Northwest China: July 3 to 4, southeastern sections will have showers or thundershowers with light rain expected in northern Xinjiang. July 5 to 6, most of the region will be sunny to cloudy with higher temperatures in daytime. July 7, affected by weak streams of cold air, eastern sections will meet showers or thundershowers. July 8 to 9, most of the region will be sunny to cloudy with high temperatures in eastern sections.

North China: July 3 to 4, most of the region will receive showers or thundershowers. July 5 to 6, most of the region will be cloudy to sunny with scorching heat. July 7 to 8, most sections will experience showers or thundershowers from west to east. July 9, some of northernmost sections will continue to meet showers.

Northeast China: July 3 to 5, most of the region will have showers or thundershowers from west to east, while some of central and southern sections will meet moderate to heavy rain. July 6 to 7, most of the region will be sunny to cloudy with showers or thundershowers expected in some of northern and southeastern sections. July 8 to 9, most of the region will see showers or thundershowers from west to east.

Central China: July 3 to 4, central and northern parts will have moderate to heavy rain with storms in some areas, while southern parts will be overcast with showers and sultry weather. July 5, most of the region will have light to moderate rain while some of central parts will meet heavy rainfall. July 6, most parts will be cloudy and partly sunny with showers or thundershowers in the afternoon in some places. July 7 to 9, most of the region will have showers or thundershowers from north to south with moderate to heavy rain in central parts, accompanied by storms in some places. 

East China: July 3 to 4, central and northern parts will see moderate to heavy rain with storms in some places, while southern parts will be in high temperatures. July 5, central parts will have moderate to heavy rain. July 6 to 7, most of the region will be sunny to cloudy with hot and sultry weather. July 8 to 9, the region will experience showers or thundershowers from north to south with moderate to heavy rain in central parts and storm in some places.

South China: July 3 to 5, central, western and southern parts will get light to moderate rain with heavy rainfall expected in some of western and western parts, accompanied by storms in some places. Sultry weather will also appear in some of the eastern parts. July 6 to 9, most of the region will be under cloudy to sunny skies with hot weather.

Southwest China: During the week, central and eastern Tibet and eastern parts of the region will experience continuous overcast and rainy days. July 3 to 5, central and eastern areas of the Sichuan Basin will have moderate to heavy rain. July 6 to 7, eastern and southern Yunnan and southern Guizhou will have moderate to heavy rain. July 8 to 9, eastern areas of the Sichuan Basin will have moderate to heavy rain with storms in some places.

Source: National Meteorological Center  

(China.org.cn June 23, 2006)