Northwest China: June 20 to 21, northern Xinjiang will experience light rain while most remainder parts will be sunny to cloudy with higher temperatures. June 22 to 24, eastern parts of the northwest will meet light to moderate rain or thunderstorms with heavy rain expected in some areas. June 24 to 25, western and northern Xinjiang will have light to moderate rain, while southeastern parts of the northwest will be overcast with light rainfall or showers.

North China: June 20, northernmost and eastern regions will appear showers or thundershowers, accompanied by temporary lightning storms, strong winds and even hail in some areas. June 21 to the daytime of 22, most regions will see sunny and hot days. From the night of June 22 to 25, most regions will have light to moderate rain or thundershowers with heavy rainfall to storms possible in some places, accompanied by temporary lightning storms, strong winds and even hail in some areas. June 26, eastern and southern sections will continue to receive showers or thundershowers.

Northeast China: June 20 to 21, most parts will appear light to moderate rain or thundershowers, while some areas will see heavy rain to rainstorms, accompanied by temporary strong winds, lightning storms or hail. June 22 to 23, northern and eastern Heilongjiang Province will fall more showers or thundershowers, while the remainder parts will be sunny to cloudy. June 24 to 26, most sections of Liaoning and Jilin provinces will get light to moderate rain or thundershowers, while southern Liaoning will meet heavy to stormy rainfall with temporary strong winds, lightning storms or hail in some places.

Central China: June 20, central and southern parts will have light to moderate rain or thundershowers, while some of Hunan Province will have heavy to stormy rainfall, with temporary strong winds, lightning storms or hail in some places. June 21 to 22, most of Hunan Province will have light to moderate rain or showers with heavy rain or storms in some portions. June 23 to 26, most parts will fall light to moderate rain or thundershowers with cloudburst in some areas, accompanied by possible temporary strong winds, lightning rain or hail.

East China: June 20, most of Shandong Peninsula and northern portions of Jiangsu and Anhui provinces will meet showers or thundershowers. June 20 to 22, areas south of the Yangtze River will have light to moderate rain or thundershowers with heavy rainfall or storms in some places, while some areas will fall cloudburst, accompanied by possible temporary strong winds, lightning rain or hail. June 24, areas of the Yangtze will continue to see showers or thundershowers. June 24 to 26, most of the east will see precipitations from north to south, with possible storms in some areas, accompanied by temporary strong winds, lightning rain or hail.

South China: June 20 to 22, most of the region will experience light to moderate rain or showers, while some portions will have heavy rain to storms with possible torrent in some areas, accompanied by strong winds and lightning storms or hail. June 23 to 24, western and northern regions will have showers or thundershowers. June 25 to 26, most of the region will experience light to moderate rain or thundershowers, while some portions will have heavy rain to storms.

Southwest China: June 20, eastern Yunnan and most of Guizhou will see light to moderate rain or thundershowers. June 21 to 23, most regions will continue to experience light to moderate rainfall or thundershowers from west to east, while eastern Sichuan and some of Guizhou and Yunnan will meet heavy rain or storms, accompanied by temporary strong winds and lightning storms or hail. June 24 to 26, most of Guizhou and Yunnan will have light to moderate rainfall or thundershowers with heavy rain or storms possible in some sections.

Source: National Meteorological Center

(China.org.cn June 17, 2005)