Chinese meteorologists went a bit over the top when they decided to 'seed' clouds in an effort to combat a lingering drought in the region
Chinese meteorologists went a bit over the top when they decided to 'seed' clouds in an effort to combat a lingering drought in the regionChinese meteorologists covered Beijing in snow after seeding clouds to bring winter weather to the capital in an effort to combat a lingering drought.
They were successful in producing rain but a sudden drop in temperatures meant the precipitation fell as snow, leaving the streets of the capital carpeted in the stuff yesterday.
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White Beauty: Pedestrians make their way in snow at Tian'anmen Square in Beijing yesterday. |
The unusually early snow blanketed the capital from yesterday morning and kept falling for half the day.
It was helped by temperatures as low as -2C and strong winds from the north, Xinhua news agency reported.
'We won't miss any opportunity of artificial precipitation since Beijing is suffering from the lingering drought,' the report quoted Zhang Qiang, head of the Beijing Weather Modification Office, as saying at the end of last week.
