west coast

Most of the fog generated in the west coast area is advection fog. It can be seen that there are fewer fogs in January, February, May and August. This is because in March-April, relatively warm air currents flowed into the West Sea as high pressure was located in the southwest sea.

Mokpo area is affected by high pressure, and the west and south borders the sea, and Yeongsan Lake is located to the southeast, so the supply of water vapor is abundant and foggy.

It is concentrated in spring and summer, and advection fog

and frontal fog due to surrounding shore region are combined.

Gunsan, Along with Ulleungdo, fog occurs the most frequently. The temperature is lower than inland areas due to sea breeze on clear days in spring and fall. In particular, fog often occurs because it is a coastal area, and most of them are sea fog, averaging 41 days a year.

related accidents

15-vehicle pileup on West coast highway

▷time: 2020.10.20 05:52 KST

▷location: 275km down the west coast Expressway

in Sinpyeong-myeon, Dangjin-si, Chungcheongnam-do;

The West coast highway was foggy enough not to be seen

even dozens of meters.

two 25-ton trucks collided near the Seohae Bridge,

Then nine cars collided as the cars that followed stopped suddenly,

and four other vehicles collided behind them.

17 people were injured in the accident.