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tfunk
Joined: 12 Aug 2006
Location: Dublin, Ireland
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 Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 5:56 pm Post subject: Where to go for snow - Solal weekend in Korea? |
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| Is there snow expected in any part of Korea for the long weekend? |
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Cougar
Joined: 11 Apr 2007
Location: Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm not sure about this exact weekend but if there snow to be found in Korea it will usually be in Gangwon-do. This is the province where all the ski resorts are and you will have to fight with the tourist crowd all making their way there over the holiday weekend. Good luck. |
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Kimchi Cha Cha
Joined: 15 May 2003
Location: was Suncheon, now Brisbane
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| Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 8:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Looking at the weather forecasts for the next five days pretty much everywhere is expected to have some snow bar Daegu, Busan and South Gyeongsang. Jeolla and Gangwon-do are expected to get the most. |
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tfunk
Joined: 12 Aug 2006
Location: Dublin, Ireland
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| Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 2:46 am Post subject: |
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Awesome, thanks for the tip. Where can I find the Korean weather by region in english friendly format? I'd love to see Gyeongju in snow!
| Kimchi Cha Cha wrote: |
| Looking at the weather forecasts for the next five days pretty much everywhere is expected to have some snow bar Daegu, Busan and South Gyeongsang. Jeolla and Gangwon-do are expected to get the most. |
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aka Dave
Joined: 02 May 2008
Location: Down by the river
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Kimchi Cha Cha
Joined: 15 May 2003
Location: was Suncheon, now Brisbane
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| Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 3:01 am Post subject: |
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The KMA website probably has the best English language weather details. It's a bummer they don't translate more as their Korean site has a whole host of details.
Unfortunately, it seems Gyeongju is one of the few places not expecting snow over the next few days, it'll be below zero pretty much the whole time but fine and sunny. Though, the weather forecasts are fairly unpredictable and it could be worth it going there as they may get some snow at some stage.
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tfunk
Joined: 12 Aug 2006
Location: Dublin, Ireland
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| Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 3:03 am Post subject: |
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| Kimchi Cha Cha wrote: |
| The KMA website probably has the best English language weather details. It's a bummer they don't translate more as their Korean site has a whole host of details. |
Ta'!
Wow, snow in Seoul tomorrow!
edit: thanks aka dave as well, I missed your link the first time for some reason.
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Underwaterbob
Joined: 08 Jan 2005
Location: In Cognito
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| Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 3:34 am Post subject: |
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| Hyuk, I like how they put Dokdo on those maps even though there's no weather information and the island (rock) is pictured way too close for scale. |
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moosehead
Joined: 05 May 2007
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| Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 12:52 pm Post subject: |
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both the BBC website and Yahoo provide satellite data including K. just punch in the name of the country and go from there.
they also provide forecasts and temps in F or C - I find the BBC to be more accurate than Yahoo. the BBC also updates several times a date.
oh here's the BBC link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day_f.shtml?world=0086
was -11 C this morning at 3 a.m. brrr |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 1:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Kimchi Cha Cha wrote: |
| Looking at the weather forecasts for the next five days pretty much everywhere is expected to have some snow bar Daegu, Busan and South Gyeongsang. Jeolla and Gangwon-do are expected to get the most. |
yeah, seven winters here in south gyeongsang and i've seen snow on the ground a grand total of once
yesterday morning i awoke to a thick swirl of flakes in the wind and thought wow it looks like it's actually gonna make the ground white, but it didn't, i stepping outside into a wind with no bite, the air temp about 3 or 4 C, not a snowball's chance of hitting the ground as anything but water
nearby Jeollanamdo gets buckets of snow each winter, even Jeju down off the southwest,... but here in the southeasternmost, only pockets of places, like Jinju and Daegu seem to ever get any snow |
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Forward Observer
Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Location: FOB Gloria
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| Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 2:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Snowed last night - streets are even covered with snow right now 7:30AM |
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tfunk
Joined: 12 Aug 2006
Location: Dublin, Ireland
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| Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 2:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Forward Observer wrote: |
| Snowed last night - streets are even covered with snow right now 7:30AM |
Are you in Seoul? When you say even covered with snow, do you mean that it usually clears up during the day? Is it a light snow? |
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Forward Observer
Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Location: FOB Gloria
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| Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 3:26 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, I'm northeast of the Han river.
Blanket of snow, cars are driving slowly, taxis aren't even honking their horns - that's a first. |
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Missihippi
Joined: 22 Oct 2007
Location: Gwangmyeong
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| Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 3:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah, snow on the ground here in south seoul. i'm not going out in that shit. Supposed to warm up tomorrow i think. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 7:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Snow on the ground, icicles on the balcony banister. It's noonish and doesn't appear to be melting. Think I'll wait for tomorrow to go anywhere. |
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