"Calm Steps" for the first day of the new year...Cold wave is coming again today.

[Anchor]
Since it is a period of national mourning, the steps to work are inevitably heavier than ever.

There was no big cold yesterday, but cold air is expected to come down again today, causing a cold wave.

Reporter Kim Min-kyung's report.

[Reporter]
The first way to work in the last year of Eul.

Hearts with too much sadness to say the hope of a new start.

Even in the weather without much cold, it's hard to find a smile on your face heading to work like a bitter cold day.

[Nam Soo-jung / Gwanak-gu, Seoul: I think a lot of things happened last year. This year, it's all over the place.I hope you overcome a lot of bad things and that everyone is full of good things.

[Kim Yongsik / Mapo-gu, Seoul: We came out for a walk because it's a new year. I hope only good things happen this year.]

Yesterday morning, Seoul was minus 2.9 degrees Celsius, 2.5 degrees higher than the average year, and Cheorwon and Daegwallyeong were around minus 10 degrees Celsius, which was about 1-2 degrees higher than the average year.

However, as the cold continental high pressure expands in the northwest, it is expected to become cold again from today.

[Woo Jin-gyu / Weather Service Information Officer: From Sunday to the present, the temperature will gradually pass through the upper atmosphere, and the temperature will enter a period of cold air from the north to the south.]

In northeastern Gyeonggi Province and Gangwon Province, where a cold wave warning was issued, temperatures will fall below minus 10 degrees this morning,

Seoul will also be lowered to minus 5 degrees Celsius, about 2 degrees lower than yesterday.

Due to the strong cold wind, the wind chill is expected to drop to minus 8 degrees Celsius.

As the cold air passes through the West Sea, snow clouds are formed, and about 1cm of snow or rain is expected on the West Coast.

The cold will ease from daytime on Saturday, but heavy snow is likely in the central part of the country on Sunday.

[Kyung Sang-min / Meteorological Agency Forecast Analysis: On Sunday, the 5th, the moderate southwest wind will meet the cold air, causing rain or snow in the central part of the country, especially in the evening, and some snow is expected in the central inland and mountainous areas as the trough passes.]

The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) cautioned that there is a high possibility that ice sheets will be created on the road even if it rains because Seoul's temperature is around 0 degrees Celsius on Sunday morning.

I'm YTN's Kim Min-kyung.


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