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Super Typhoon Forms! Guangdong Braces for 'Boiling Rain' and Summer Soup Season
Super Typhoon Forms! Guangdong Braces for 'Boiling Rain' Pattern
The weather these past two days has been dominated by one word: "HOT"
June 22
Xuwen, Guangdong recorded the province's highest temperature of 37.6°C
However
Thunderstorms are brewing over the next couple of days
The weather is switching to 'boiling rain' mode
Thunderstorms will become more active in the mid-to-late week
Guangdong Provincial Meteorological Bureau Forecast
June 23-25
Most of Guangdong will be partly cloudy
Thunderstorms will gradually become more apparent
Locally heavy rainfall expected
Accompanied by gale-force winds around level 8
Temperatures above 35°C becoming increasingly widespread
According to @GuangdongWeather,
This year's 7th typhoon, "Meari" ("Mikira"), strengthened into a super typhoon around 11:00 on June 22.
At 17:00 on the 22nd, its center was located on the Northwest Pacific Ocean approximately 740 km east-southeast of Taiwan's Eluanbi, at 18.0°N, 126.6°E, with maximum sustained winds of 16-level (55 m/s), minimum central pressure of 930 hPa, gale-force wind radius of 170-240 km, storm-force wind radius of 120-140 km, and hurricane-force wind radius of 80 km.
It is forecast to move west-northwest at 10-15 km/h, maintaining or slightly increasing strength, gradually approaching the southeastern waters of Taiwan, then turning northeast on June 24 with gradual weakening.
Before June 25, there will be no direct impact on Guangdong's land and sea areas.
However, due to Typhoon Meari's interception of moisture,
Guangdong's rainfall will not be as widespread or persistent as the previous round, while temperatures above 35°C will become more pronounced.
Detailed Weather Forecast
June 23
Shaoguan, Qingyuan, and northern Pearl River Delta: partly cloudy with afternoon thundershowers, locally heavy rain or storms. Rest of region: partly cloudy with isolated thundershowers.
Highs: Shaoguan, Qingyuan, and southern coastal areas 31-34°C; elsewhere 34-37°C.
June 24
Northern Guangdong and northern Pearl River Delta: partly cloudy with moderate afternoon thundershowers, locally heavy rain or storms. Rest of region: partly cloudy with isolated thundershowers.
Highs: Shaoguan, Qingyuan, and southern coastal areas 31-34°C; elsewhere 35-37°C.
June 25
North-central Guangdong: partly cloudy with thundershowers, locally heavy rain or storms; far northern areas with moderate thundershowers and locally heavy storms. Rest of region: partly cloudy with isolated thundershowers.
Highs: Shaoguan, Qingyuan, and eastern coastal areas 31-34°C; elsewhere 34-37°C.
Hot Weather Has Arrived
Easier to get 'heaty' (Shanghuo)
Guangdong people in this weather
Every meal needs a bowl of nourishing soup
Today we recommend
Some perfect summer soup recipes
For your needs
Codonopsis and Wampee Lean Meat Soup
Ingredients:
Codonopsis root 30g, Wampee fruit 50g, Lean meat 500g, Ginger 3 slices, Salt to taste (serves 2-3)
Method:
Prepare wampee, rinse clean. Cut lean meat into large pieces, rinse and blanch. Bring water to boil in a clay pot, add lean meat, boil on high then simmer on low for about 30 minutes. Add wampee, continue simmering for another 30 minutes. Season with salt, turn off heat and serve.
Benefits:
Strengthens spleen, boosts Qi, promotes Qi flow and harmonizes the stomach. Suitable for those with summer spleen-stomach Qi deficiency and loss of appetite. Also helpful for those with lung-spleen Qi deficiency type rhinitis and sinusitis during recovery.
Olive and Tangerine Peel Lean Meat Soup
Ingredients:
Green olives 8 pieces, Tangerine peel (Chenpi) 9g, Lean meat 500g, Ginger 3 slices, Candied date 1 piece
Method:
Wash and slice all ingredients. Place in clay pot, bring to boil, simmer on low for 40 minutes, season and serve warm. Olives can be left uneaten.
Benefits:
Strengthens spleen, regulates Qi, resolves phlegm and stops cough. Suitable for poor appetite, abdominal distension, rhinitis or pharyngitis with cough and excess phlegm.
White Gourd and Cowpea Bone Soup
Ingredients:
White gourd 500g, Cowpeas 50-100g, Pork shank bones 500g, Ginger 3 large slices (about 10g), Salt to taste
Method:
- Wash white gourd (no need to peel — the peel enhances heat-clearing and diuretic effects), trim ends, cut in half, remove seeds, and cut into rolling chunks. Wash cowpeas and set aside. Crack pork bones with knife back, chop into pieces, wash, blanch, and drain. Slice ginger and set aside.
- Add all ingredients except white gourd to an earthenware pot with adequate water. Bring to a boil on high heat, then simmer on low for 1 hour.
- When the soup turns slightly white and pork bone aroma emerges, add white gourd chunks and continue simmering on low for 30 minutes. Season with salt to taste and serve.
Benefits:
Suitable for healthy individuals; those experiencing summer damp-heat (body heat, thirst, heavy-headedness, dark urine), spleen-stomach dampness (poor appetite, abdominal fullness, sticky stools), excessive summer sweating, fatigue and weakness, and those with damp-heat constitution.
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Sources: Guangdong Weather, Guangzhou Daily, Guangdong Traditional Chinese Medicine
Compiled by: Guangdong Fabu Editorial Department
Editor: Cai Zechun
Proofreader: Zhong Huiling
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