Another blast of icy winter is in forecast
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February 5, 2012, Sunday
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TEMPERATURES will drop by up to 14 degrees Celsius in some regions of China over the next three days, the country's meteorological center said yesterday.
The National Meteorological Center yesterday issued a blue alert for the cold spell, the lowest level in the country's four-scale system.
With the cold front sweeping most parts of the country, temperatures will decrease by more than 6 degrees Celsius in central and eastern China and areas north of the Huaihe River. It will plummet 12 to 14 degrees in some areas.
The front will also bring strong winds in these regions, the center said.
Rain and snow will fall in south China and northern parts of the country, including Xinjiang, Qinghai and Heilongjiang provinces.
In Hulun Buir City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the temperature has been hovering at minus 40 degrees Celsius or lower for nine days. And in some areas of the autonomous region, it reached minus 50.7 degrees on Friday.
In Shanghai, today will be wet but mild as local weathermen forecast showers with the high remaining at 12 degrees. The low is expected to be 6 degrees Celsius.
However, the city will be affected by the cold front starting tomorrow and the mercury could drop to zero on Tuesday and even lower on Wednesday, according to the Shanghai Meteorological Bureau.
The National Meteorological Center yesterday issued a blue alert for the cold spell, the lowest level in the country's four-scale system.
With the cold front sweeping most parts of the country, temperatures will decrease by more than 6 degrees Celsius in central and eastern China and areas north of the Huaihe River. It will plummet 12 to 14 degrees in some areas.
The front will also bring strong winds in these regions, the center said.
Rain and snow will fall in south China and northern parts of the country, including Xinjiang, Qinghai and Heilongjiang provinces.
In Hulun Buir City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the temperature has been hovering at minus 40 degrees Celsius or lower for nine days. And in some areas of the autonomous region, it reached minus 50.7 degrees on Friday.
In Shanghai, today will be wet but mild as local weathermen forecast showers with the high remaining at 12 degrees. The low is expected to be 6 degrees Celsius.
However, the city will be affected by the cold front starting tomorrow and the mercury could drop to zero on Tuesday and even lower on Wednesday, according to the Shanghai Meteorological Bureau.
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