Heavy rain to slam Beijing
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-08-07 15:06

Beijingers will seemingly enjoy the coolness of fall weeks in advance as the ninth typhoon of the year is moving northward and will bring heavy rain to the national capital starting Sunday night.

"Affected by typhoon Matsa, most parts of the capital will report heavy rain Sunday night and Monday," said Guo Hu, director of the Beijing Meteorological Station, in an interview with Xinhua Sunday.

Latest nephograms show that the rainy and overcast weather will last until Tuesday night, he added.

Sunday marks the "beginning of the autumn", the 13th of all the 24 solar terms in the traditional Chinese calendar. But according to meteorological standards, autumn starts only when the average temperature is below 22 degrees Celsius for five days in a row, said Guo.

"The coolness won't last long. The spell of sweltering hot weather will continue later this week," he said.

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