From T-shirts to padded jackets: Why Korea's October weather swung so wildly

Korea Times News ·
Environment & Nature Weather South Korea

Koreans went from wearing short sleeves to pulling out padded winter jackets last month as temperatures swung dramatically between summer-like heat and early winter chills. The reason, meteorologists say, was a massive high-pressure system thousands of kilometers away over Russia's Ural Mountains. The atmospheric phenomenon, known as "Ural blocking," disrupted the usual flow of weather systems,…

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