Northwest China: May 28 to 29, light to moderate rain will be expected in northern Xinjiang, turning heavy in some areas, with force 4 to 6 wind, and force 7 to 8 northerly wind blowing past mountain passes; The western section of the region will see light to moderate rain that will turn heavy in some areas. May 30, the eastern section of the region will experience light to moderate rain or thunder showers; some areas in southeastern Gansu and southern Shaanxi will see heavy rain that will become downpour with short-time violent convection in some parts. May 31, southeastern Gansu, southern Shaanxi and southern Qinghai will be overcast with drizzle or showers; Northern Xinjiang will see light to moderate rain or showers with force 4 to 6 northerly wind. June 1 to 2, the eastern section of the region will expect light to moderate rain or showers that will turn heavy or become downpour accompanied by short-time violent convection in some areas.  

 

North China: May 28, eastern Inner Mongolia and eastern Hebei will be overcast with light rain or showers. May 29, most parts will be fair to cloudy. May 30 to 31, most parts will see light to moderate rain or thunder showers and some areas of them will expect heavy rain to downpour, with short-time violent convection. June 1 to 3, most parts will see drizzle and then moderate rain or thunder showers, with heavy rain or downpour expected in some areas, accompanied by short-time violent convection.

 

Northeast China: May 28 to 29, Liaoning, Jilin, southwestern parts of Heilongjiang and others will see drizzle and then moderate rain or thunder showers; some areas of these parts will expect heavy rain or downpour with short-time violent convection. May 30 to 31, most parts will be fair to cloudy. June 1, northern section of the region will see showers or thunder showers. June 2 to 3, most parts will expect light to moderate rain or thunder showers which will become heavy or downpour with short-time violent convection in some areas.

 

Central China: May 28 to 29, central and southern Hubei and most parts of Hunan will be overcast with light to moderate rain or thunder showers, which will turn heavy with short-time violent convection in some areas. May 30 to 31, most parts will expect light to moderate rain or thunder shower and some areas will see heavy rain to downpour, accompanied by short-time violent convection. June 1, northern part will be cloudy and central and southern parts overcast with light to moderate rain or showers. June 2 to 3, most parts will expect thunder showers or light to moderate rain that will turn heavy or become downpour in some areas.

 

East China: May 28 to 29, southern banks of Yangtze River will see light to moderate rain or thunder showers, which will become heavy or downpour with short-time violent convection in some areas. May 30 to 31, southern banks of Huaihe River will expect drizzle to moderate rain or thunder showers, which will turn heavy or downpour in some areas, accompanied by short-time violent convection. June 1, thunder showers will frequent areas along the banks of Yangtze River. June 2 to 3, rainfalls will affect most parts of the region from west to east.

 

South China: May 28 to 30, most parts will see showers or thunder showers and some areas will expect heavy rain with shot-time violent convection. May 31 to June 1, western Guangxi will see light to moderate rain or thunder showers. June 2 to 3, most parts of Guangxi and western Guangdong will see light to moderate rain or thunder showers, which will turn heavy in some areas with short-time violent convection.

 

Southwest China: May 28, eastern Tibet, western Sichuan and Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau to see light to moderate rain or thunder showers, which will turn heavy in some areas. May 29 to 31, eastern part of the region and eastern Tibet will expect light to moderate rain or thunder showers and some areas of these parts will see heavy rain to downpour with short-time violent convection. June 1 to 3, Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau will see light to moderate rain or showers turning heavy in some areas.

 

Source: China National Meteorological Center

 

(China.org May 28, 2007)