Abstract:Based on conventional observation data, ERA-Interim reanalysis data and satellite data, the two vortex effects by taking the weather process of the MCC from heavy rain caused by the interaction between the southwest vortex and the plateau vortex from July 8 to 10, 2014 were analyzed, as well as the mechanism led to the formation of heavy rains. Results show that in the early stage of interaction, the distance between the two vortex cores is far, and both of them at 500 hPa height are sited in front of the cyclone in the southern part of Qinghai and the low trough extending southward. After about 24 hours, in the eastward movement, the plateau vortex vertically overlap with the southwest vortex at different heights, and the coupling effect is formed, which leads to the formation of heavy rain in the Sichuan Basin. The satellite cloud image is used to analyze the MCC characteristics that the two vortices accompany. It is found that the strong precipitation area coincides with the cold center of the cloud black body. When the southwest vortex interacts with the plateau vortex, the lower troposphere forms a strong convergence, the vertical ascending motion is strengthened, and the airflow field is strongly unstable, which combine with the water vapor radiant formation formed near the vortex core, so as to promote the maturation of MCC and lead to the formation of heavy rainstorms in the Sichuan basin.