LAO CAI – On the afternoon of December 26, the top of Fansipan appeared light snow with rain, the temperature was about 3 degrees Celsius.
Giang A Tinh, a security officer working at the top of Fansipan, said that in previous years, snow and rain on this mountain were relatively rare, but in the last three years, it often appeared.
It’s raining and cold today, but on the weekend, Fansipan peak is still crowded with visitors. Surprised to witness the snowfall, many tourists used their phones to record and take pictures. “Snow only falls from 15:30 and lasts 5-7 minutes,” Mr. Tinh said.
Last year, Fansipan welcomed a snowstorm that lasted for many days. Snow falls heavily, covering the top of the mountain with a thickness of more than one meter, creating a beautiful European-like scenery on the “roof of Indochina”.
| Snow falls at Fansipan peak. Photo: Explore Sapa. |
According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, under the influence of a strong cold airwave, today’s temperature in the North dropped sharply, the temperature at 13 pm on December 26 in most provinces was below 20 degrees Celsius.
This is the first cold and damaging cold wave of this winter in the North of Vietnam. In the high mountains, there are places around 0 degrees and the possibility of snow and ice. The cold airwave causes severe cold, in some places this harmful cold is likely to last until December 28.
In Sa Pa (Lao Cai), at 13:00 this afternoon, it is 10.5 degrees, while the Fansipan peak is 3,143 m high, about 3 degrees Celsius. It is forecasted that tonight and tomorrow (December 27), cold air will continue to pour down. , there is a high possibility of snowfall in Sapa, especially on the top of Fansipan tonight.
This is the second time in the year that the top of Fansipan has had snowfall. It snowed for the first time on the morning of February 8.
This afternoon, there was a sudden snowfall on the top of Fansipan, making many tourists present here extremely excited.
On the evening of December 26, Mr. Luu Minh Hai – Director of Lao Cai Hydro-Meteorological Station said that at about 3:30 pm to 3:32 pm this afternoon, snow fell on the top of Fansipan with light intensity. At the time of snowfall, there was still light rain, so the snowflakes were not bright.
According to Mr. Hai, this cold spell can last 2-3 days. The temperature in Sa Pa town in the coming days will be from 4-6oC and at the top of Fansipan will be below 0 degrees.
The snowfall this afternoon made many tourists present here extremely excited and excited.
Snow fell on the top of Fansipan on the afternoon of December 26, 2021.
According to Accuweather, the upcoming cold front brings high humidity and causes freezing cold all day. Some parts of the North could see light rain this weekend.
In Hanoi, the area began to record a marked decrease in temperature since the night of December 25 when the temperature dropped to 14 degrees Celsius, 6 degrees Celsius lower than the previous night. By December 26, the highest temperature in the capital was only 17 degrees Celsius, and the lowest is 10 degrees Celsius in night.
December 27 will be the coldest time in this wave when the temperature during the day and night fluctuates at 10-16 degrees Celsius. In the following days, the temperature starts to increase slightly
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