From today to February 5, there will be a large-scale rain, snow and freezing weather process in the central and eastern parts of the mainland. The heavy rain and snow weather process had a wide range of impacts, a large cumulative amount of rain and snow, a long duration, and a large area of freezing rain, which was the strongest in winter since 2009. After comprehensive research and judgment and emergency consultation, the China Meteorological Administration launched a Level III emergency response to major meteorological disasters (rain, snow and ice) this morning.
The China Meteorological Administration (CMA) has launched a Level III emergency response to major meteorological disasters
The Central Meteorological Observatory predicts that from today to 5 February, there will be snowfall in the eastern part of Northwest China, North China, Northeast China, and northern Huanghuai, and there will be rain turning to sleet or snow in central and southern Huanghuai, Jianghan, western and northern Jianghuai, northwest Hunan, central and northern Guizhou, and northern and eastern Chongqing, with moderate to heavy snow in most of the above-mentioned areas, blizzard in some areas, and localized heavy snowfall or extremely heavy snowfall; moderate to heavy rain in most areas in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and most areas south of it, and heavy rain in some areas. From February 1 to 4, there was freezing rain in parts of southern Henan, central and western Hubei, northern Anhui, northern Jiangsu, southern Shandong, northwest Hunan, eastern Guizhou, and eastern Chongqing. The Central Meteorological Observatory continues to issue a blue warning for heavy snowfall this morning.
There will be continuous low temperatures in North China, Huanghuai, and foggy weather offshoreIn terms of temperature, with the spread of widespread rain and snow, coupled with the influence of cold air, the temperature in most parts of the mainland has gradually turned lower than that of the same period in normal years.
The Central Meteorological Observatory predicts that with the spread of widespread rain and snow, coupled with the influence of cold air, most parts of the mainland will gradually cool down from today to early February, and the temperature in various places will turn lower than normal for the same period of the year from north to south. The Northeast region has turned low in an all-round way from today and will continue until the 4th, and there will also be sustained low temperatures in North China, Huanghuai, Jianghan, Jianghuai and some parts of Jiangnan in early February.
The Central Meteorological Observatory continues to issue a yellow warning for heavy fog today: It is expected that from day to night today, there will be heavy fog in the westerly waters of the central and southern Yellow Sea, the western waters of the East China Sea, the Taiwan Strait, the northern waters of the Beibu Gulf, the Qiongzhou Strait, the southern coastal waters of the Shandong Peninsula, the coastal waters of Jiangsu, the waters near the Yangtze River Estuary and Hangzhou Bay, the coastal waters of Zhejiang, the coastal waters of northern Fujian, and the coastal waters of Guangdong, with visibility of less than 1 km.