicted that there will be places in the mountains of Jeju Island where it can snow between the night of the 27th and the afternoon of the 28th. The estimated rainfall is less than 5mm in Yeongdong, Gangwon, Ulleungdo and Dokdo, less than 5 mm on the northeast coast of Gyeongbuk, Jeju Island and South Jeollanam-do, and the expected snowfall is 1 to 5 cm in the Gangwon Mountains and 1 cm in the Jeju Island mountains.