According to the National Meteorological Center, 12 provinces and cities in northern China have seen large areas of yellow sand.14 bb0 15 morning, under the influence of cold air, the western part of the southern Xinjiang basin, the central and western part of Gansu, Inner Mongolia, northern part of Shanxi, northern part of Hebei, Beijing and other places appeared sand or floating dust, some areas appeared sandstorm

The dust originated in southern Mongolia, according to the Beijing Ecological Environment Monitoring Center.According to reports, from 20:00 on March 14 to 06:00 on March 15, the dust remote sensing map in northern China shows that the dust originated in the southern part of Mongolia moved southward with the airflow last night and affected Beijing from north to south from 3:00 am

Zhang Bihui, director of the Environmental Meteorology Center of the China Meteorological Administration, said at a press briefing on the morning of the 15th that there were two main reasons for the dust weather.In the early stage, the temperature in the whole Mongolia, including the northwest region of China, was significantly higher, generally 5-8℃. In addition, the recent precipitation in most areas of Mongolia was relatively rare, and the surface conditions were very conducive to the occurrence of dust weather.In addition, under the influence of strong Mongolian cyclone, gusts of 6 to 8 wind appeared successively in northern xinjiang, central and western gansu, most of Inner Mongolia and northern north China, which provided a very good thermal and dynamic condition for this sandstorm.

Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning and other 12 provinces and cities are expected to see sandstorms during the day and at night, the National Meteorological Center (NMC) said Tuesday.

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