Cloudy Skies, Scattered Rain Greet Return From Chuseok Holiday

Morning Lows of 14-20 Degrees Celsius Less Than 5 Millimeters Expected Along Incheon, Gyeonggi West Coast

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By Park Jung-hyunkate@sedaily.com
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Seoul Station is crowded with returning travelers and tourists on the 27th, the final day of the Chuseok holiday. Korail designated the five days from last Wednesday as a "special Chuseok transport period," operating some 4,400 train services, roughly double the usual number. Photo by Cho Tae-hyung - Seoul Economic Daily Culture News from South Korea
Seoul Station is crowded with returning travelers and tourists on the 27th, the final day of the Chuseok holiday. Korail designated the five days from last Wednesday as a "special Chuseok transport period," operating some 4,400 train services, roughly double the usual number. Photo by Cho Tae-hyung

Skies will be mostly cloudy nationwide with scattered rain on Monday, the 28th, the first workday after the Chuseok holiday. Wide temperature swings of about 15 degrees Celsius between day and night will persist for the time being.

Rain will fall in parts of Incheon and the Gyeonggi west coast in the predawn hours. Expected rainfall for the 27th and 28th combined is around 5 millimeters for the five islands in the West Sea and less than 5 millimeters along the Incheon and Gyeonggi west coast. Elsewhere in the greater Seoul area, inland and mountainous parts of Gangwon State, northern Chungcheong and Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, less than 0.1 millimeter of rain will fall between the predawn hours and morning.

Daily temperature ranges will widen to 10 to 15 degrees Celsius for the time being. Morning lows are forecast at 14 to 20 degrees Celsius, with daytime highs of 25 to 29 degrees Celsius.

Expected morning lows in major cities are 18 degrees Celsius in Seoul, 18 in Incheon, 15 in Chuncheon, 18 in Gangneung, 17 in Daejeon, 19 in Daegu, 18 in Jeonju, 18 in Gwangju, 20 in Busan and 22 in Jeju.

Daytime highs are forecast at 26 degrees Celsius in Seoul, 25 in Incheon, 26 in Chuncheon, 27 in Gangneung, 26 in Daejeon, 28 in Daegu, 26 in Jeonju, 27 in Gwangju, 28 in Busan and 27 in Jeju.

Waves will run 0.5 to 1.5 meters in coastal waters of the East Sea and 0.5 to 1.0 meters in coastal waters of the West Sea and South Sea. In inner offshore waters, defined as waters within about 200 kilometers of the coastline, waves are expected at 0.5 to 1.5 meters in the East Sea, West Sea and South Sea.

Original reporting by Park Jung-hyun for Seoul Economic Daily.

AI-translated from Korean. Quotes from foreign sources are based on Korean-language reports and may not reflect exact original wording.

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