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| ▲ People in heavy winter coats head to work at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul on Jan. 8, 2026, as the morning low dropped to minus 8.2 C. (Yonhap) |
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Heavy snow expected in central region after ongoing cold spell
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- A cold snap gripped the nation Thursday, with temperatures dropping in Seoul to minus 8.2 C, the state weather agency said, forecasting heavy snow in the central region over the weekend.
The sensible temperatures dived to minus 13.2 C in the capital and minus 30 C in some mountainous areas of Gangwon Province in the morning, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA).
The cold snap will only continue until Friday morning, but heavy snow is expected in the central region from that night through the weekend, the KMA said.
Snow is forecast to expand to the southern region Saturday morning, and snow or rain will begin falling on the southern Jeju Island beginning Saturday afternoon, it noted.
The expected snowfall until Saturday is 3 to 10 centimeters in Gangwon's inland and mountainous regions, 3 to 8 cm in eastern Gyeonggi Province, 2 to 7 cm in the Jeolla provinces, 1 to 5 cm in western Gyeonggi Province and the Chungcheong provinces, and 1 to 3 cm in Seoul and Incheon.
Snow or rain is expected to continue until Sunday in South Chungcheong Province, the Jeolla provinces and the western inland area of South Gyeongsang Province, the KMA said.
Afterward, snow or rain is expected to fall again in the central region and North Jeolla Province on Monday, it added.
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