Based on 31 aviation records of low-level wind shear, surface observational data at Shijiazhuang Zhengding international airport of Hebei Province and NCEP/NCAR reanalysis data from 2014 to 2017, the characteristics of low-level wind shear and corresponding weather situations were analyzed. The results show that the low-level wind shear mainly occurred in the afternoon and nightfall, with the peak at 14:00 BST. The majority of low-level wind shear events occurred in spring, and the low-level wind shear events occurred most in April. The number of low-level wind shear events at Zhengding international airport was the highest in 2015. The mainly weather situations which were conducive to occurrence of low-level wind shear events were northwest airflow type, vortex type, west wind trough type and horizontal trough type. Furthermore, low-level wind shear occurred most under the weather situation of northwest airflow type, especially in spring and winter. The convective weather under the vortex weather situation was prone to occurrence of low-level wind shear. In addition, more attention should be paid on 3 hours and 1 hour anallobaric and negative temperature variation under the northwest airflow weather situation, as well as allobaric and variable temperature in a short time under the vortex weather situation for forecasting low-level wind shear.
Based on the hourly minimum visibility, precipitation and relative humidity of 61 national meteorological stations during the period 2016-2017, the characteristics of low visibility along eight main highways in Hebei Province were investigated. The results show that low visibility appeared most in autumn and winter while least in spring. In autumn and winter, the 02:00-03:00, 03:00-07:00, 05:00 were the peak hours for the appearance of low visibility of 200-500 m, 50-200 m and 0-50 m, respectively. The frequency of low visibility along Daqing-Guangzhou highway (Beijing-Hengshui section and Hengshui-Daming section), Shijiazhuang-Anyang highway and Qingdao-Yinchuan highway was higher, while it was lower along Beijing-Qinhuangdao highway and Coastal highway. The low visibility of 200-500 m usually appeared from 20:00 to 07:00. The frequency of low visibility of 200-500 m along Hengshui-Daming section, Shijiazhuang-Anyang highway and Qingdao-Yinchuan highway was higher after 00:00, while it was opposite for Beijing-Qinhuangdao highway. The visibility of 50-200 m along Beijing-Hengshui section and Qingdao-Yinchuan highway occured mainly during 04:00-07:00, and it occured maily during 05:00-08:00 along Beijing-Shanghai highway and Shijiazhuang-Huanghua highway. The peak time of frequency of the visibility of 50-200 m occured during 03:00-07:00 along Shijiazhuang-Anyang highway. The frequency of the visibility of 0-50 m along various highways decreased significantly.The peak value of low visibility of 0-50 m occured mainly at 00:00 and 05:00 along Beijing-Hengshui section(Raoyang-Anping section), while it occurred during 03:00-07:00 along Hengshui-Daming section. The low visibility of 0-50 m was easier to occure along Botou section of Shijiazhuang-Huanghua highway than other sections of that.