Shandong to See Rainfall as Autumn Harvest Progress Exceeds 85%

The Shandong Provincial Meteorological Bureau released its latest important weather forecast on the 11th, showing that a light rain process will begin in Shandong from west to east starting on the afternoon of the 12th. Meteorological experts remind people to avoid harvesting and drying crops during the precipitation period. The reporter learned that this rainfall in Shandong is affected by a westerly trough and is expected to last from the afternoon of the 12th to the daytime of the 13th, with some areas accompanied by thunderstorms and level 7 to level 8 thunderstorm gusts. The province's cumulative average precipitation is 2 mm to 4 mm, among which Dezhou, Binzhou, and Dongying have average precipitation of 4 mm to 8 mm, with local areas exceeding 10 mm, while other areas have average precipitation of 1 mm to 3 mm. According to the agricultural situation dispatch of the Shandong Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, as of October 10, 85.6% of the province's autumn grain had been harvested, including 88.5% of corn. The Shandong Climate Center analyzed that the weather will be sunny and good for most of the period in mid-October, but it is necessary to avoid harvesting and drying crops during the precipitation period, and to seize soil moisture and create soil moisture to sow winter wheat within the suitable sowing period.