Abstract:With NCEP 1°×1° reanalysis data, ground station data of MICAPS system, precipitation data from TRMM satellite and rainfall data from automatic weather stations, a rainstorm process during the late Meiyu period of 2011 in Nanjing city is analyzed. The results indicate that this heavy rainfall occurred not only in the front of a deep trough in the mid-upper troposphere, but near the low-level shear line, as well as in the northeast of the low vortex in low layer and surface depression, which was caused by the combined effect of the mid-latitude low system of westerly zone with its accompanied low vortex in low layer and "Maon" typhoon moving north westly. In the southeastern coastal areas of China, the southeast-to-easterly flow in the northeast of the low vortex at 925 hPa transported water vapor coming from the West Pacific to the heavy rainfall area continuously, which provided favorable moisture condition for the occurrence of the rainstorm. Furthermore, the southeast-to-easter flow made warm advection obvious in South China and the southeastern coastal areas. The instability over Nanjing was the thermal environment for the rainstorm occurrence, which was led by slight warming induced by the warm advection in the low troposphere and the thickening of humidity layer caused by the water vapor transportation. Along with the northwest movement of "Maon" typhoon, the dry air on the north side of the subtropical high was gradually advected to the southeast coastal areas of China. As a result, an obvious energy front developed between the dry air and the warm moist flow on the mainland. Meanwhile, the remnant Meiyu front in the middle reaches of the Yangtze river area also changed to an energy front. Two energy fronts intersected near Nanjing, then gave rise to the apparent ascending motion, all of which triggered the heavy rainfall in Nanjing area.