Northwest China: June 27 to 30, northern Xinjiang and eastern sections of the region will experience showers or thundershowers. July 1, most parts will be sunny to cloudy. July 2 to 3, northern Xinjiang will meet showers or thundershowers while most remainder sections will see sunny to cloudy skies with higher temperatures.

North China: June 27, southern and eastern regions will appear showers or thundershowers. June 28 to July 2, most regions will see showers or thundershowers with moderate to heavy rainfall expected in some of northernmost regions, accompanied by temporary lightning storms, strong winds and even hail in some areas. July 3, most of the north will be under sunny to cloudy skies, with showers and overcast skies expected in eastern regions.

Northeast China: June 27, most parts will appear light to moderate rain, while some northernmost areas will see heavy rain, accompanied by rainstorms in some places. June 28 to 29, northernmost parts will fall showers or thundershowers, while eastern and southern parts of Heilongjiang Province will get moderate to heavy rainfall. June 30 to July 3, most parts will have light to moderate rain with heavy rainfall expected in some of northernmost and easternmost parts, accompanied by temporary strong winds, lightning storms or hail in some places.

Central China: June 27 to 28, western parts will be overcast with showers or thundershowers. June 20 to 30, northern parts will continue to appear showers or thundershowers, while most of the remainder parts will experience hot sunny weather with temperature over 35 Celsius degree. July 1 to 3, most of the central will meet showers or thundershowers from north to south.

East China: June 27, most of Shandong Peninsula will meet showers or thundershowers, while southern portions of the east will appear hot sunny weather with temperature over 35 Celsius degree. June 28 to 30, northern areas of Shandong Peninsula will see showers or thundershowers, while most of the remainder regions of the east will continue to experience hot sunny weather with temperature over 35 Celsius degree. July 1 to 3, central and northern portions will continue to receive showers or thundershowers while hot sunshine days continue to cover the southern portions.

South China: June 27 to 28, western sections of Guangxi Province will receive showers or thundershowers. June 29 to July 3, most of the region will see continuous higher temperature days, up to 38 Celsius degree in some areas.

Southwest China: June 27 to 28, eastern Tibet, the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and eastern parts of the Sichuan Basin will get showers or thundershowers, while some eastern areas of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau will appear moderate to heavy rainfall. June 29 to July 3, eastern Sichuan and some of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau will continue to see showers or thundershowers, while from July 2 to 3, some areas will meet moderate to heavy rain with storms possible in some places, accompanied by temporary strong winds and lightning storms or hail.

Source: National Meteorological Center

(China.org.cn June 24, 2005)