Abstract:By using the high-resolution (3 km horizontally) numerical model, combined with FNL analysis and forecast data, automatic weather station data, and Doppler radar data, the torrential rainstorm caused by a Jianghuai cyclone moving eastward along the shear line in southern Jiangsu from 9 to 10 June 2017 was studied. Firstly, the numerical results were verified for various fields including the precipitation and wind, and then the structure of convective system of the torrential rainstorm process and its mechanism of development and maintenance were analyzed with the numerical simulation results as well as observation data. Results indicate that (1) the high-resolution model is able to describe the evolution of many atmospheric parameters during the rainstorm objectively. (2) The frontal cyclone moves eastward and inclines during the torrential rainstorm, and the deep convective center maintains in the southeastern direction of the cyclone. Therefore, the occurrence and development of mesoscale convective system are closely related to the above evolution of the frontal cyclone. (3) When the convection related to the torrential rainstorm is at its vigorous stage, the atmospheric unstable energy is continuously released, while the middle layer is a relatively high pseudo-equivalent potential temperature zone, that is, an obvious warm core structure, where the vertical upward motion is the strongest and downdraft exists on both the north and south sides, forming mesoscale secondary circulations and maintaining the continuous development of the strong convection. (4) The continuous strengthening of the ultra-low level jet, the generation of γ mesoscale vortices along the sides of low sheers together with sufficient depths of the low convergence are the key factors for the existence of the torrential rainstorm event.