China News Service, April 23 — According to the website of the Central Meteorological Observatory, yesterday heavy to torrential rain occurred in Guangxi, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian and other places, with localized torrential rainstorms. It is expected that over the next three days, southern Guangdong will still see relatively strong rainfall, with a high risk of rainstorm disasters; attention should be paid to urban and rural waterlogging, mountain torrents, geological disasters, and flooding of small and medium-sized rivers that may be triggered by the rainfall, and precautions should be taken against the hazards of localized severe convective weather. In addition, on the 22nd, dusty weather occurred in central and western Inner Mongolia, northern Ningxia, northern Gansu, northern Shaanxi, Shanxi and other places.

　　Strong precipitation and severe convection in Jiangnan, South China and other places

　　Over the next three days, southern Jiangnan, central and eastern South China, Taiwan Island and other places will see heavy to torrential rain, among which parts of central and eastern Guangdong, northwestern Taiwan Island and other places will see torrential rainstorms. In addition, during the daytime of the 23rd, parts of northern Shandong, Liaoning and other places will see moderate to heavy rain, with localized rainstorms, accompanied by severe convective weather such as thunderstorms, gales or hail.

　　The Central Meteorological Observatory continued to issue a yellow rainstorm warning at 6:00 on April 23: It is expected that from 8:00 on April 23 to 8:00 on April 24, parts of western Liaoning, southeastern Tibet, southern Guangdong, southeastern Fujian, western Taiwan Island and other places will see heavy to torrential rain, among which localized areas along the southeastern coast of Guangdong and other places will see torrential rainstorms (100–130 mm); some of the above areas will be accompanied by short-duration heavy precipitation (maximum hourly rainfall of 30–50 mm, with localized areas exceeding 60 mm), and localized severe convective weather such as thunderstorms, gales or hail.

Figure 1 National forecast map of strong rainfall areas (8:00 April 23 – 8:00 April 24)

　　Specific domestic forecasts for the next three days

　　From 8:00 on April 23 to 8:00 on April 24, parts of southeastern Inner Mongolia, western Liaoning, the Liaodong Peninsula, eastern Tibet, eastern Fujian, southern the Western Sichuan Plateau, central and southern Guangdong, southeastern Guangxi, most of Taiwan Island and other places will see moderate to heavy rain, among which localized areas in southeastern Tibet, southern Guangdong, western Taiwan Island and other places will see rainstorms or torrential rainstorms. Parts of eastern Xinjiang will see winds of force 4–6, among which localized areas in northern northern Xinjiang will see winds of force 6–7. Blowing sand or floating dust weather will occur in central Inner Mongolia, northern Ningxia, central and northern Shaanxi, Shanxi, western Henan and other places.

Figure 2 National precipitation forecast map (8:00 April 23 – 8:00 April 24)

　　From 8:00 on April 24 to 8:00 on April 25, parts of southeastern Tibet, southern Hunan, southern Jiangxi, southern Fujian, southern Sichuan, northwestern Yunnan, central and eastern Guizhou, northern and eastern Guangxi, Guangdong, most of Taiwan Island and other places will see moderate to heavy rain, among which localized areas in northeastern Guangxi, northwestern and southeastern Guangdong, western Taiwan Island and other places will see rainstorms or torrential rainstorms (100–130 mm). Parts of northeastern Inner Mongolia, northern and southern northern Xinjiang, northern Qinghai, southern Hubei, southern the Western Sichuan Plateau and northwestern the Sichuan Basin and other places will see winds of force 4–6, among which localized areas in the southern Xinjiang Basin and eastern Xinjiang and other places will see winds of force 6–7.

Figure 3 National precipitation forecast map (8:00 April 24 – 8:00 April 25)

　　From 8:00 on April 25 to 8:00 on April 26, parts of the Tianshan region and Ili River Valley in Xinjiang, the Jianghuai region, most of Jiangnan, most of South China and other places will see moderate to heavy rain, among which parts of southeastern Guangxi, most of Guangdong, northwestern Jiangxi, northeastern Fujian and other places will see rainstorms or torrential rainstorms (100–240 mm). Parts of central and northwestern Inner Mongolia and other places will see winds of force 4–6, among which parts of northern northern Xinjiang will see winds of force 6–7.

Figure 4 National precipitation forecast map (8:00 April 25 – 8:00 April 26)