Sandstorm strikes again Beijing and “blue sun”

Beijing and other 12 provinces and cities recently suffered the strongest sand and dust storms in a decade.

Beijing has been experiencing continuous sand and dust storms recently. The Central Weather Station of the Communist Party of China (CPC) issued a yellow alert for sand and dust storms on the 28th, as the widespread sand and dust storms affecting China make a comeback. This round of dust storms is expected to affect more than 15 provinces, autonomous regions and cities. The “blue sun” also appeared over Beijing again on the same day.

Comprehensive media reports, March 28 at 6:00 a.m., the Central Meteorological Station continued to issue a yellow warning of sand and dust storms, expected that day in the southern and eastern Xinjiang basin, northeastern Qinghai, most of Inner Mongolia, Gansu, western and eastern Hebei, Ningxia, north-central Shaanxi and other places have sand or floating dust weather.

Among them, the central and southeastern Inner Mongolia, northern Shanxi, north-central Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin, western Liaoning and other parts of the region have sand and dust storms. There are strong sand and dust storms in the central south and southeast of Inner Mongolia.

This round of sand and dust weather will affect more than 15 provinces, autonomous regions and cities, strong sand and dust is expected to last more than 12 hours. 28 evening onwards, the above-mentioned areas of sand and dust weather intensity weakened to sand or dust, but southeastern Inner Mongolia, western Liaoning and other places still have sand and dust storms.

At 7:00 am on the 28th, the sandstorm has affected all of Beijing, the city’s PM10 average value broke 2000μg/m3, Beijing environmental monitoring said that daytime is the most serious impact of sandstorms on Beijing’s air quality period, PM10 will be in a high concentration state, for the level 6 severe pollution.

In the sand and dust shrouded sky, the sky over Beijing once again appeared “blue sun” spectacle. Only 4 days after the last wave of dust storms hit.

Some Chinese meteorological analysts say that the dusty weather is still active in April, and there will probably be dusty weather again.

Earlier, the land media said on the 24th that the sandstorm is back! affecting east-central Inner Mongolia and northeast China, Beijing’s PM10 concentration rose to a moderate pollution level of 4, and the sand and dust has affected most of the city.

On the day of the 15th, yellow sand raged in Beijing, the day was like dusk, visibility in most parts of Beijing 300 to 800 meters.

According to land media, Beijing has experienced the strongest sandstorm weather in the past 10 years since March 15, the sand and dust is like “open valve”, every now and then to Beijing “sneak” a circle, resulting in a decline in air quality, visibility is affected.

In addition, the 15th day, in addition to the rare dust storms, Beijing, Ningxia and other places also appeared strange “blue sun”, many people in a relatively good view of the place, to capture a clear “blue sun” spectacle. Many people expressed concern: “the sky has a vision, something big is happening”.