Wuhan Orange Rainstorm Warning
The Wuhan Meteorological Observatory issued an orange rainstorm warning signal at 06:21 on May 8, 2020: It is expected that most of Wuhan will receive more than 50 mm of pre cipitation in the next 3 hours. It is accompanied by thunder and lightning and local gusts of level 6-8. The risk of urban waterlogging, flash floods in mountainous areas, geological disasters, and floods in small and medium rivers is high. Please pay attention to pre cautions.
Water-logged road sections
Due to continuous heavy rain, as of 7:00 this morning, there were 8 water-logged road sections in the city: the culvert on Zhongyi Road in Jiang'an District, the Xiaodongmen intersection of Zhongshan Road in Wuchang District, and the Yangtze River Bridge Wuchang Approach Bridge from Wuchang to Hanyang, the intersection of Taizi Hubei Road and Xinmin South Road in Economic and Technological Development Zone, the intersection of Sanjiahu Road on Dongfeng Avenue, the intersection of Guanshan Avenue and Entrepre neurship Street in East Lake New Technology Development Zone, under the Hanying Bridge on Wuhu Avenue in Huangpi District, and the Daihuang Expre ssway on Tenglong Avenue Culvert under bridge. The general public is advised to plan routes in advance and make reasonable detours.
Wuhan’s future weather forecast
From the night of May 7 to the day of May 8:
Cloudy with moderate to heavy rain, accompanied by thunder and lightning, 22℃~24℃, partial East wind level 2 to 3 turning northerly wind level 3 to 4, gust level 5;
From the night of May 8 to the day of May 9:
Cloudy with light to moderate rain, 19℃~23 ℃, northerly wind level 3 to 4.
It is expected that in the next three days, due to the influence of high-altitude troughs and mid- and low-level shear lines, there will be another pre cipitation weather process in our province, accompanied by thunder and lightning in some areas, and strong convective weather such as thunderstorms and strong winds in some areas.
Rains have already hit Xingshan, Jingmen, Chibi, Qianjiang, Zhongxiang and other places. From now on, the rain will continue to hit Jingchu: the rain today is quite mild, and it will be scattered in northern Hubei and the Jianghan Plain. Light to moderate rain, local heavy rain with thunder and lightning, showers in other areas, high temperature 22℃-28℃; wind and rain will be the strongest tomorrow, except for light to moderate rain and local heavy rain in northwest Hubei, moderate to heavy rain and local heavy rain or heavy rain in other areas.