Yesterday was probably the first snow many people saw this winter. During the day, there are ice particles in Hangzhou one after another, and the snowflakes in the sky gradually increase after evening, and even more after nightfall.
This morning, a thin layer of snow can be seen on the roof and grass, and the snow depth observed by the Hangzhou National Reference Station is 1 centimeter.
Yesterday, there was sleet or snow in the northern part of Zhejiang, and moderate to heavy snow in the mountainous areas of northwest Zhejiang. As of 10 o'clock today, there are still 11 centimeters of snow in Tianchi in Daming Mountain, Lin'an.
Source: Zhejiang Provincial Meteorological Publicity and Science Center.
At 8 o'clock this morning, the shear line formed between the cold and warm air has been pressed southward to the central and southern parts of Zhejiang, and the main precipitation areas have also moved southward significantly. During the day, as the wet area retreats further south, the rain and snow in Hangzhou will stop, and it will turn cloudy from the afternoon, much earlier than originally expected.
However, due to the low temperature in the morning, the waterlogged and snowy roads are prone to freezing, so please pay attention to travel safety.
The Hangzhou Meteorological Observatory held a press conference on the weather for the New Year this morning, introducing the weather and travel priorities during the Spring Festival in Hangzhou and its surroundings.
It is expected that during the Spring Festival holiday (February 10-17), our city will be sunny and rainy, and the possibility of obvious disastrous weather such as heavy snow and cold wave will be small, of which the 15th-16th will be affected by cold air, and there will be a rainfall process, and the rest of the time will be mainly sunny to cloudy.
The temperature rises first and then falls, the overall suitability, the minimum temperature is 10-13 0 4, the maximum temperature rises significantly, the 14th can reach about 20, the 15th is affected by the cold air, the temperature gradually drops.
Tips
1. The weather is better in the early part of the Spring Festival this year, which is more suitable for visiting relatives and friends and traveling, and there is rain in the later part of the holiday, so it is recommended that you arrange holiday travel reasonably according to the weather conditions.
2. The temperature fluctuates greatly, the year before the cold season, the temperature rises rapidly around the fifth day of the new year, pay attention to the timely increase or decrease of clothes, to prevent colds.
3. During the peak of the return trip after the year, there will be more rainy weather in the surrounding areas, so pay attention to traffic safety when traveling.
4. When the temperature is low, if you use coal and charcoal for heating, pay attention to ventilation to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning.
Historical climate overview of Hangzhou during the Spring Festival
From February 9th to 17th, the average rainy days in the city were 48 days, and in 2019, there were 9 days of continuous rain.
The average precipitation in the city is 292 mm, the daily rainfall is mainly light rain. On February 13, 1959, there was a heavy rain in Jiande (593 mm).
The average temperature of the city is 69 degrees, the all-time extreme high of 29 (Jiande February 12, 2009), the extreme low -98 (Lin'an, 10 February 1977).
Weather outlook for the 2024 Spring Festival holiday in the province
The Zhejiang Provincial Meteorological Observatory also gave an interview this morning on the weather conditions during the 2024 Spring Festival holiday.
Since January 29, there has been continuous rainy weather in our province, and the rainfall in the province from 08:00 on January 29 to 08:00 on February 7 was 81 mm. Among them, sleet or snow appeared in northern Zhejiang yesterday (6th), and moderate to heavy snow in some mountainous areas in northwest Zhejiang.
It is expected that in the next ten days, our province will be sunny and rainy, the temperature will rise first and then fall, and there will be no disastrous weather such as snow and freezing during the Spring Festival holiday.
Today (7th) the rain and snow in northern Zhejiang gradually stopped turning cloudy, there was light rain in the central and southern regions, and local moderate rain in Lishui and Wenzhou; Tomorrow (8th) from the end of the continuous rain, the weather is better, the 9th-14th (Chinese New Year's Eve to the fifth day of the new year) is generally fine, and the 15th-17th (the sixth to the eighth day of the first month) is affected by weak cold air There is a rainfall process in our province.
Day (XX. 9. Chinese New Year's Eve) The morning temperature is low, the lowest temperature in most parts of the province 0 -2 has thin ice, and the mountainous area -3 -6 has freezing. The temperature will rise during the day on the 9th, and the maximum temperature in most areas will rise to 17 22 on the 13th and 14th, and the temperature will drop slightly from the 15th.
Today (7th), there are local gusts of 8 on the sea surface of the central and southern coasts of our province, and 8 gusts on the coastal sea surface on the 15th.
Liu Hanhua, chief forecaster of Zhejiang Meteorological Observatory, said that there are two points to pay attention to during the holiday weather: first, there is low temperature and freezing in the mountainous area on the 8th and 9th, and it is necessary to prevent the adverse impact of slippery roads and low visibility on traffic; The second is that there is rainy weather in our province from around the sixth day of the first month (15th), which coincides with the peak of the return of the Spring Festival, please pay close attention to the weather changes.
Rain, snow and freezing weather "vacation" from Chinese New Year's Eve
During the Spring Festival holiday, the average temperature in most parts of the country was higher than that of the same period in normal years, and there was no large-scale low-temperature rain, snow, freezing and persistent fog, haze and other disastrous weather.
In the early part of the holiday (Chinese New Year's Eve to the fourth day of the new year), the cold air affecting China is weak, and most areas are dominated by sunny to cloudy weather, and the temperature is generally rising; In the later period (from the fifth to the eighth day of the first month), the cold air force will strengthen, and there will be a windy cooling and rain and snow weather process in China.
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