Umbrellas ‘bloom’ in December skies: Expect more gloom and rain next week

Umbrellas ‘bloom’ in December skies: Expect more gloom and rain next week

Outside the prefectural government building people rush home under their umbrellas. Photographed by Yasuhide Matayoshi around 5:30 p.m. on December 9, in Naha City.


December 10, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo

 

The Okinawa region has been experiencing cloudy skies since the beginning of December. The Okinawa Meteorological Observatory expects more cloudy and rainy days than usual for about a month between December 5 and January 4, 2021. The sunshine duration is expected to be about the same or lower than usual. High atmospheric pressures over the continent extending out to Okinawa and a trough of low atmospheric pressure are cited as factors.

On December 9, due to the weather front, six areas of Okinawa received the most rainfall for December on record, including Gusukube, Miyakojima City, which received 209.5 mm of rain. It also rained in Naha City, where people walked briskly with their umbrellas.

 

Due to the cold air and trough, the meteorological observatory predicts the cloudy and rainy weather will persist for another week.

(English translation by T&CT and Monica Shingaki)

 

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