Unprecedented Streak of Tropical Nights to Continue into Weekend l KBS WORLD

Seoul residents are anticipated to witness a brand new document of consecutive tropical nights because the streak continues into the weekend. 

The Korea Meteorological Administration(KMA) forecast that western areas and the Gyeongsang provinces’ coastal areas will proceed to see a tropical evening by way of Saturday as morning lows are set to face between 22 and 27 levels Celsius on Saturday.

On Friday, Seoul already recorded the longest streak of tropical nights in 118 years, seeing its twenty sixth consecutive tropical evening between Thursday and Friday, after the primary such evening was noticed on July 21.

This tied the earlier document of 26 days set in 2018, the longest streak since trendy climate observations started in Seoul in 1907.

In 2018, tropical nights lasted 26 days in a row from July 21 to August 15, however this yr’s streak is predicted to proceed additional with nighttime temperatures forecast to stay above 25 levels Celsius till subsequent week. 

Busan additionally skilled one other tropical evening, extending its streak to 22 days to set the brand new document for many consecutive tropical nights for the reason that metropolis started trendy meteorological observations in 1904.

A tropical evening happens when the minimal temperature stays above 25 levels Celsius from 6 p.m. to 9 a.m. the following day.