"We all might have to wait just a little bit longer this year to be dazzled by Korea’s brilliant fall foliage. The Korea Meteorological Administration recently announced that the autumnal tint will be making its appearance 1~11 days later than it has in previous years. Leaves on Jirisan and the central regions of Korea are expected to start changing from October 3rd to 18th, while the southern regions will start experiencing the seasonal bursts of color around October 17th to the 30th.
The first foliage of Seoraksan Mountain is predicted to start around October 3rd and will reach its peak around October 20th.* On Mt. Naejangsan, the peak time will be around the 6th of November. In the middle regions and Mt. Jirisan, the autumnal tint will peak around late October; in the southern regions, early November.
*First foliage = 20% of a given area’s foliage has changed colors
*Peak foliage = 80% or more of a given area’s foliage has changed colors
Mountains 2010 Autumn Foliage Schedule
Place - First Foliage Date / Peak Time Date
Seoraksan (설악산) - 10.3 / 10.20
Odaesan (오대산) - 10.6 / 10.28
Bukhansan (북한산) -10.22 / 11.1
Chiaksan (치악산) - 10.15 / 10.31
Woraksan (월악산)- 10.19 /10.27
Songnisan (속리산)- 10.18 / 10.26
Gyeryongsan (계룡산)-10.18 / 10.30
Palgongsan (팔공산) - 10.24 / 11.1
Gayasan (가야산) - 10.18 / 11.3
Naejangsan (내장산) - 10.28 / 11.6
Jirisan (지리산) - 10.17 / 10.29
Mudeungsan (무등산) - 10.27 / 11.12
Duryunsan (두륜산) - 10.30 / 11.11
Hallasan (한라산) - 10.22 / 11.9
The information above comes from the Korea Meteorological Administration and it can be found on the KNTO website.
At the same time, bear in mind, that the weather has been playing mind games with the KMA in recent years. It's getting harder and harder to predict what Mother Nature is going to do, especially when we've not been showing her enough respect. Expect her to behave more capriciously.
For instance, just today, the nation is experiencing its first frost this year - temperatures in Gangwon-do have dipped to around zero degrees Celcius.Farmers already badly affected by heavy rains and typhoons are bracing themselves for another attack on their crops because of this unanticipated frost.
According to KBS, the "Korea Meteorological Administration has forecast that afternoon highs will hover around 20 degrees Celsius, with strong winds expected to subside later in the afternoon. But the weather agency added that the cold weather is expected to continue through Friday before autumn rains hit the nation on the weekend."
Goodness knows what effect the early frost will have on the autumn leaves.
Please also check out this posting. ( from 2009 as an indication of things to come)
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