May 22 (Xinhua) — According to the website of the National Meteorological Center, heavy rainfall occurred in Fujian and other places yesterday. It is expected that over the next three days, Guangdong, Fujian, Hainan and Xinjiang and other places will face risks of rainstorm disasters; attention should be paid to secondary disasters that may be triggered by localized heavy rainfall or sustained rainfall; on the 22nd, parts of the northern Bohai Sea, the northern and central Yellow Sea and other sea areas should watch for the impact of foggy weather on ship navigation. From the 22nd to the 24th, the southern part of North China, the Huang-Huai region and the Guanzhong area of Shaanxi and other winter wheat regions should watch for the risk of dry hot winds.

　　Strong precipitation along the coasts of Guangdong and Fujian and on Hainan Island

　　From May 22 to 24, moderate to heavy rain will occur in eastern and southern coastal Guangdong, Fujian, Hainan Island and southern Yunnan, among other places, with localized rainstorms in southern coastal Guangdong, eastern coastal Fujian, Hainan Island and other places; some of the above areas will be accompanied by short-duration heavy precipitation (maximum hourly rainfall of 20–40 mm, locally exceeding 50 mm), and localized severe convective weather such as thunderstorms and gales.

　　In addition, from the 22nd to the 24th, scattered light to moderate rain or thunderstorms will occur in the central and southern parts of Northeast China, central Inner Mongolia and northern North China, with localized severe convective weather such as thunderstorms and gales.

　　Heavy fog in the Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea and other sea areas

　　It is expected that from daytime to nighttime on May 22, visibility of less than 1 km will occur in the northern Bohai Sea, the northern and central sea areas of the Yellow Sea, and the coastal sea areas of the Liaodong Peninsula and the Shandong Peninsula. The National Meteorological Center continued to issue a yellow warning for heavy fog at 06:00 on May 22.

National fog forecast map (May 22, 08:00 – May 23, 08:00) Image source: National Meteorological Center website

　　Specific forecasts for the next three days in China

　　From 08:00 on May 22 to 08:00 on May 23, moderate to heavy rain will occur in parts of Fujian, southern Jiangxi, central and eastern Guangdong, Hainan Island, central Jilin and southern Yunnan, among other places, with localized rainstorms (50–90 mm) in southern Fujian, eastern Guangdong, central and eastern Hainan Island and other places. Force 4–6 winds will occur in parts of the Tianshan region of Xinjiang and the eastern Tarim Basin, central and western Gansu, Ningxia, northern Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia, Northeast China, the Shandong Peninsula and Zhejiang; easterly winds of Force 5–7 with gusts of Force 8 will occur in the northern East China Sea.

National precipitation forecast map (May 22, 08:00 – May 23, 08:00) Image source: National Meteorological Center website

　　From 08:00 on May 23 to 08:00 on May 24, moderate to heavy rain will occur in parts of the Ili River Valley of Xinjiang, southeastern Jilin, northern Liaoning, eastern and southern Fujian, southern Jiangxi, eastern and southern coastal Guangdong, Hainan Island and southern Yunnan, among other places, with localized rainstorms (50–90 mm) in eastern coastal Fujian, southeastern coastal Guangdong, central and southern Hainan Island and other places. Force 4–6 winds will occur in parts of the Tianshan region and Tarim Basin of Xinjiang, northern Inner Mongolia, eastern Liaoning, eastern North China, the Shandong Peninsula and Zhejiang, among which winds at mountain passes in the Tianshan region of Xinjiang may reach above Force 7; easterly winds of Force 6–7 with gusts of Force 8 will occur in the Bohai Sea.

National precipitation forecast map (May 23, 08:00 – May 24, 08:00) Image source: National Meteorological Center website

　　From 08:00 on May 24 to 08:00 on May 25, moderate to heavy rain will occur in parts of the Hetao and south-central areas of Inner Mongolia, northern Shanxi, northern Hebei, southern Gansu, northern Sichuan, southern Fujian, southern Guangdong, Hainan Island and western and southern Yunnan, among other places, with localized rainstorms (50–70 mm) in southern Fujian, eastern Guangdong, southeastern Hainan Island and other places. Force 4–6 winds will occur in parts of the Tianshan region of Xinjiang, western Gansu and Zhejiang.

National precipitation forecast map (May 24, 08:00 – May 25, 08:00) Image source: National Meteorological Center website