Abstract:This paper uses data from numerical simulations of the non-hydrostatic mesoscale model WRF on typhoon "Chanchu" (0601) to investigate the structural evolution characteristics of Extratropical Transition (ET), and uses the moist potential vorticity equation to discuss why weakening typhoon "Chanchu" can still cause heavy storm during ET from the perspective of Potential Vorticity (PV). The analysis shows that "Chanchu" gradually expands and becomes nearly collocated with the upper trough upstream moving southeasterly. Before the interaction between trough and typhoon, the maximum wind speed decreases and RMW expands outward, accompanied by the reduction of radar reflectivity of eyewall and outer rain bands. After the upper-level and lower-level PVs meet, the cyclonic circulation is induced in the front area of the lower layer due to incursion of cold air associated with downward transportation of positive-PV from upper-level, and then the deep convection is retriggered. Under the transportation effect of the angular momentum, the wind speed of peripheral circulation of typhoon increases once again. After ET, there is still a certain distance in phase between the trough and typhoon. The upper trough only interacts with peripheral circulation of the typhoon and the cold air fails to intrude into the TC inner area, which is one of the reasons why "Chanchu" does not reintensify. The contribution of the four contributing terms to frontogenesis is analyzed based on frontogenesis function, the result shows that the diabatic heating term is the main contributor to frontogenesis, followed by the divergence and deformation terms, while the tilting term is negligible.