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Rain, Snow to Accompany New Year Holiday in China
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Most parts in China will experience rain, snow and temperature drops in the coming New Year Holiday from Sunday to Tuesday, according to China Meteorological Administration (CMA) on Saturday.

Cold air from Siberia will enter Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and other areas in northwestern China on Sunday and it will affect the central and eastern parts of China on Tuesday and Wednesday, said Yang Guiming, an expert with the National Meteorological Center under the CMA.

Most areas except Tibet Autonomous Region will observe sharp temperature drops on Friday, Yang said.

Meanwhile, another mild cold air will bring light rain and snow to the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and northeastern China on Sunday and Tuesday, Yang said.

Snow will blanket Beijing and Tianjin from Monday to Tuesday and strong wind will slash the eastern parts of northern China, bringing temperatures down by about 8 to 10 degrees Celsius, said Wang Bangzhong, deputy director of the CMA's weather forecast and disaster relief department.

China will receive frequent cold air in the first ten days in January 2006, according to the Chinese Central Meteorological Station.

In January 2006, the temperature will be about one to two degrees Celsius lower than that of the average year's in north and northeast China, the reaches along the Yellow River and the Huaihe River, according to the Chinese Central Meteorological Station.

(Xinhua News Agency January 1, 2006)

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