64 counties and cities have the potential to increase rainfall in Yichang, Xiangyang and other places soil, improve Hubei continuously carrying out open space coordinated artificial rainfall operations

According to the latest statistics of the meteorological department, from 08:00 on August 15th to 18:00 on the 27th, the province implemented a total of 21 artificial rainfall operations in the province, with a total of 55.34 hours of accumulated flight time. kilometer. It is estimated that on the 28th, 64 counties and cities including Shiyan, Enshi, Shennongjia, Huanggang, Wuhan, and Wuhan will have the potential to increase rainfall. The meteorological department will focus on these areas, seize the opportunity of favorable time, and carry out artificial rainfall operations to relieve drought.

From 18:00 on the 26th to 18:00 on the 27th, the province implemented 3 artificial rainfall operations in the province, with a total of 8.7 hours of flight time. The operation covered Xiangyang, Shiyan, Jingmen, Yichang, Enshi, Suizhou, Xiaogang, Wuhan, Xian Tao, Qianqian Jiang, Tianmen, Ezhou and other places; carry out 62 artificial rainfall operations on the ground (Shiyan, Enshi, Huanggang, Xiangyang, Yichang, Jingzhou, Jingmen, Huangshi, Wuhan, Ezhou, Shennongjia, Suizhou, Xianning). 65,800 square kilometers.

Under the influence of the weather system and artificial rainfall operations, from 15:00 on August 26 to 15:00 on the 27th, there were a total of 1024 stations in the province. Among them In millimeters, Yichang 9 stations are over 100 mm, and the largest rainfall is 179.8 mm top stone in Yichang Yiling District. The rainfall is mainly concentrated in Yichang, Xiangyang, Shiyan, Jingmen, Huanggang, Huangshi and other places. At present, Yichang's Xingshan, Yiling, Yuan'an, and Gui returnees, Yicheng, Zaoyang in Xiangyang, and Zhongxiang in Jingmen 20 cm soil have improved significantly.

On the 26th, the monitoring of the comprehensive meteorological drought index showed that 68 stations above the medium drought and 41 stations above the level of heavy drought, of which 15 stations were special droughts in northwestern Hubei, Enshi, Hefeng, Lichuan and Honghu, Jiayu, etc. Essence Compared with the 25th, 2 drought levels such as Jiayu and Xunchun have decreased from specialty and medium droughts to heavy drought and light drought. After the precipitation process from 27th to 28th, northern Shiyan, northern Xiangyang, southern Huanggang, most Huangshi, northern Xianning and southern Jingzhou have eased.

Source: Hubei Daily

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