The first large-scale heavy rain and strong convection process in Guangxi this year ends, and there will be two more rainfall processes before the end of April – Information

China Weather Network News From April 19th to 21st, Guangxi encountered the first large-scale heavy rain and strong convective weather process this year. Heavy rains and local heavy rains occurred in various places. Strong convective weather such as short-term strong winds and hail occurred in many places. There was water in the streets of Shaoxiang Town, and big trees were blown down by the wind. Today and tomorrow (April 22-23), rainfall will weaken significantly in various parts of Guangxi, and this process is over. However, it is expected that there will be two more rainfall processes before the end of the month. The local public and relevant departments still need to remain vigilant.

On April 21, violent storms raged in Qinzhou, causing trees to be blown down. (Photo/He Bin)

The heavy rainfall in Guangxi has a wide range and strong intensity, and the scope of heavy rain is rare in April. According to live monitoring, heavy rains occurred at 39 national meteorological observation stations in the region from April 19 to 21, which was the largest heavy rain event in April since 1962. At the same time, heavy rainfall areas were concentrated, with heavy rains occurring in Hezhou, southern Guilin, northern Laibin, and northern Wuzhou for two consecutive days.

In addition, along with this large-scale heavy rainfall process, strong convective weather is also very frequent in many places in Guangxi. In some areas, strong winds above level 8 occurred, with the maximum being 35.7 meters/second (level 12) in Weizhou Town, Haicheng, Beihai; Baise, Hechi, Hail occurred in Guilin, Laibin, Nanning, Wuzhou, Qinzhou, Chongzuo, Fangchenggang and other places. A tornado of moderate intensity also occurred in Teng County, Wuzhou from 8:30 to 9:15 on the 20th.

According to the forecast, rainfall in various parts of Guangxi will weaken significantly today and tomorrow, but heavy rains may still occur in western and southern Guangxi, so precautions need to be taken.

Specifically, today, there will be moderate rain, local heavy rain, thunderstorms, strong winds, hail and other strong convective weather in Fangchenggang, Qinzhou, Beihai, Yulin, Wuzhou, Guigang, Nanning, Chongzuo, Baise and other cities in Guangxi and in the west of Hechi. The area will be cloudy to cloudy with showers or thunderstorms and local heavy rain.

Tomorrow, it will be cloudy to cloudy with showers or thunderstorms in southern Guangxi. There will be moderate rain in southeastern Guangxi, local heavy to heavy rain, and it will be cloudy in northern Guangxi.

It is worth noting that before the end of April, there may be two more rainfall events in Guangxi (April 24-25 and April 28-29). Most areas will have moderate to heavy rains, and locally there will be heavy rains or heavy rains. magnitude. Heavy rainfall has been frequent in Guangxi recently. The public and relevant departments need to be alert to various secondary disasters that may be caused by rising water levels in small and medium-sized rivers and excessive soil moisture content, pay close attention to nowcast and warning information, and do related defense work. (Text/Wu Han)