For the time being, temperatures will run above average, and spring rain is expected nationwide on Monday and Tuesday.

Raindrops cling to plum blossoms at Nampyeong Mun Clan Bonni Segeoji in Hwawon-eup, Dalseong-gun, Daegu, on the 18th as spring rain falls across the country. /Courtesy of Yonhap News Agency

According to the Korea Meteorological Administration on the 29th, Monday the 30th will be mostly cloudy nationwide, with morning lows of 4–12 degrees and afternoon highs of 16–21 degrees.

As daytime temperatures rise to around 20 degrees, the daily temperature range is expected to widen to around 15 degrees, mainly inland, so take care of your health.

Rain will start in Jeolla Province and Jeju Island on the morning of the 30th, spread to southern Chungcheong and Gyeongsang in the afternoon, and expand to other central regions at night. In the early hours of the 31st, most areas nationwide will see rain, which will stop for most by the morning, though some in the Gangwon mountains and along the east coast and in North Gyeongsang may continue into the afternoon.

Forecast precipitation for the 30th–31st is 5–20 mm in southern Gyeonggi, 5–10 mm in Seoul, Incheon, northern Gyeonggi, and inland central-northern Gangwon, 10–50 mm in the Gangwon mountains, the east coast, Gwangju, South Jeolla, Busan, Ulsan, and South Gyeongsang, and 5–30 mm in Daejeon, Sejong, South Chungcheong, and North Chungcheong. Jeju Island is expected to receive 30–80 mm of rain.

Until the rain begins, dry air will persist mainly in the Seoul metropolitan area, inland Gangwon, Daejeon, North Chungcheong, eastern Jeolla, North Gyeongsang, and western inland South Gyeongsang. However, as rain falls from the 30th, dry weather advisories are expected to be gradually lifted.

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