Original title: Six warnings were issued at the same time, and the rain and snow in central and eastern China entered the strongest period.
China News Service, Beijing, February 20 (Reporter Chen Su) The reporter learned from the China Meteorological Administration on the 20th that at 6 o'clock on the same day, the ** meteorological observatory continued to issue orange warnings for cold waves, yellow warnings for freezing, yellow warnings for fog, blue warnings for blizzards, blue warnings for gales and blue warnings for strong convective weather. Affected by the cold wave, from February 20th to 21st, the rain and snow in the central and eastern parts of the country will enter the strongest period, and some areas in North China, Huanghuai and other places will encounter heavy snowfall, and some areas in Jiangnan and other places will have heavy rain.
In the next four days, the temperature in the central and eastern parts of the country will continue to drop, and the cumulative cooling range in some areas of Hunan, Guizhou, Guangxi and other places can reach more than 20, and many places will stage a major reversal of cold and warm.
Affected by the cold wave, it is expected that from the 20th to the 23rd, most of the central and eastern parts will cool down from north to south, and the daily average or minimum temperature will generally drop by 8 to 12, and the temperature in the southern part of North China, the western part of Huanghuai, Jianghuai, Jianghan, Jiangnan, the central and northern parts of South China and Guizhou will drop by 12 to 18. Around the 23rd, the minimum temperature 0 line will be pressed south to the southern part of Jiangsu and Anhui to the southern part of Hunan and southern Guizhou.
From 8 o'clock on the 20th to 8 o'clock on the 21st, there was heavy snow in parts of northern Shaanxi, central and southern Shanxi, central and southern Hebei, central, eastern and northern Shandong, northern and southwestern Henan, northwest Hubei, and western and southeastern Hubei. Among them, there were heavy snowfalls (10 to 19 mm) in parts of southeastern Shanxi, southern Hebei, northwestern and eastern Shanxi, southwestern Henan, and northwestern Hubei. In some of the above-mentioned areas, the depth of new snow is 3 to 7 cm, and locally it can reach more than 10 cm.
From 8 o'clock on the 20th to 8 o'clock on the 21st, there were freezing rain or ice particles in parts of central and southern Henan, southern Shandong, northern Anhui, northern and western Hubei, with freezing rainfall of 1 to 5 mm and more than 7 mm locally.
From 8 o'clock on the 20th to 8 o'clock on the 21st, there were winds of 5 to 7 in parts of the central and western regions, central and southern Qinghai, central and western Inner Mongolia, southern Liaoning, southeastern North China, western and eastern Huanghuai, western and northern Jianghuai, etc., with gusts of 8 to 9. The Bohai Sea, the Bohai Strait, and most of the Yellow Sea will have strong winds of 7 to 8 with gusts of 9 to 10.
Meteorological experts reminded that it is currently in the peak period of the return of the Spring Festival, and the rain, snow and freezing weather have a greater impact on traffic, so the public needs to pay attention to the weather forecast at any time and adjust the itinerary in time.
*: China News Network.