Today is the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, the Spring Festival holiday is coming to an end, and the return peak is gradually coming.
Recently, there has been heavy snowfall in northern Xinjiang, and strong winds, cooling and rainy weather have occurred in southern China. From the 17th to the 22nd, the cold wave weather will affect our country, and most parts of our country will experience a "roller coaster" of temperature, with local temperature drops of more than 20, accompanied by a wide range of rain and snow. There are blizzards in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Shandong and other places, and local heavy snowfall; Henan, Hubei, Hunan, and Guizhou still have freezing rain; There was widespread thunder and lightning and localized severe convective weather in the southern region.
On the way back, members of the public are reminded to take precautions against the adverse effects of rain, snow and freezing weather on traffic.
The first cold spell of the Year of the Dragon will be launched tomorrow.
There will be drastic cooling in the central and eastern regions.
Three days from today (February 16-18), most parts of the country will start warming mode. From the 18th to the 19th, the maximum temperature in many places in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River will rush to more than 25, and the local temperature will be close to 30, and the temperature may hit a new high this year, and the warmth is rare in the same period in history.
This wave of violent warming has planted a huge cooling space for the first cold wave of the Year of the Dragon. With the first cold wave of the Year of the Dragon moving eastward to the south, from the 17th to the 22nd, affected by the cold wave weather, the temperature in most parts of China will drop by 6-12 from north to south, and the temperature in some areas will drop by 12-18, and the local cooling in Inner Mongolia, Northeast China and Central China can reach more than 20.
From the 18th, China will welcome a wide range of rain and snow.
Freezing rain in Henan, Hubei and other places is online again.
In terms of precipitation, rain is scarce in most parts of China today, with light to moderate snow or sleet in parts of northern and western mountainous areas of southern Xinjiang, northeast Inner Mongolia, and northwest Heilongjiang. **Light rain in parts of southeast, southern Zhejiang, central and eastern Fujian, southeastern and northwestern Yunnan, and eastern Taiwan Island.
Affected by the first cold wave of the Year of the Dragon, from the 18th to the 22nd, China will welcome a large-scale rain and snow process. From the 18th to the 22nd, there will be snowfall or rain turning to snow in the eastern part of Northwest China, North China, Northeast China, Huanghuai, Jianghuai, Jianghan, northern and western Jiangnan, among which Shaanxi, Shanxi, southern Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Shandong, central and northern Jiangsu and Anhui, **southwest, southeastern Qinghai and other places have heavy to heavy snowfall, local heavy snowfall. From the 20th to the 22nd, freezing rain will occur in Henan, Hubei, Hunan, and Guizhou from north to south.
From the 18th to the 22nd, there were moderate to heavy rains in Jianghan, Jianghuai, central and northern parts of Jiangnan, and local heavy rains; The rainfall in most areas is accompanied by thunder and lightning and short-term heavy precipitation, and there are strong convective weather such as hail or thunderstorms and strong winds locally.
At present, it is the return of the Spring Festival, many places in the north may be hit by heavy snowfall, and the precipitation situation in the south is complicated.
Screenshot **Weather Observatory.
What is the weather like in Sichuan?
From the 20th to the 24th, there will be a significant cooling and precipitation weather process in Sichuan, and the average daily temperature in the basin and the eastern part of Aba, Ganzi and Liangshan prefectures will drop by 7-10 cumulatively, and the local cooling range will exceed 10, and there will be 4-6 northerly winds under the influence of cold air, locally reaching 7 or above; There was generally light rain and local moderate rain in the basin, of which there was sleet from the 22nd to the 24th, and there was light snow and local moderate snow in the high-altitude mountainous areas. The western Sichuan Plateau and Panxi area are cloudy with snow showers (rain), and there is moderate to heavy snow in some places.
It is expected that in the coming week: from February 17th to 20th, most of the southern part of the western Sichuan Plateau and the southern part of the western part of the Panxi region will have mainly sunny and cloudy weather, dry air, and the forest and grassland fire danger meteorological level will be 3 4, and locally up to 5; From the 21st to the 23rd, it was cloudy with scattered showers (snow) in the southern part of the western Sichuan Plateau, and the western and southern parts of the Panxi area were mainly cloudy with sunny intervals, and the forest and grassland fire danger meteorological level was 3-4. Relevant cities and prefectures are requested to strengthen the management of fire sources and do a good job in forest and grassland fire prevention.
Spring Festival return strategy.
Plan your trip wisely to avoid these blockages.
Attention friends who are returning by car!
Take a look at this transportation guide.
Tomorrow the first cold wave of the Year of the Dragon will appear!
Have you embarked on the road back from the holiday?
Don't forget to wear a down jacket or a suitcase! Please pay attention to the weather changes and pay attention to travel safety!
*: Sichuan View News Comprehensive News Network, China Weather Network, Sichuan Meteorology, Sichuan Provincial Department of Transportation.