Shanghai ready to shiver as cold alert issued
Shanghai issued a cold alert on Monday, warning about the arrival of a cold air mass in advance.
The lowest-level blue cold alert was issued at 5pm, indicating the city's temperature is expected to drop by more than 8 degrees Celsius over the next 48 hours as a cold front was detected coming from north.
The lowest temperature in the city's urban area will be around 3 degrees Celsius from tomorrow, while the minimum temperature in the suburbs could be between minus 1 to 1 degree Celsius, according to the weather bureau.
The cold weather is likely to arrive with gale-force winds and short-term mild pollution between tonight and Wednesday morning, according to the city's environmental authorities.
A ginkgo tree turns yellow totally, with leaves falling, at the Intercontinental Shanghai Ruijin.
