6월 다 끝나가는데…올해 장마 '특이 조짐' [지금이뉴스] / YTN

The rainy season is not expected to arrive this month. While the rainy season started relatively early last year, there is a growing possibility that it will be delayed record-breakingly this year. According to the Korea Meteorological Administration on the 25th, cold air is lingering in the upper atmosphere over Korea, while the stationary front is situated near 30 degrees North latitude, south of Japan. This coming weekend, Korea will remain under the influence of a mobile high-pressure system, resulting in clear or occasionally cloudy weather. On Saturday the 27th, it will be occasionally cloudy before clearing up in the late afternoon, followed by clear skies on the 28th. On the 27th, the morning lows are expected to range from 14 to 20 degrees Celsius, with daytime highs between 24 and 31 degrees. On the 28th, morning lows are expected to be between 16 and 20 degrees, with daytime highs between 25 and 32 degrees. Next week as well, under the influence of the mobile high-pressure system, daytime temperatures are expected to rise above 30 degrees, continuing weather that is "similar to or slightly hotter than the average year." Although there is a possibility that the North Pacific High will expand toward the Korean Peninsula next week following Typhoon Mekala (Typhoon No. 7), which passed 440 km southwest of Okinawa this morning and swept across southern Japan, it is still difficult to forecast this definitively. In particular, while a tropical depression is expected to form near the Philippines around the 29th and potentially influence the edge of the North Pacific High, numerical weather prediction models have conflicting forecasts regarding whether such a tropical depression will actually develop. Around Wednesday, July 1st, there is a possibility of rain centered around Jeju Island as a trough develops and approaches from the west while the stationary front remains south of Japan. It is still difficult to determine whether the stationary front will move northward or if the trough will develop into a low-pressure system, thereby extending the duration of precipitation and expanding the affected area. In other words, it is difficult to predict that the rainy season will begin in Jeju on July 1st. For Jeju, where the rainy season arrives earliest, the average start date for the rainy season (1991–2020) is June 19, meaning six days have already passed. Last year, the rainy season began as early as ever in Jeju (June 12), the 3rd earliest in history, and in the southern (June 19) and central (June 19) regions, the 13th and 8th earliest, respectively. Audio | AI Anchor Produced by | Lee Seon #ThisNews ▶ Original Article: https://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0545_202606... ▶ Report a Tip: https://mj.ytn.co.kr/mj/mj_write.php ▣ Subscribe to YTN YouTube Channel: http://goo.gl/Ytb5SZ ⓒ YTN Unauthorized reproduction, redistribution, and use of AI data are prohibited.