Kanto-Koshin Rain and snow from the evening of the 29th, heavy snow expected along the mountains on the 1st

Due to the influence of a low pressure system that is developing and moving along the southern coast of Honshu, rain and snow will fall in the Kanto-Koshin region from the evening of the 29th, and there is a risk of heavy snow mainly along the mountains on March 1st.

The Japan Meteorological Agency is urging people to be careful about the effects of snow and frozen roads on traffic.

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, as a low-pressure system develops along the southern coast of Honshu and moves northeast, there is a risk of rain and snow in the Kanto-Koshin region from the evening of the 29th to March 1st, with heavy snow falling mainly along the mountains on the 1st. there is.

The amount of snow that will fall in the 24 hours leading up to the morning of the 1st is expected to be 15 centimeters in the mountains of northern Kanto and Koshin, and 3 centimeters in the plains of northern Kanto and from Hakone to the Tama and Chichibu regions.

After that, the amount of snow is expected to continue to increase, mainly in the mountains of northern Kanto and Koshin, and if temperatures become lower than expected, there is a risk of warning-level heavy snow.

The Japan Meteorological Agency is urging people to be careful about the effects of snow accumulation and frozen roads on traffic, and to be careful of collapsed agricultural greenhouses and snow accretion on trees.

The snow on the 25th of this month caused a series of traffic accidents in Hakone and other areas.

If you are heading to an area where snow is expected, be prepared with winter tires and other equipment.

Be careful of high waves and strong winds

On the other hand, the coasts of the Kanto region and the Ogasawara Islands will continue to have high waves with swells through the 2nd, so people should be careful of high waves.

Even in the Izu Islands, where a low-pressure system is approaching, rain and wind are expected to intensify and waves will rise on the 1st, and the Japan Meteorological Agency is urging people to be careful not only about high waves and strong winds, but also about landslides caused by heavy rain.