China News Service, Beijing, February 11th. On the second day of the first lunar month (the 11th), people in many places in China encountered heavy fog on their way out to celebrate the New Year. According to the Central Meteorological Observatory, that morning, Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian and other places were shrouded in fog, and visibility was poor in some areas. Among them, visibility was less than 200 in northern Jiangsu and Anhui, central Hubei, and western Fujian. Meters of strong fog.
In this regard, the Central Meteorological Observatory continued to issue an orange warning for heavy fog, saying that heavy fog will continue in the above-mentioned areas on the morning of the 11th, including southern Shandong, northern Jiangsu, northern Anhui, southern Henan, central Hubei, western Hunan, eastern Jiangxi, western Fujian, eastern Guizhou, etc. There is strong dense fog with visibility less than 200 meters on the ground, and extremely strong fog with visibility less than 50 meters locally; during the day on the 11th, there will be heavy fog in the coastal waters of Jiangsu, with visibility less than 1 kilometer.
In addition, from the 11th to the 14th, atmospheric diffusion conditions were poor in central and southern North China, Huanghuai, Jianghan, Sichuan Basin and other places, with mild to moderate haze and localized severe haze.
Meteorological experts remind that every night to morning is a period when heavy fog develops. The low visibility weather caused by heavy fog is detrimental to public transportation. It is recommended that people traveling by car avoid this period as much as possible and strictly abide by traffic rules to control vehicle speed and distance. And pay attention to the use of lights, and turn on fog lights or emergency lights in time.
In terms of precipitation, most of China will have sunny to cloudy weather in the next three days, and temperatures will continue to rise. From the 11th to the 12th, there were heavy snowfalls and strong winds in some parts of northern Xinjiang. There were heavy to blizzards in Altay, Tacheng, Ili Valley and other places. There was a local heavy snowstorm or extremely heavy snowstorm in Altay, with a cumulative snowfall of 20 to 30 mm. The ground is more than 45 mm, the new snow depth is 25 to 40 cm, and the local area is more than 50 cm.
The Central Meteorological Observatory stated that the public needs to beware of the adverse effects on travel caused by slippery roads, snow, ice and low visibility weather that may be caused by snowfall and cooling, and be wary of disasters such as falling ice and melting snow from high altitudes. (over)