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

Affected by the continuous high temperature weather, severe meteorological droughts appeared in many places in southern my country. The water levels of lakes such as Poyang Lake and Dongting Lake continued to decline. The monitoring data of the National Satellite Meteorological Center showed that the area of ​​the lake body was significantly "shrinking". 66%.

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%.

FY-3D Meteorological Satellite Poyang Lake Water Love Monitoring Multi-channel Synthesis (Source: National Satellite Meteorological Center)

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%.

FY-3D Meteorological Satellite Dianting Lake Water Love Monitoring Multi-channel Synthetic Map (Source: National Satellite Meteorological Center)

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.

(Source: China Weather Network WeChat public account)

【Edit: Fu Sakura】

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