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Warmer weather to greet the New Year
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January 24, 2009, Saturday
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THE strong cold front that has been sweeping through China since Wednesday will start to recede from tomorrow - Chinese New Year's Eve - weathermen said.
Most areas of the country will experience calmer weather and temperatures will rise over the next three days, said Zhai Panmao, of China Meteorological Administration.
As the cold front from Siberia weakens, temperatures in northern China may be two degrees higher than average, while the temperatures in southern areas will be the same as usual, Zhai said.
From tomorrow until Tuesday, the east part of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, Sichuan Basin, Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and areas to the south of the Yangtze River may have drizzle or light snow.
Most other areas should be mostly sunny with slight winds, Zhai said.
From Wednesday to Thursday next week, the southeast part of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and northeastern China may have light snow or drizzle.
Temperatures in much of China dropped drastically when a cold front from Siberia arrived on Tuesday. Weather bureaus around the country issued warnings of strong winds and freezing temperatures.
Authorities in nine provinces or municipalities, including Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, Anhui, Hunan and Guizhou, put emergency procedures in place to make sure traffic kept moving.
Several expressways and two airports in northeastern China were temporarily closed due to heavy snow.
Taoxian International Airport in Shenyang, capital of Liaoning Province reopened yesterday, but nearly 30 flights were delayed. The airport in Mudanjiang City in China's northern most Heilongjiang Province closed yesterday.
In Shanghai today, temperatures will reach a low of minus 5 degrees Celsius downtown, and 9 degrees below zero in the suburbs. The maximum temperature will be 4 degrees, the Shanghai Meteorological Bureau said.
It will get warmer from Wednesday, but that will herald the start of three days of rain. After that the weather will be alternately sunny and cloudy until the end of the Spring Festival holiday.
Yesterday, temperatures plunged 10 degrees lower than the day before as freezing winds swept the city, reaching 39 to 74 kilometers per hour downtown, and 50 to 88kph at the mouth of the Yangtze River.
Strong winds started blowing at the mouth of the Yangtze late on Thursday, according to Wusong Port maritime administration.
The safety watchdog said they were keeping a close eye on shipping and would shut down ferry services if the winds gave cause for alarm.
Ferry services at the mouth of the Yangtze were operating normally yesterday but were shut down for safety reasons at 10:30pm on Thursday, only reopening yesterday morning after the wind weakened.
At the city's major cargo shipping ports at Wusong, Waigaoqiao and Yangshan, nearly 100 vessels delayed their departures or arrivals yesterday due to the strong winds, the city's port immigration police reported.
Meanwhile, the Shanghai Agricultural Commission issued an emergency notice on Wednesday urging farmers to harvest vegetables and strawberries as quickly as possible to avoid losses caused by the freezing weather and to guarantee supplies during the Spring Festival holiday.
Farmers have also been urged to protect their crops by covering them with plastic film to prevent temperatures dropping too drastically.
Most areas of the country will experience calmer weather and temperatures will rise over the next three days, said Zhai Panmao, of China Meteorological Administration.
As the cold front from Siberia weakens, temperatures in northern China may be two degrees higher than average, while the temperatures in southern areas will be the same as usual, Zhai said.
From tomorrow until Tuesday, the east part of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, Sichuan Basin, Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and areas to the south of the Yangtze River may have drizzle or light snow.
Most other areas should be mostly sunny with slight winds, Zhai said.
From Wednesday to Thursday next week, the southeast part of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and northeastern China may have light snow or drizzle.
Temperatures in much of China dropped drastically when a cold front from Siberia arrived on Tuesday. Weather bureaus around the country issued warnings of strong winds and freezing temperatures.
Authorities in nine provinces or municipalities, including Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, Anhui, Hunan and Guizhou, put emergency procedures in place to make sure traffic kept moving.
Several expressways and two airports in northeastern China were temporarily closed due to heavy snow.
Taoxian International Airport in Shenyang, capital of Liaoning Province reopened yesterday, but nearly 30 flights were delayed. The airport in Mudanjiang City in China's northern most Heilongjiang Province closed yesterday.
In Shanghai today, temperatures will reach a low of minus 5 degrees Celsius downtown, and 9 degrees below zero in the suburbs. The maximum temperature will be 4 degrees, the Shanghai Meteorological Bureau said.
It will get warmer from Wednesday, but that will herald the start of three days of rain. After that the weather will be alternately sunny and cloudy until the end of the Spring Festival holiday.
Yesterday, temperatures plunged 10 degrees lower than the day before as freezing winds swept the city, reaching 39 to 74 kilometers per hour downtown, and 50 to 88kph at the mouth of the Yangtze River.
Strong winds started blowing at the mouth of the Yangtze late on Thursday, according to Wusong Port maritime administration.
The safety watchdog said they were keeping a close eye on shipping and would shut down ferry services if the winds gave cause for alarm.
Ferry services at the mouth of the Yangtze were operating normally yesterday but were shut down for safety reasons at 10:30pm on Thursday, only reopening yesterday morning after the wind weakened.
At the city's major cargo shipping ports at Wusong, Waigaoqiao and Yangshan, nearly 100 vessels delayed their departures or arrivals yesterday due to the strong winds, the city's port immigration police reported.
Meanwhile, the Shanghai Agricultural Commission issued an emergency notice on Wednesday urging farmers to harvest vegetables and strawberries as quickly as possible to avoid losses caused by the freezing weather and to guarantee supplies during the Spring Festival holiday.
Farmers have also been urged to protect their crops by covering them with plastic film to prevent temperatures dropping too drastically.
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