Starting from the evening of May 8, a new round of heavy rainfall is set to hit Guangdong. Northern Guangdong and the central-northern part of the Pearl River Delta region are the main areas affected this time.
The Guangdong Meteorological Service has issued a warning that the areas experiencing precipitation on May 9-10 will overlap with those that have already been impacted by intense rainfall previously. Cities and counties in northern Guangdong and the central-northern part of the Pearl River Delta region face a relatively high potential risk of geological disasters. Precautions against disasters, including mountain torrents, mud-rock flows, landslides, and rockfalls induced by heavy rainfall, are necessary.
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Intense rainfall will be concentrated during the daytime on May 9-10
According to the Guangdong Meteorological Observatory, from the night of May 8 to May 10, Guangdong will experience heavy rain to torrential rain, with locally intense rainfall in some areas.
1. Main affected areas: Northern Guangdong and the Pearl River Delta.
2. Main period: The intense rainfall will be primarily concentrated during the daytime on May 9-10.
3. During the rainfall, there will be strong convective weather such as thunderstorms with gusts reaching levels 8-10 on the Beaufort scale and small hailstones in some localized areas.
On May 8, the weather in Shaoguan, Qingyuan, and Zhaoqing will transition from cloudy skies to moderate-to-heavy rain, with locally torrential rain, accompanied by strong convective weather such as thunderstorms with gusts reaching levels 8-10 and localized small hailstones. The rest of the cities and counties will remain cloudy with scattered (thunder) showers.
On May 9, cities and counties in northern Guangdong and the Pearl River Delta region will experience heavy-to-torrential rain, with locally extremely heavy rainfall. The remaining cities and counties will transition from cloudy skies to moderate thunderstorms, with locally torrential rain. This will be accompanied by strong convective weather such as thunderstorms with gusts reaching levels 8-10 and localized small hailstones.
On May 10, cities and counties in the central-southern part of the Pearl River Delta, western and eastern Guangdong, as well as Meizhou City, will experience heavy rain to torrential rain, with locally extremely heavy rainfall. The remaining cities and counties will transition from moderate-to-heavy rain to showers.
On May 11, rainfall in Guangdong will weaken, with mainly cloudy to sunny skies. Scattered showers are expected in cities and counties in western Guangdong.
7-day weather forecast for Guangzhou
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7-day weather forecast for Shenzhen
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Editor | Yu Yuanyuan (intern), Wei Shen, James, Shen He
