Since January 31, China has suffered the strongest winter rain, snow and freezing weather since 2009.
Site map of some places.
From the point of view of cumulative precipitation, the snowfall in the snowfall area, the central part of Shaanxi, the southern part of Shanxi, most of Henan, the southeast of Shanxi and other places in the snowfall is more than 10 mm, the precipitation in the area of rain and snow is generally 20 30 mm, of which the precipitation in eastern Hubei, northern Hunan, central Anhui and other places is 40 70 mm, such as Wuhan since the 31st precipitation of more than 80 mm, southern Anhui, southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang, northern Jiangxi and other places of precipitation is generally more than 50 mm, locally more than 100 mm.
Distribution of precipitation from 7 a.m. on January 31 to 7 a.m. today. Pictured: National Meteorological Information Center.
As of 8 o'clock today, the snow in the southern part of Shandong and the northern part of Jiangsu was about 10 centimeters, and the snow in the southeastern part of Henan, the central and northern parts of Anhui, and the central part of Hubei reached 15 to 20 centimeters. Among them, the snow depth of more than 50 stations in central Hubei, northern Anhui and eastern Henan broke the record of the same period, such as the snow depth of Tianmen in Hubei and Mengcheng in Anhui broke the local record in early February, and Huoqiu in Anhui and Qianjiang in Hubei broke the local record in February.
The snow and ice brought by this round of process have not yet melted, and the impact on Spring Festival travel is still continuing. Due to the development of warm and humid airflow, the rain and snow will expand again from Guizhou and Hunan from tonight.
* The Meteorological Observatory predicts that from the night of February 5 to 7, there will be heavy to heavy snowfall in parts of southeastern Chongqing, northern Guizhou, southern Hubei, southern Anhui, northern Hunan, northern Jiangxi, northwest Zhejiang and other places, with a cumulative snowfall of 5 18 mm in some of the above areas, more than 20 mm locally, and a new snow depth of 5 10 cm, and more than 15 cm locally. There was freezing rain in parts of central and eastern Guizhou, southeastern Chongqing, most of Hunan, northwest Jiangxi, southern mountainous areas of Anhui, and mountainous western Zhejiang.
The day after tomorrow will focus on Guizhou, Hunan and other places, the rain and snow phase is complex, and there will be freezing rain, among them, there will be blizzard in Hunan, plus the snowfall in these days, the maximum snow depth may reach 30 cm, and there will still be freezing rain in the central and northern regions, and the maximum wire ice thickness may reach 3 cm, which is not a small challenge for high-speed, railway, and air traffic.
Picture @ Hunan Weather.
In addition, affected by cold air and rain and snow weather, the temperature in Anhui, Hubei, Hunan, and Guizhou will continue to be low in the next few days, about 10 lower than the same period in normal years, and the maximum temperature in most of the above areas is only in the early 0s, cold and humid, so we must take measures to protect against the cold and keep warm.
So, when will the rain, snow and freezing weather in the south end? It is expected that from the 8th, that is, on the 29th of the lunar month, the precipitation in the south will begin to weaken and decrease, and most areas will welcome the Lunar New Year with fine weather on Chinese New Year's Eve, and the temperature will gradually rise.
As for the north, the precipitation has shrunk sharply to the east today, and it will be mostly sunny until the Lunar New Year
* China Weather Network.
Edited by Zeng Jiajia.
Process Editor: Ma Xiaoshuang.