"Just in time! The strongest cold wave of the winter has affected most parts of China from west to east since November 26, with cold air gradually moving into central and eastern parts of the country, causing severe temperature drops in many places. Under its influence, the south, which had been plagued by drought in the early period, received a large scale of precipitation. Under the premise of ensuring safety, many places carried out artificial rainfall moderately by "weather" to effectively alleviate the drought in the early period.

Under the influence of the cold wave, Wuwei city in Anhui province saw the first snow of this winter last night

Send "moisten the field rain" for the land. In view of the drought in the south of Hefei, Anhui meteorological Department seized the favorable opportunity to carry out three-dimensional rain enhancement operations. "This operation is beneficial to the subsequent growth and safe overwintering of the crops in the field." Anhui agricultural meteorological Center senior engineer Chen Jinhua said. According to statistics, since the 26th, Anhui has carried out a total of 1 aerial rain enhancement operation, 7 cities and 26 counties (districts, cities) organized the implementation of ground rain enhancement 53 times, a total of 45.36 million tons of rain. At present, the meteorological drought in Anhui has basically lifted. In Zunyi City, Guizhou province, local tea producing areas are also waiting for the rain. On the night of November 28, Fenggang Meteorological Bureau carried out artificial rain enhancement operation. After the operation, "rain" fell, so that tea can "quenched thirst".

Let the reservoir fill up and drink freely. In the early stage, the urban and rural water supply in some areas of Zhejiang Province was in short supply. The provincial weather modification Office coordinated the operation team and focused on supporting the areas with water supply difficulties to implement the full coverage operation. Since Sunday, 31 units in 8 cities in Zhejiang have carried out 57 cloud-seeding operations. According to a preliminary assessment, the rain area increased by 25,000 square kilometers, and the accumulative rain increased by more than 65 million tons.

On November 28, the Pan 'an County Meteorological Bureau in Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province to carry out artificial rainfall operations map/text can be a

Put out the fire in the forest. In Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province, the city's meteorological department organized planes, rockets and ground weather modification equipment to carry out 15 three-dimensional cloud-seeding operations from Sunday to 29, bringing moderate to heavy rain to all parts of the city. "The rain increase will effectively reduce the forest fire risk level and reduce the pressure on forest fire prevention." City fire and rescue detachment fire command center director Liu Longsheng said. Under the influence of a strong cold wave, some parts of Jiangxi Province have seen heavy rain. As of 28, only 10 counties (cities, districts) in northern Jiangxi Province had mild meteorological drought.

In addition, according to the weather forecast, many places have been deployed in advance to seize all favorable opportunities to carry out weather modification operations to alleviate the drought.

"This operation is doing its best to increase precipitation." Tang Lin, deputy director of Hunan Weather Modification Office, said 54 cloud-seeding operations were carried out in 33 counties (cities and districts) in 10 cities (prefectures) of Hunan province from Saturday to 29. After the operation, the areas of severe drought and extreme drought were significantly reduced, and the meteorological drought was basically lifted in the whole province.

Rain hits Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan Province, from the evening of November 28 to the morning of November 29

The Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Meteorological Bureau organized two cloud-seeding flights in Nanning, Baise, Hechi and Laibin from Monday to Saturday. The flights lasted more than seven hours and covered nearly 1,500 kilometers. The operations affected an area of 15,000 square kilometers and increased precipitation by about 60 million tons.

Hubei and Sichuan have also carried out aerial and ground rainfalloperations respectively to alleviate the drought in the early stage. In the next few days, the meteorological department will also study the local cloud precipitation conditions, according to the potential to increase rain operations.