Home » Metro » Public Services
Red alert as it sizzles past 40 degrees
By Ke Jiayun |
July 26, 2013, Friday
|
Print Edition
Print Edition
Shanghai's first red high temperature alert this year - the highest in a three-color system - was issued at 1:18pm yesterday, warning residents that the mercury would reach 40 degrees Celsius.
"Such scorching days will last for at least five more days," said Fu Yi, a chief service officer at the Shanghai Meteorological Bureau.
Outdoor work was stopped due to the extreme temperature.
Today's high is expected to reach 39 degrees, Fu said. There will be some thunderstorms in some areas of the city over the weekend but no relief from the heat
The official high temperature in downtown Xujiahui was 39.3 degrees yesterday, while the southwest part of the Pudong New Area recorded a high of 40.9 degrees at 1:27pm.
Coastal Lingang New City observatory in southeast Pudong recorded the city's lowest temperature - 33.3 degrees.
Some residents queried the official readings released by the bureau every day when their home thermometers showed much higher temperatures.
The weather bureau said its daily temperature readings were recorded by a thermometer in a thermometer shelter, usually 1.5 meters above the ground and place on a lawn away from direct sunlight, wind and rain.
These are the conditions for measuring temperatures set by the World Meteorological Organization, the bureau said.
The temperatures recorded on thermometers at home are influenced by several environmental factors, hence the difference in numbers, the bureau added.
Also yesterday, the city's power load reached a record high of 2,822 megawatts at 1:10pm. About 10,863 electricians in 1,690 teams were sent out to fix electricity problems in the city.
"Such scorching days will last for at least five more days," said Fu Yi, a chief service officer at the Shanghai Meteorological Bureau.
Outdoor work was stopped due to the extreme temperature.
Today's high is expected to reach 39 degrees, Fu said. There will be some thunderstorms in some areas of the city over the weekend but no relief from the heat
The official high temperature in downtown Xujiahui was 39.3 degrees yesterday, while the southwest part of the Pudong New Area recorded a high of 40.9 degrees at 1:27pm.
Coastal Lingang New City observatory in southeast Pudong recorded the city's lowest temperature - 33.3 degrees.
Some residents queried the official readings released by the bureau every day when their home thermometers showed much higher temperatures.
The weather bureau said its daily temperature readings were recorded by a thermometer in a thermometer shelter, usually 1.5 meters above the ground and place on a lawn away from direct sunlight, wind and rain.
These are the conditions for measuring temperatures set by the World Meteorological Organization, the bureau said.
The temperatures recorded on thermometers at home are influenced by several environmental factors, hence the difference in numbers, the bureau added.
Also yesterday, the city's power load reached a record high of 2,822 megawatts at 1:10pm. About 10,863 electricians in 1,690 teams were sent out to fix electricity problems in the city.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
