Beijing ushered in the first snow of the Year of the Tiger, and the average snowfall reached the standard of heavy snow; the temperature dropped after the snow, and citizens
should pay attention to prevent the road from freezing when traveling.
On February 13, Beijing ushered in the first snow of the Year of the Tiger in the lunar calendar.
A reporter from the Beijing News learned from the Beijing Municipal Commission of Urban Management that as of 20:00 on the 13th, Beijing dispatched a total of 45,000 people to shovel snow and ice.
In addition, the reporter visited Beijing Xinfadi Market and some supermarket chains and learned that the supply of daily necessities such as vegetables in Beijing is sufficient and the prices are stable.
On February 13, the market volume of vegetables in Beijing Xinfadi reached 22,000 tons, which was the day with the largest volume of vegetables in the first month since the establishment of Xinfadi Market 34 years ago.
On the same day, the average wholesale price of vegetables in Xinfadi was 4.19 yuan/kg, which was slightly lower than that since the Spring Festival.
Due to conditions such as cooling after snow and icy roads, the Office of the Beijing Municipal Emergency Response Committee suggested that Beijing's government agencies, enterprises (institutions) and other units that are not involved in the city's operation guarantee work from home and work flexibly on February 14. The way of commuting or staggered commuting; advocating green travel for citizens.
Beijing News On February 13, Beijing ushered in the first snow of the Year of the Tiger in the lunar calendar.
According to the Central Meteorological Observatory, the snowfall in Beijing has the characteristics of long duration, large accumulated snow, significant cooling and low visibility.
As of 21:00 on the 13th, the city's average snowfall was 5.8 mm
According to the Beijing Meteorological Bureau, the snowfall reached the level of heavy snow.
According to the official website of the China Meteorological Administration, heavy snow refers to poor visibility when it snows, the horizontal visibility distance is less than 500 meters, the snow depth on the ground is equal to or greater than 5 cm, and the snowfall in 24 hours reaches 5.0 mm to 9.9 mm.
According to the Beijing Meteorological Observatory, from 2:00 to 21:00 on February 13, the city's average snowfall was 5.8 mm, reaching the heavy snow standard.
In addition, the average snowfall in the urban area was 5.0 mm, and the maximum snowfall in the urban area was 8.0 mm in Haidian Yongfeng Middle School.
The city's largest snowfall occurred in Dalinggou, Changping, at 17.1 mm, reaching the standard of blizzard.
The maximum snowfall intensity appeared on the top of Yanqing Buddha, and the snowfall amounted to 3.6 mm from 11:00 to 12:00 on the 13th.
During the snowfall, the visibility in the plain area was less than 1 km, and the local area was less than 500 meters, which also met the heavy snow standard.
Beware of snow or icy roads when traveling after snow
At 21:50 on February 13, the Beijing Meteorological Observatory lifted the blizzard yellow warning signal due to significantly weakened snowfall.
It is expected that there will still be sporadic light snow or light snow until 5:00 on the 14th; affected by the cold air, the temperature will continue to be low from the 14th to the 19th, the highest temperature during the day is -1 ~ 0 ℃, and the lowest temperature at night is -7 ~ -5 ℃.
According to the Central Meteorological Observatory, as of 14:00 on February 13, moderate to heavy snow and local blizzards occurred in central Inner Mongolia, northern Shanxi, central and northern Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin and other places, and the cumulative snowfall in some places exceeded 10 mm.
"From the current snow depth, the snow depth in the above-mentioned areas is generally more than 3 cm. Especially in northern Shanxi, central Hebei, northern Beijing and Tianjin, the snow depth generally reaches 6 to 10 cm. The snow depth reached 10-15 cm." Ma Xuejian, chief forecaster of the Central Meteorological Observatory, introduced.
