6/7/08

Shanghai advance into the rainy season hail storm lightning attacks City (1)

At 9:45 on June 8, 2008

上海提前进入梅雨期雷电暴雨冰雹袭击城区(图)
Yesterday 15:54, heavy rain in Shanghai, a black sky. Trainee reporter Wong King-map

上海提前进入梅雨期雷电暴雨冰雹袭击城区(图)

Morning Post reporter Li Jiang Jun Wu Jiejin Zangming correspondent Edward Chapter

Yesterday afternoon, Shanghai suddenly Dianshan thunder, heavy rain and Qingpen, such as Pudong in some areas and even the strong winds and hail inclusion of the extreme weather. Weather, flood control department issued a continuous thunder and lightning, heavy rain, flood prevention and anti-Taiwan three yellow warning signal.

Shanghai Meteorological Observatory announced, the situation suddenly atmospheric circulation adjustment, and well-being of the air interface in the middle and lower reaches of Yangtze River, a relatively stable rainfall belt, yesterday in Shanghai than in previous years ahead of MOD.

Is expected that after two days, the Shanghai there will be heavy rain or rainstorm, and other extreme weather, people need to step up precautions.

Strong winds and heavy rain from hot afternoon

Yesterday was the first day of college entrance examination, but the weather take care of the candidates do not understand completely, from sultry weather cloudy, Xujiahui maximum temperature quickly rose to 31.5 ℃, once again set a new Shanghai, the highest since the beginning of summer temperature. However, 15 am, suddenly, "the weather changed," the city's various regions of the windy weather thunderstorms.

15:05, the Shanghai Meteorological Center released lightning yellow warning signal to alert yesterday afternoon to the city today Shangban Ye have lightning, thunder and lightning disasters may be caused by the accident. 15:30, the Shanghai Meteorological Center once again issued yellow rainstorm warning signal to remind the clouds by the strong influence of precipitation is expected to Shangban Ye Shanghai yesterday afternoon precipitation will reach more than 50 mm. To 3:40 p.m., Flood and flood control headquarters issued an emergency anti-Taiwan yellow warning, the unit launched three emergency response.

Lei Yuyun Mission in stronger under the influence of Shanghai will soon Dianshan thunder, and many areas have emerged more rain. As of 17:00 yesterday, the Huangpu, Luwan, Hongkou, Changning and Pudong, and other places are over 50 mm rainfall in the storm, of which Huangpu on the East Gate area rainfall is as high as 111 mm, hours over 80 mm rainfall to Rainstorm level.

Lujiazui, hail the size of soybeans

Yesterday afternoon, accompanied by thunderstorm winds, the Pudong Lujiazui area under the 2-3 minute hail the size of soybeans. Pudong New Area, North Cai, Dong Jiadu Huangpu district, the Bund, and other regions also have the public see the hail.

"15:35 Xu, near Riverside Avenue suddenly began a hail, wind Gazhuo-intensive such as the size of hockey Billiard landed the ground, many branches were discounted." Riverside Avenue in Lujiazui, the people inside the glass Yao , Said.

Pudong residents are reflected under the hail, hail knock on the window is the voice of sound, full size of a coin, smashing the vehicle, issue a "Pingpingpangpang" beep.

Near 16:00 pm, Nanhui District residents also reflects the Zhoupu, where they are under a hail of about five minutes.

City Centre Chief Meteorological Service official said that although the station did not directly monitoring to hail, but they received a few areas under the hail of the report, accompanied by strong winds and the short-term about to level 7-9.

Earlier than in previous years about 10 days MOD

Shanghai Meteorological Observatory has announced in Shanghai yesterday MOD, this time than in previous years the average mid-June day slightly ahead of the MOD.

Chief meteorological service official said that this was due to the current atmospheric circulation situation is undergoing adjustment. As the subtropical high stretch of the North West carrying the southwest warm and wet air currents significantly strengthened, while the north there have been proliferation of weak cold air southward, and well-being of the air interface in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River region to form relatively stable with the rainfall, the situation has gradually established the rainy season. Shanghai Meteorological Station forecast Recently, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River area will have access to the rainy season, rain, and precipitation throughout the process tends to increase.

Meteorological department said that after entering the rainy season, the higher the temperature, humidity too large, hot weather, poor human comfort. "MOD earlier this year in Shanghai, to-date than in recent years in early July, an advance, is still difficult to determine."

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