The lowest temperature in Beijing today will be the lowest since this winter. The lowest temperature in the plains at night will drop to about -5°C.
There will be weak cold air entering Beijing
around the
25th.
News from our newspaper (Reporter Zhao Tingting) Yesterday, cold air brought the strong wind into Beijing as scheduled, blowing sand appeared in some areas of Beijing, and snow fell in the mountainous areas.
The Meteorological Department predicts that today (22nd) will be a day when the cold air will continue to deepen. Today, the minimum temperature in the Beijing Plain will drop to -5°C, the lowest since the beginning of winter this year.
Yesterday, the cold air came with strong winds as scheduled.
In the morning, the north wind gradually increased from west to east.
At around 10 am, strong winds have already affected the western mountainous area and western regions.
Monitoring by the Meteorological Department showed that the average wind force in most areas of the city during the day was at level 4 or level 5, gusts reached around level 7 and mountain gusts were at level 8 to 10.
At the same time, there was snowfall in the mountains of Gubeikou Town, Xinchengzi Town, and Jiangshuihe Village at the foot of Lingshan Mountain in Miyun District.
As the north wind whizzed, the temperature began to drop.
Yesterday afternoon, the highest temperature at the Southern Suburb Observatory was 7.3°C, which dropped further than the day before yesterday.
While the strong cold air brought the north wind, it also brought sand and dust.
Affected by the northwest Mongolian cyclone and the cold high pressure system, the sand and dust process originating from the border between southern Mongolia and my country's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region yesterday affected parts of northern my country. Sand and dust emerged from the central and western regions of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to North China.
The external dust began to affect the city around 10 o'clock yesterday, and the peak concentration of PM10 was about 300-500 micrograms per cubic meter.
As of 12:00 noon, Beijing’s real-time air quality index was 218, which had reached a severe pollution level.
Among them, Dongcheng, Chaoyang, Shijingshan, Changping, Mentougou and other districts have reached serious air pollution.
From evening to night, the sand and dust gradually weakened and moved out of Beijing.
The new week has begun, and the influence of cold air is still deepening.
During the day today, the windy weather in Beijing will continue, with an average wind force of about 4, gusts of about 7, and gusts of up to 9 to 10 in mountainous areas. It is expected that the wind will gradually weaken around the evening.
The maximum period of wind is from the evening to night on the 21st and around noon on the 22nd.
Affected by the cold air, temperatures in Japan dropped significantly from 21 to 22. The 48-hour temperature drop ranged from 4°C to 6°C. Today the highest temperature in the plain area of the city during the day is only 4°C, and the lowest temperature in the plain area at night will drop to -5°C. Around -8℃ to -6℃ in mountainous areas, it will hit a new low since the beginning of winter this year.
According to the meteorological department, the cold air lasted for a long time.
There will be strong winds in the early part of the week, and it is expected that there will be a weak cold air replenishing Beijing around the 25th. The temperature in Beijing will continue to be low in the middle and later of this week, and the overall temperature will drop significantly from mid-November. Citizens must pay attention to cold and warm when traveling. .
Photography/Reporter Hei Jianjun