"This round of snowfall in North China was caused by a frontal cyclone system." Ma Xuejian reminded that due to the long duration of the snowfall, the large amount of snowfall and the low temperature, snow on roads will form in many places Or icing conditions will have a relatively large impact on transportation. Citizens should pay attention to traffic safety when traveling.
response
Beijing Municipal Emergency Response Committee Office:
It is recommended to work from home and work flexibly today
According to the "Beijing Release" WeChat public account, on February 13, the Office of the Beijing Municipal Emergency Response Committee reminded that from February 13 to 14, heavy snowfall and strong cooling weather occurred in Beijing, and blizzards and icy roads were issued successively. , fog yellow warning.
To this end, it is recommended that Beijing's government agencies, enterprises (institutions) and other units that are not involved in the guarantee of urban operation should adopt home office, flexible working system or staggered commuting methods on February 14; promote green travel for citizens, unless it is not an emergency If necessary, reduce self-driving travel as much as possible.
The reporter learned from the Beijing Municipal Commission of Transportation that in order to ensure the normal travel of citizens, rail transit operating companies drive track rolling cars before the line operation, and turn on the snow melting device of the turnout in time to prevent the contact rail from freezing; and operate in manual driving mode to maintain a safe speed. .
At the same time, the supply of capacity will be increased. Rail transit plans to run 7,600 trains on the 13th and 10,784 trains on the 14th to maintain peak capacity.
Use the return line and the car storage line to reserve vehicles for standby shifts, and take measures such as opening more temporary passengers and extending peak operating hours to increase the capacity according to the situation.
Ground buses are equipped with motorized capacity at passenger flow distribution points and hub stations to prevent passenger flow gathering and large distances.
On February 13, temporary scheduling measures such as suspension, interval, detour and dumping were adopted for ground bus lines that do not have safe passage conditions.
Beijing Municipal Commission of Urban Management:
The city dispatched 45,000 people to shovel snow and ice
According to the Beijing Municipal Commission of Urban Management, as of 20:00 on February 13, a total of 45,000 people had been dispatched across the city, including 6,518 multi-functional snow removal vehicles, snow melting vehicles, sweepers, and transport vehicles, spreaders, snow shovels, rolling 3,514 sets of snow removal equipment such as brushes and trail machinery were used, and 29,000 sets of manual snow removal equipment were used to shovel snow and ice.
According to the introduction of the Beijing Municipal Transportation Commission, the Beijing transportation industry has launched the highest level of emergency response, and all emergency forces for ice shoveling and snow removal are on duty.
On the evening of February 12, the highway management department had spread anti-skid materials on ramps, curves, bridgeheads, and intersections in advance.
In the early morning of the 13th, the mechanized snow removal operation was carried out in an all-round way. As of 15:00, a total of 3,822 workers and 2,049 sets of machinery and equipment had been put into operation by various maintenance enterprises.
The Beijing Traffic Management Bureau has also launched a snow emergency plan. Once the road is icy and snowy, it will immediately notify the maintenance department.
In addition, the technology system is fully applied to strengthen video inspections. In the event of an accident, the police will be notified as soon as possible to deal with it.
In order to ensure the travel of passengers during snowfall, the North China Air Traffic Management Bureau has launched a flight protection plan for ice and snow weather, and will do its best to ensure the normal and smooth operation of flights.
On February 13, Beijing Capital International Airport launched the first-level response mechanism of the operation management committee to cooperate with all security units stationed in the airport to carry out guarantees such as deicing of seats and passenger boarding.
All four runways of Daxing Airport are open, and there is no aircraft waiting in line for de-icing.
According to the forecast, there will be frequent cold and warm air activities this week, and there will be rainy and snowy weather in North China.
The North China Air Traffic Management Bureau reminds passengers to pay attention to the information released by the meteorological department in a timely manner and arrange travel reasonably.
on site
Xinfadi and chain supermarkets stock up on ten "master dishes" in advance, with stable prices
At 8:00 a.m. on February 13, when a reporter from the Beijing News came to Xinfadi Market, it was already snowing heavily, and the market was busy with transactions. While merchants were busy trading, they also covered vegetables with antifreeze quilts to enter the market. Most of the large trucks are covered with tarpaulins, and vegetables are basically packed in foam incubators.
