Temperatures to dive to minus 14C in Seoul on Tuesday
People wearing thick jackets walk at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul in the freezing cold, Jan. 22. Yonhap
The latest cold wave is expected to peak Tuesday, with morning lows dipping to minus 18 degrees Celsius to minus 4 degrees nationwide, the state weather agency said Monday.
The mercury is forecast to plummet to minus 14 degrees in Seoul, minus 18 degrees in Cherwon of Gangwon Province, minus 10 degrees in the central city of Daejeon and minus 7 degrees in the southern port city of Busan on Tuesday morning, the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) said. The day's maximum temperatures will range from minus 9 degrees to 1 degrees, it said.
In Gangneung and other venues of the ongoing Winter Youth Olympics, Tuesday's minimum temperatures will range from minus 11 degrees to minus 16 degrees, the KMA noted.
Temperatures are expected to gradually rise from Friday and return to normal by the weekend, it said, forecasting sporadic snowfall in the central and southwestern regions, and on the southern resort island of Jeju until Thursday. (Yonhap)