China News Service, Beijing, April 1 (Reporter Ruan Yulin) China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment released the results of the national air quality forecast consultation on the 1st, showing that some areas in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and surrounding areas are expected to experience mild pollution in the first half of April.
China Environmental Monitoring Station, in conjunction with the Central Meteorological Observatory, the National Joint Center for Atmospheric Pollution Prevention and Control, the Northeast, South China, Southwest, Northwest, and Yangtze River Delta Regional Air Quality Forecasting and Forecasting Centers and the Beijing Ecological Environment Monitoring Center, conducted a nationwide air quality survey in the first half of April 2024. Forecast consultation.
The results of the consultation showed that in the first half of April, the air quality in most areas of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and the surrounding areas, the northern part of the northeast, the southwest region and the northern part of northern Xinjiang was mainly excellent, while the air quality in the remaining areas was mainly good to lightly polluted. . Among them, due to the early impact of sand and dust transmission, moderate or above pollution may occur in the central and northern Yangtze River Delta, central and western Ningxia, and eastern Xinjiang. In the mid-term, the Fenwei Plain is expected to be affected by sand and dust transmission again, and moderate or above pollution may occur.
In the first half of April, the air quality in the northern part of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and surrounding areas was mainly excellent, while the central and southern parts were mainly good to lightly polluted. Among them, on the 1st, mild pollution may occur in the central and southern Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, eastern Shandong and northern Henan; from the 2nd to the 4th, the diffusion conditions are favorable, with most of the region being fine, and light pollution may occur locally. During the same period, the air quality in Beijing was mainly good, and slight pollution may occur during some periods.
Some areas may be affected by sand and dust. Taking the northwest region as an example, the consultation results show that from April 1st, 5th to 6th, and 9th to 12th, the surface wind speed in some areas of the northwest region will be relatively high, and sand and dust weather processes may occur. Among them, on the 1st, affected by the cold air, sand or dust may occur in Hexi, Gansu, most of Ningxia, and western Inner Mongolia. The air quality will be mainly good to slightly polluted, and moderate pollution may occur in central and western Ningxia. (over)