A new round of cold air moves southward to Guangdong, accompanied by strong convective weather locally

China News Service, Guangzhou, October 4 (Reporter Wang Jian) ​​A new round of cold air crossed the South Ridge on the morning of the 4th and began to affect Guangdong from north to south in the afternoon. On that day, Guangzhou, Foshan, Huizhou, Meizhou and other places in the province encountered strong convective weather. The maximum hourly rainfall intensity in the province was close to 60 mm; the temperature in northern Guangdong began to drop.

The Guangdong Provincial Meteorological Department stated that the cold air will continue to move southward and is expected to arrive in Guangzhou on the night of the 4th and the coast of Guangdong on the morning of the 5th. Since this round of cold air will bring rain southward, there will be thunderstorms in most of Guangdong on the 4th. On the same day, Zhaoqing, Qingyuan, Shaoguan and the southern coastal cities and counties experienced moderate thunderstorms and local (heavy) heavy rains, while the other cities and counties had scattered thundershowers and local heavy rains.

At 16:30 on the 4th, there were thunderstorm echo activities from Meizhou, Heyuan, Huizhou, Guangzhou, Foshan to western Guangdong. The maximum hourly rainfall intensity in the province was close to 60 mm, accompanied by strong convective weather.

In addition, affected by strong thunderstorm clouds, Hengshan Town, Lianjiang City, western Guangdong, issued an orange hail warning signal at 15:45 on the 4th, and reminded local people to pay attention to defense.

"Today's weather is very unstable. It was sunny in the morning, but it rained heavily in the afternoon." Guangzhou citizen Chen Xinni told reporters that the roads near her home were also flooded due to rainfall.

This round of cold air also brings cooling. Meteorological experts said that due to the influence of cold air moving southward, the temperature in most parts of Guangdong will drop by 3°C to 5°C from the 4th, and the high temperature weather that has lasted for many days will tend to end.

The Guangdong Provincial Meteorological Department stated that due to the influence of cold air, strong convective weather has been frequent recently. People should try to take shelter in safe buildings during severe weather.