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After several days of rain, the city will dry up today - but the wet weather will return just in time to ruin next weekend, according to local meteorologists who are calling for a warmer week.
Today's high should reach at least 11 degrees Celsius, 2 degrees warmer than yesterday, while the low is expected to be 4 degrees, 2.5 degrees lower than yesterday, according to Yao Zuqing, chief meteorologist of Shanghai Meteorological Bureau.
The rain belt that dominated the city over the weekend was pushed out of the city by a weak cold air mass from the north, said local meteorologists.
The cold air brought frost to the city on Saturday, forcing 13 international flights to either take off or land at Hongqiao International Airport instead of Pu-dong International Airport.
Average temperatures this week will range between 7 and 8 degrees, some 6 degrees lower than last week, the bureau reports.
The week's high should reach 11 degrees while the low will be around 2 degrees.
According to Chinese tradition, Shanghai will not enter spring until late March.
In meteorology, the arrival of spring is marked by five consecutive days with the daily average temperature above 10 degrees.
(eastday.com February 17, 2003)
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