On Saturday the 3rd, morning temperatures are expected to be low and cold. However, from the afternoon, temperatures are forecast to gradually rise to return to normal levels.
According to the Korea Meteorological Administration weather information system on the 2nd, on the morning of the 3rd, temperatures will drop to between -14 and -1 degrees, and the severe cold will continue.
In most parts of the country, morning temperatures are expected to be around -10 degrees. With cold wave advisories in effect for the Seoul metropolitan area and inland and mountainous areas of Gangwon, North Chungcheong, parts of inland South Chungcheong, northeastern North Jeolla, and inland North Gyeongsang, northeastern inland North Gyeongsang, inland Gangwon, mountainous Gangwon, northeastern inland North Gyeongsang, and northeastern mountainous North Gyeongsang will drop to around -15 degrees.
Afterward, from the afternoon of the 3rd, temperatures will gradually rise and are expected to be similar to normal for the time being. The daytime high on the 3rd is expected to be 0 to 8 degrees.
Forecast lows and highs for major cities on the 3rd are Seoul -9 and 2 degrees, Incheon -8 and 2 degrees, Daejeon -9 and 4 degrees, Gwangju and Ulsan -5 and 6 degrees, Daegu -6 and 5 degrees, and Busan -4 and 7 degrees.
On Sunday the 4th, nationwide morning lows are expected to be -10 to 2 degrees, with daytime highs of 1 to 10 degrees.
On the 3rd, the country will be mostly clear before gradually becoming cloudy from the morning, and the Jeolla region and Jeju Island will be mostly cloudy. On the 4th, the country will be mostly cloudy, but the Seoul metropolitan area and Gangwon Province are expected to gradually clear from the afternoon.
The west coast of Honam will see snow or rain continue in the early morning of the 3rd, and Jeju will see it continue through the morning. Ulleung Island and Dokdo are also expected to see snow continue through the 3rd.
As of 4 p.m. on the 2nd, snow depths are 27.4 cm on Ulleung Island, 22.9 cm at Samgakbong on Hallasan in Jeju, 14.2 cm in Jindo County, South Jeolla, and 9.0 cm in Mokpo.
Additional snowfall amounts are expected to be 3 to 10 cm in Jeju's mountainous areas; 1 to 5 cm in Gwangju, western South Jeolla, Ulleung Island, Dokdo, and Jeju's mid-mountain areas; 1 to 3 cm on the West Sea coast of North Jeolla, inland southern North Jeolla, and coastal Jeju; and less than 1 cm on the West Sea coast of South Chungcheong.
In western South Jeolla and Jeju's mountainous and mid-mountain areas, and on Ulleung Island and Dokdo, there will be times when snow falls at 1 to 3 cm per hour through the night of the 2nd, so precautions are needed to prevent damage.
Aside from areas where it is snowing, the rest of the regions are expected to be dry. Areas under dry weather advisories, including parts of Seoul and inland Gyeonggi, the east coast and mountainous areas of Gangwon, eastern South Jeolla, and Gyeongsang, will be particularly dry.
Across the country through the morning of the 3rd, and in the mountainous areas and along the east coast of Gangwon through the 4th, strong winds with instantaneous speeds around 55 kph (70 kph in the mountains) will continue, raising a high risk of fires, so extra caution is needed.
Starting on the 3rd, as the moon's gravitational pull strengthens, sea levels will be higher than usual, and along the east coast, swells may roll in and waves may crash over shore rocks or breakwaters, creating dangerous conditions at times.
Except for the offshore waters of the South Sea, winds over all seas will blow strongly through the 3rd at 30 to 65 kph (8 to 18 m/s), and waves will be very high at 1 to 4 meters (up to over 5 meters in the outer southern waters off Jeju, the outer central East Sea, and the northern part of the outer southern East Sea).