On January 1, the reporter learned from the Municipal Meteorological Bureau that on December 31, 2023, the city's shadow operation team seized the favorable opportunity to carry out artificial rain enhancement operations, carried out 9 ground rain enhancement operations, and launched 22 rockets, which achieved obvious rain enhancement effects and effectively improved the ambient air quality of our city.
Due to the combined influence of atmospheric stability and the input of exogenous pollutants, a heavily polluted weather process has occurred in our city since December 27, 2023. In order to do a good job in the prevention and control of air pollution artificial weather modification, at 12 o'clock on December 28, the Municipal Meteorological Bureau entered the special working state of meteorological guarantee for heavy pollution weather, and actively sought the opportunity of aircraft shadow operation from the Hunan Provincial Meteorological Bureau's shadow office, and the city's shadow operation team was on duty 24 hours a day to strengthen weather monitoring and analysis and judgment of weather modification operating conditions.
According to the conclusion of the Municipal Meteorological Observatory and the professional meteorological station, on the evening of December 31, the city has the meteorological conditions for artificial rain enhancement operations, and the shadow operation teams at all levels immediately seized the opportunity to cooperate with the aircraft rain enhancement operations organized by the Provincial People's Shadow Office, and jointly carried out the city-wide "three-dimensional" rain enhancement operations. As of 8 o'clock on January 1, 2024, the city has carried out a total of 9 ground rain enhancement operations, launched 22 rockets, and burned 4 cigarettes. After the operation, light to moderate rain fell in the operation area, the AQI index continued to decline, and the air quality turned good, effectively improving the ambient air quality of our city.
The relevant person in charge of the Municipal People's Shadow Office said that the city's meteorological department will continue to pay attention to the weather conditions, strengthen consultation, research and judgment, carry out weather modification operations in a timely manner, make every effort to fight the battle of blue sky, and continue to improve the ambient air quality of the city. (Reporter Hu Yahua).