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Cold front to sweep N China with light snow

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-11-06 11:08

BEIJING - A cold front will sweep North China in the coming three days and bring snows and temperature drops, the nation's meteorological authority forecast Saturday morning.

Related readings: Cold front to hit north and northeast China

Temperatures will fall by 4 to 6 degrees Celsius in most parts of North China, and even 8 to 10 degrees in some part, the China Meteorological Administration said in a statement on its website.

The central and eastern part of Inner Mongolia, northern part of North China and most parts of Northeast China will embrace small and moderate snows or sleet in the following three days. Eastern part of the Northeast China will see snowstorm, according to the statement.

The cold front will also bring showers in Fujian and Hainan and rains, snows or sleet in some parts of Sichuan, Chongqing, Hubei and Guizhou.