Cold wave yellow warning issued: the temperature in most parts of the country will drop by 8 to 12 degrees Celsius

　　China News Service, January 12. According to the website of the Central Meteorological Observatory, the Central Meteorological Observatory issued a yellow cold wave warning on the 12th.

Affected by the strong cold air, it is expected that from 20:00 on January 12 to 08:00 on January 16, the cold wave weather will affect most parts of my country from west to east. Among them, the eastern part of Northwest China and Inner Mongolia will be mainly affected at night on the 12th. On the 15th, it will affect the central and eastern regions of our country.

　　The temperature in most parts of my country will drop by 8-12°C successively. Among them, the temperature will drop by 14-18°C in central and southern Gansu, central and eastern Inner Mongolia, Northeast China, eastern Jianghan, Jianghuai, Jiangnan, northern South China, and Guizhou. Parts of the central and eastern regions, eastern Jilin and other places dropped temperatures by more than 20°C, accompanied by strong winds of magnitude 4 to 6 and gusts of magnitude 6 to 8. The wind force in Xinjiang Mountain Pass can reach magnitude 10 or above.

There are winds of magnitude 7 to 9 in the eastern and southern sea areas, and gusts can reach magnitude 10 to 11.

After the temperature drop, on the morning of the 17th, the minimum temperature line of 0°C will be located from eastern Yunnan to southern Guizhou, southern Hunan, northern Fujian, and eastern Zhejiang.

　　From 20:00 on January 12 to 20:00 on January 14, parts of Xinjiang along the Tianshan Mountains, Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, central and eastern Inner Mongolia, and Northeast China will successively drop in temperature by 8-12°C. Among them, central and eastern Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang Parts of the central and eastern regions, Jilin, and northern Liaoning will drop in temperature by 14-16°C, and locally by 18-20°C.

There are strong winds of magnitude 6 to 8 in central and western Gansu, most of Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Northeast China, North China, Huanghuai, Jianghuai, Jianghan and other places.

There are winds of magnitude 7 to 9 in the eastern sea area, and gusts can reach magnitude 10 to 11.

Parts of eastern and southern Xinjiang, northwestern Qinghai, western and eastern Gansu, western Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, central and northern Shaanxi, and western Henan have sand or floating dust, and local sandstorms.

Image source: Central Meteorological Observatory website