Reporter Fang Lei and correspondent Gu Qian report.
The reporter learned from the Provincial Meteorological Observatory today that under the combined influence of the warm and humid airflow from the southwest and the strong cold air, from January 31 to February 5, there will be two large-scale rain, snow and strong winds in our province to cool down.
This round of rain and snow weather is now in two periods: the night of January 31 to the morning of February 1, and the night of February 2 to the night of February 4. From the night of January 31 to the morning of February 1, there were moderate to heavy snowfall local blizzards in Heze, Jining, Tai'an, southern Jinan, southern Zibo and Liaocheng, with a maximum snowfall of 8-10 mm and a maximum snow depth of 5-8 cm; There is light rain to moderate to heavy snow in Linyi, Zaozhuang, Rizhao, southern Qingdao and southern Weifang, and light snow in other areas. Affected by the Jianghuai cyclone, there will be a wide range of rain and snow in our province again from the night of the 2nd to the night of the 4th, with heavy to heavy snowfall in the central and western regions, and light snow turning to moderate rain and local heavy rain in the eastern region.
From January 31 to February 1 and from 4 to 5, there will be northerly winds in our province. Among them, the Bohai Sea, the Bohai Strait, the northern and central parts of the Yellow Sea are 7-8 with gusts of 9-10; Binzhou, Dongying, Weifang, Rizhao, Peninsula areas and inland lakes 5-6 gusts of 7-8, other areas of 4-5 gusts of 6-7.
In terms of temperature, due to the continuous influence of cold air, the temperature in our province continued to drop from January 31 to February 7. From February 1, the maximum temperature in the central and western regions will be below 0, and around 3 in other areas. The lowest temperature in the morning of the 2nd: about -9 in Luzhong Mountain, -5--3 in Lunan area, -7--5 in other areas; From the 6th to the 7th, the minimum temperature in the northwest and mountainous areas of Shandong will drop to below -10.
The meteorological department reminded that this round of weather process is the peak period for returning home before the Spring Festival, and rain, snow and freezing weather have a great impact on transportation, agricultural production, energy supply and urban operation, so it is necessary to make various defensive preparations in advance.