There will be widespread rainfall and cooling weather in the southern region

　　China News Service, March 19. According to the website of the Central Meteorological Observatory, the Central Meteorological Observatory expects that from the night of March 19 to 22, there will be extensive rainfall, cooling and cooling in most areas south of the Huai River, southern Shaanxi, northeastern Sichuan, and Chongqing. Local strong convective weather process.

Rainfall forecast:

There will be moderate to heavy rains in central and southern China, central and southern East China, northern and eastern South China, southeastern Shaanxi, northeastern Sichuan, and eastern Chongqing, including southeastern Shaanxi, northern Chongqing, southeastern Henan, northern Hubei, and central Anhui. There are heavy rains and local heavy rains in parts of the south, southern Jiangsu, Shanghai, northern Zhejiang, and central and northern Guangdong (the cumulative rainfall is 30-70 mm, and the local 100-160 mm); some areas have short-term heavy precipitation (the largest Hourly rainfall of 30 to 50 mm), localized with strong convective weather such as thunderstorms, strong winds or small hail.

The main rainfall periods in Shaanxi, Chongqing, Henan, Hubei, Anhui, Jiangsu, Shanghai and Zhejiang are from the 20th to the 21st during the day; the main rainfall period in Guangdong is from the night of the 21st to the night of the 22nd.

Image source: Central Meteorological Observatory website

Cooling forecast:

Affected by the combination of cold air and rainfall, from the 19th to the 23rd, the area south of the Huaihe River and the eastern part of the southwest will experience a temperature drop of 4-8°C from north to south. Among them, southern Hunan, southern Jiangxi, northern Guangxi and Sichuan Basin, In some parts of Guizhou and other places, the cooling rate can reach about 10℃; the above-mentioned areas are accompanied by northerly winds of magnitude 4 to 5 and gusts of magnitude 6 to 8.

　　Meteorological experts reminded that from the 19th to the 22nd, there will be extensive rainfall and cooling and local strong convective weather in most areas south of the Huai River and Shaanxi, Sichuan, and Chongqing. The public needs to guard against heavy rainfall and strong convective weather. To prevent the adverse effects of the epidemic, take measures to prevent cold and keep warm; Southeast Shaanxi, Chongqing, Henan, Hubei, Anhui, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Zhejiang and Guangdong also need to guard against secondary disasters that may be caused by continuous rainfall or local heavy rainfall.