Zhang Yuxi, chairman of Xinfadi Market, said that this year is the Spring Festival with the largest supply of vegetables in Xinfadi's 34-year history.
"Since the Spring Festival, the daily listing of white striped pigs in Xinfadi has remained at around 1,000 heads, which is basically the same as the same period last year. On February 12, the average wholesale price of white striped pigs was 15.5 yuan/kg, down 44.64% from the same period last year (lunar calendar). The market volume of fruits reached 10,100 tons, which was basically the same as last year's post-holiday market volume. On February 13, the market volume of vegetables was 22,000 tons, which was the largest number of vegetables in the first month in 34 years. The average wholesale price of vegetables was 4.19 yuan/kg. It's down slightly since the Spring Festival."
Merchants in Xinfadi stock up in advance, busy on snowy days
Mao Yongxi, the "king of green onions" in Xinfadi, told reporters that she got up at 1:30 in the morning and transported more than 100 tons of green onions from a nearby warehouse to the market with her employees until dawn.
When the snow fell at 3 a.m., the merchants had prepared well in advance.
"The merchants in the market have sufficient experience with rain and snow weather. We will understand the weather conditions for the past month and transport the goods from the origin to the warehouse in Xinfadi in advance according to the weather forecast, so as to avoid the high-speed road closure due to bad weather and affect the supply. ."
If there is continuous rain and snow in the production area, merchants will also store goods in the production area for several days in advance.
Mao Yongxi said, "The current wholesale price of green onions is about 3 yuan per catty, and the price has been declining since the Spring Festival."
Lu Dechuan, the "King of Southern Cuisine" in Xinfadi, said that after receiving the snowfall forecast, he had organized the supply a week in advance, "4 trucks arrived today, about 120 tons. At present, the price of beans and vegetables has risen slightly. Prices of all kinds of peppers are falling.”
Zhang Yuxi, chairman of Xinfadi Market, introduced that from November 1 last year to March 15 this year, Beijing has waived entry fees for vegetables and 5 types of domestic fruits entering the wholesale market, which is equivalent to sending a "big deal" to merchants. Red envelopes”, attracting merchants to ship their dishes to Beijing.
The supply of "home-made dishes" in chain supermarkets is stable
The reporter then went to some chain supermarkets and found that the snowy weather did not have a great impact on vegetable prices.
The major chain supermarkets still insist that the prices of ten "domestic dishes" will not increase, that is, during the Spring Festival, the price will not increase on a daily basis, and during the lunar calendar, the price will not increase on a year-on-year basis.
Lu Jie, general manager of Wumart Yutingqiao Store, said that at present, the prices of ten limited-price vegetables, including tomatoes, cucumbers, leeks, Chinese cabbage, celery, spinach, rape, and round eggplant, remain unchanged until February 15.
At present, all Wumart stores have made preparations for all kinds of livelihood commodities, epidemic prevention materials, and emergency dispatch. The city's inventory has increased by 200% compared with the usual, and the supply during the Spring Festival is expected to increase by more than 15% year-on-year.
In response to the snowfall, the supermarket made an incremental harvesting plan with farmers in the suburban vegetable bases of Fangshan and Daxing in advance to ensure the normal supply of local leafy vegetables. At the same time, logistics arrangements were made in advance with the main vegetable producing areas such as Inner Mongolia and Shandong. , reduce the impact of snow on transportation, and increase the storage and transportation reserves of storable vegetables.
The relevant person in charge of Carrefour said that at present, the stores in Beijing have sufficient stocks, and the supply of daily necessities such as vegetables, meat, eggs, milk, rice, noodles, grain and oil is stable.
Taking vegetables as an example, Chinese cabbage, Changbai radish, potatoes and other "home-made vegetables" in winter are priced at about 1 yuan per catty.
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