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China chills hit 28-year low, trapping ships in ice

Jan 5 (Reuters) - Temperatures in China have plunged to their lowest in almost three decades, cold enough to freeze coastal waters and trap 1,000 ships in ice, official media said at the weekend.

Since late November the country has shivered at an average of minus 3.8 degrees Celsius, 1.3 degrees colder than the previous average, and the chilliest in 28 years, state news agency Xinhua said on Saturday, citing the China Meteorological Administration.

Bitter cold has even frozen the sea in Laizhou Bay on the coast of Shandong province in the east, stranding nearly 1,000 ships, the China Daily newspaper reported.

Zheng Dong, chief meteorologist at the Yantai Marine Environment Monitoring Center under the State Oceanic Administration, told the paper that the area under ice in Laizhou Bay was 291 square km this week.

Transport around the country has been severely disrupted.

Over 140 flights from the state capital airport in central Hunan province were delayed, while heavy snowfall forced the closure of some sections of the Beijing-Hong Kong-Macau Expressway, the China Daily said.

Temperatures in the northeast fell even further, reaching a 43-year low of minus 15.3 degrees Celsius, about 3.7 degrees below the previous recorded average.

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So as it looks, it'll probably start tomorrow afternoon and give some of us a decent accumulation. Southwest mountains seem to get the brunt. This appears to be one of those storms where being north and west may actually hurt your chances. DC and the immediate area might be in for a small treat.

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So as it looks, it'll probably start tomorrow afternoon and give some of us a decent accumulation. Southwest mountains seem to get the brunt. This appears to be one of those storms where being north and west may actually hurt your chances. DC and the immediate area might be in for a small treat.

ooh :) how much are people predicting for dc?

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So as it looks, it'll probably start tomorrow afternoon and give some of us a decent accumulation. Southwest mountains seem to get the brunt. This appears to be one of those storms where being north and west may actually hurt your chances. DC and the immediate area might be in for a small treat.

Let me guess Rain for north and West of DC

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Let me guess Rain for north and West of DC

Nope too cold...all snow

---------- Post added January-16th-2013 at 11:35 AM ----------

Whoa WSW watches out for the DC area....

..WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH

LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS

ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY

MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.

* PRECIPITATION TYPE...SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES.

* ACCUMULATIONS...IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES POSSIBLE.

* TIMING...SNOW MAY MIX WITH RAIN AT THE ONSET...ESPECIALLY SOUTH

OF WASHINGTON DC THURSDAY MORNING...BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW

LATE THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL END THURSDAY

NIGHT. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND

EVENING.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.

* IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED...ESPECIALLY DURING THE

EVENING RUSH HOUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR

THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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