A spell of midsummer-like heat is expected to begin Thursday, with daytime highs climbing above 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) across the greater Seoul area, the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) said Wednesday.
Heavy spring rain, accompanied by strong winds, thunder and lightning, is expected to drench most of the country through Tuesday afternoon, according to the state weather agency.
Warm spring weather is expected to continue through the weekend with dust-free skies, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) on Thursday.
Although daytime temperatures will remain mild, the level of fine dust is forecast to worsen across much of the country on Monday.
A brief but intense cold snap is expected to grip the country over the weekend. Apparent temperatures will be pushed down to around minus 20 Celsius. Heavy snowfall is forecast for the Jeolla and Jeju regions.
Many in the United States faced another night of below-freezing temperatures and no electricity after a colossal winter storm heaped more snow Monday on the Northeast and kept parts of the South coated in ice.
The severe cold spell continued nationwide for the third consecutive day on Thursday, with temperatures plummeting to as low as minus 24.2 degrees Celsius in some mountainous areas of Gangwon, the state weather agency said.
Korea is facing its strongest cold wave of the winter, with forecasters warning that the extreme cold will persist through the weekend and pose heightened risks to public health.
A severe cold snap gripped Korea on Tuesday morning, pushing temperatures in Seoul and across the country below seasonal averages and prompting weather authorities to issue cold wave warnings nationwide.
A brutal cold wave will grip Korea over the New Year period, as frigid Arctic air masses sweep in from the north.
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