Overview
- Morning lows on Friday ranged from minus 17 to minus 2 degrees Celsius nationwide, with daytime highs forecast between minus 4 and 6 degrees.
- The Korea Meteorological Administration says the core cold air is moving east, and temperatures are expected to trend back toward seasonal norms from the weekend into next week.
- Seoul reissued a cold-wave advisory from 9 p.m. Wednesday and activated 24-hour coordination with district offices, emergency shelters, outreach to older residents, and a freeze-risk alert for water systems.
- The city reported 1,476 frozen water-meter cases as of Tuesday, 47% below the recent three-year average, while isolated damage such as a burst pipe in Incheon was documented.
- Dry-weather advisories remain in effect in eastern regions with monthly precipitation excluding Jeju at 4.3 millimeters, and forecasters warn of wildfire risk as light snow Sunday could be followed by heavier snowfall in the Seoul area Sunday night into Monday.