Beijing, February 7 (Wei Xianghui) According to the China Meteorological Administration, the weather forecast for the Spring Festival holiday in 2024 was released, and during the Spring Festival holiday (Chinese New Year's Eve to the eighth day of the new year), the temperature in most parts of the country rose first and then fell, and the average temperature was higher than that of the same period of the year; There is no widespread rain, snow and ice, persistent fog, haze and other disastrous weather.
Most of the weather was fine in the early part of the holiday, and there was rain and snow in the later part of the holiday.
At a press conference held by the China Meteorological Administration on the 7th, Zhang Hengde, deputy director of the National Meteorological Center, introduced that most of the country had fine weather and a significant rise in temperature before the Spring Festival holiday, but there was strong cold air affecting the central and eastern regions in the later period.
Specifically, in the early part of the holiday, affected by weak cold air, there will be windy weather in the northern region, on the 9-11th (Chinese New Year's Eve to the second day of the new year), Inner Mongolia, western and northern North China will have 4 6 levels and 7 gusts of wind, of which on the 9-10th, there will be sand and dust weather in parts of western Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, northern Gansu, northern Shaanxi and other places; The eastern part of the Yellow Sea, the northeastern part of the East China Sea, and the South China Sea have strong winds of magnitude 5 7 with gusts of 8.
The stronger cold air in the later part of the holiday will affect the central and eastern parts of China. From the 14th to the 17th (the fifth to the eighth day of the first month), under the influence of strong cold air, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and its northern areas will have 4 6 northerly winds from north to south, with gusts of 7 9, and the temperature will drop by 4 8, and the cooling range in some areas of Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang will be 10 12, and more than 14 locally; There is light to moderate rain in Huanghuai, Jianghuai, Jianghan, Jiangnan, South China, Sichuan Basin and Guizhou, and locally heavy rain; There is light snow or sleet in the central and eastern parts of Inner Mongolia, North China, and Northeast China, and moderate to heavy snow in the eastern part of Northeast China.
There is intermittent fog or haze in North China, Huanghuai and coastal areas in South China. From 9 to 10 (Chinese New Year's Eve to the first to 14th of the new year (the third to the fifth day of the new year), there was light to moderate haze in parts of North China, Huanghuai, Jianghuai, and Northeast China, and severe haze locally. From the night of the 13th to the morning of the 14th (the fourth to the fifth day of the Lunar New Year), there was heavy fog in parts of southern Hebei, western and northern Shandong, northern and southwestern Henan, and locally dense fog. In addition, from the 14th to the 16th (the fifth to the seventh day of the Lunar New Year), there will be light fog in the southeast and south China coasts, the Qiongzhou Strait, and the northern waters of the Beibu Gulf, and heavy fog may occur from night to morning.
9 stations in western Hubei have basically resumed normal traffic Photo by Chen Long Traffic tends to weaken due to the impact of rain, snow and freezing weather.
In terms of transportation during the Spring Festival, Pei Shunqiang, deputy director of the Public Meteorological Service Center of the China Meteorological Administration, said that this round of rain, snow and freezing weather is coming to an end, and the overall trend of the impact on the transportation and energy industries is to weaken, but it is still necessary to pay attention to the weather risks in some periods and regions.
For highway traffic, it is expected that on the 7th, some sections of highways such as Shanghai, Chongqing, Hangrui, and Daguang in southeastern Qinghai, northern Heilongjiang, most of Jianghan, northern Jiangnan, and central and northern Guizhou will be affected by snowfall, and the risk of road snow and road ice will be high; Some sections of highways such as Shanghai-Kunming and Baomao in central Guizhou and western Hunan will be affected by freezing rain, and the risk of road icing is high.
From the 7th to the 9th, some sections of highways such as National Highway 218, National Highway 312, and National Highway 318 in northern Xinjiang, eastern **, and northern Sichuan Plateau will be affected by light to moderate snow or sleet, and the risk of snow and road ice will be high. It is recommended to prevent the adverse effects of low temperature and freezing weather on road traffic, especially for new energy vehicles, which need to do a good job of battery life storage in advance and reasonably plan travel routes.
In terms of railway transportation, it is expected that on the 7th, there will be moderate snow along the high-speed railway lines such as the Changsha-Wuhan section and the Changsha-Zhangjiajie section in Hunan, Hubei and other places, which may lead to train delays and stranded passengers at stations.
In terms of offshore port shipping, it is expected that from 7 to 9, Wenzhou Port, Fuzhou Port, Xiamen Port, Shantou Port and other ports and coastal waters will have windy weather above level 6 during some periods, which will have a certain impact on navigation and port operations. (ENDS).
Editor: Liu Yanghe].