Heatwave eases but muggy with more rain in store

An early morning breeze in the capital area made things feel much more comfortable this morning.

In fact, heat alerts have been lifted in most regions.

However, the heavy rain clouds that moved towards the east are dropping heavy showers in the Gyeongsang-do provinces, with heavy rain alerts in place.

Gyeongsang-do and parts of Jeollanam-do could get up to 80 millimeters, the rest of the southern provinces seeing 20 to 60 millimeters.

Here in the capital area could see 5 to 10 millimeters of rain through tomorrow morning.

And this afternoon, Seoul gets up to 30 degrees Celsius, a couple of degrees lower than Sunday, Gwangju will be much warmer today, topping out at 33 degrees Celsius this afternoon.

Skies will be mostly clear tomorrow afternoon, but scattered showers are in the forecast nationwide.

On Wednesday, rain will return across the country, with heavy downpours expected in the central region.

So the heat won't be as intense as last week!