According to the National Center for Hydrometeorological Forecasting, around 1 a.m. this morning (December 18), the location of the center Typhoon Jelawat at about 7.9 degrees North latitude; 127.1 degrees East Longitude, in the southeastern sea of ​​the Southern Philippines.
The strongest wind near the center of the storm is level 8 (62-74km/h), gusting to level 10, moving west, about 20km/h.
Forecast in the next 24 hours, the storm’s center will be in the northwestern waters of the southern Philippines. At 1:00 a.m. on December 19, the storm moved in the West-Northwest direction, about 25km/h and weakened into a tropical depressionstrong intensity level 7, shock level 9.
In the next 24 – 48 hours, the tropical depression will enter the East Sea, and its intensity is likely to weaken further.
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Today (December 18) in the Northern provinces it’s cold; Particularly in the mountains, the weather is extremely cold. It is forecast that in the next 1-2 hours (7-8 hours), the temperature in the above areas will increase by about 0.5-1 degree.
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The lowest temperature is in Sa Pa (Lao Cai) 6.4 degrees, Mau Son (Lang Son) 7.6 degrees, Cao Bang 9.2 degrees, Bac Can 11.2 degrees, Thai Nguyen 12.4 degrees, Ha Giang 13.3 degrees, Phu Tho 13.4 degrees, Hai Phong 13.5 degrees, Hanoi 14.1 degrees…
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