The high temperature and drought in the south continued, and Poyang Lake Dongting Lake "shrinks" about 66% a month

Changsha Evening News, Changsha, August 21st. According to the WeChat public account of China Weather Network, due to the continued high temperature weather, severe meteorological droughts appeared in many places in southern my country. It shows that the area of ​​the lake has a significant "shrinking", and the water body area has decreased by about 66%in the past month.

From July to August this year, the rainfall of the Yangtze River Basin was significantly less. Among them, the average precipitation in July reached 141.2 mm, which was 48.2%less than the same period of the year, and it was the least in history since 1961. Since August, the cumulative precipitation in the eastern part of Jiangnan, Jianghan, and southwestern region is less than 10 mm. The Central Meteorological Observatory has upgraded the orange warning of meteorological drought on August 20.

According to the Ministry of Water Resources, due to the weather of high temperature and rain, the water level in the Yangtze River and Dongting Lake and Poyang Lake are significantly lower than the same period of the year. The water level of Poyang Lake was lower than the dry water level, setting a record of the earliest record since the record in 1951.

From the perspective of satellite maps, Poyang Lake and Dongting Lake have been "thin into a lightning." The National Satellite Meteorological Center found through the FY-3D meteorological satellite monitoring that on August 18, the water body area of ​​Poyang Lake, Jiangxi was about 1113 square kilometers (the lower left), which was reduced by the water body area (lower right) on July 10, 2022 (the lower right). 66%.

The area of ​​Dongting Lake, located in Hunan Province, has also been significantly reduced compared with the same period of previous years. According to the monitoring of FY-3D meteorological satellite, the water body area of ​​the water body area of ​​Dongting Lake on August 18 (pictured) The water body area of ​​July 1 (pictured right) decreased by about 66%.

The high temperature and meteorological drought in the south are still continuing, but according to the latest forecast, around August 24, the cold air will fall south, and the southern region will cool down from north to south. At that time, this high temperature "long -lasting battle" may end. The rainfall in the arid area of ​​the Yangtze River Basin after the 25th will also be expected to increase.

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