As the saying goes: "Plum fragrance welcomes the spring, and laughter celebrates the New Year". With the passage of time, we ushered in February 14, the fifth day of the first lunar month, which is also Valentine's Day. The Spring Festival, this annual event, is undoubtedly the most solemn and celebrated traditional festival in our country.
On the fifth day of the first lunar month, according to traditional customs, every household eagerly welcomes the God of Wealth. People usually stay at home, carefully prepare all kinds of fruits, burn incense and light guns, and at the same time will thoroughly clean the home and the surrounding environment, clean up the garbage, and experience the "sweep of poverty" on the fourth day of yesterday's new year, we can welcome the God of Wealth into the house cleanly today.
In folk tradition, the fourth day of the first lunar month is also known as the "Sheep Day", which is often referred to as the "Sanyang Kaitai", which is a day full of auspiciousness and good meaning. On this day, family members gather to enjoy a "orira", a large pot of leftovers from the past two days, symbolizing the accumulation of abundant food, clothing, blessings and wealth in the new year.
In the past few days, the temperature in most parts of our country has gradually warmed up, and many places have felt the warm spring. Not only has the area north of the Yangtze River warmed up significantly, but places such as the Northeast and eastern Inner Mongolia have also experienced a significant increase in temperature, adding more warmth and comfort to this traditional festival.
According to the latest weather forecast, most parts of the country will experience a relatively weak rain and snow process from day to night today, and the prevailing weather conditions will be clear or cloudy. Specifically, the temperature in some areas of Northeast China, eastern Inner Mongolia, Jiangnan and South China will rise by 4 to 8, especially in the southeast of Heilongjiang, eastern Liaoning and central and eastern Jilin, where the maximum temperature increase can exceed 10.
At the same time, a wide range of areas in northern China will continue to encounter windy weather, southern Heilongjiang, central and western Jilin, central and northern Liaoning, central and western Inner Mongolia, western Qinghai, ** central and western Xinjiang and other places will have 5 to 6 strong winds, local winds may reach more than 7.
Turning to tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, i.e. the fifth and sixth days of the Lunar New Year, what will be the distribution of rain and snow? On these two days, there will be a significant increase in rain and snowfall, and the snowfall will be more dispersed, while the south will usher in an extensive rainfall process.
In terms of snowfall, there will be light to moderate snow or sleet in parts of southeastern and northwest Heilongjiang, central and eastern Jilin, northeast Inner Mongolia, eastern Huanghuai, western Sichuan Plateau, eastern and southern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and local areas such as northwest Yunnan and northern Xinjiang may encounter heavy to heavy snowfall, and even the occurrence of heavy snowstorms cannot be ruled out.
As for the south, rainfall will be more extensive, covering the eastern and southern Huanghuai, Jiangnan, most of the Jianghuai, Jianghan, northern and western South China, eastern Southwest, eastern Yunnan, and southeastern Northwest China, with light to moderate rain in these areas, with localized heavy rainfall.
The day after tomorrow, that is, from February 15th to 16th, at the end of the Spring Festival holiday, a strong cold air will begin to exert force, advancing from north to south, covering most of our country. Extreme low temperatures will occur locally in the Northeast, with lows of 32 C 32 C expected.
At the same time, China's central and eastern regions will suffer from significant cooling again, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and its north will encounter 4 to 6 violent winds, the temperature will generally drop by 4 to 8 degrees, and the local drop will reach 10 to 12 degrees, and the maximum cooling range in the three northeastern provinces and some areas of Inner Mongolia may exceed 14 degrees.
With the advance of cold air, the temperature line of 0 degrees will change its northward trend and retreat southward to the northern part of Hubei, the southern part of Henan and the central part of Jiangsu. In areas north of the 0th parallel, the temperature will fall back below zero.
Then, after the eighth day of the Lunar New Year (February 17), another wave of cold waves will also sweep across most parts of the country from west to east, causing the temperature to drop by 6 to 10 degrees again, and even as high as 18 degrees in some areas. In particular, in the Altay region, the temperature will drop below 40 C 40 C, a new low in recent times.
Conclusion: To sum up, in the next few days, the vast areas in the north and central and eastern parts of China will face significant cooling brought by cold air, while the southern region may experience widespread rainfall. Under the influence of this round of cold air, the temperature in some areas will fluctuate violently, and the maximum drop may exceed 18 degrees, and the weather will become extremely cold locally.