Abstract:Using the hourly ground observation data and regular radiosonde data in Liaoning from 2011 to 2020, this study statistically analyzed the characteristics of weather conditions of snow day and rain-snow day during precipitation. The results showed that the ratio of the number of rain-snow days to the number of snow days in Liaoning from 2011 to 2020 was 1:5, and the number of days in coastal areas were more than inland areas. The rain-snow days mainly included air trough type, northward cyclone type, low vortex shear type, cold advection type and reflux type. Among the five weather types, the air trough type accounted for the largest proportion, accounting for 42.8%, while the cold advection type and reflux type were relatively less, accounting for 9.4% and 7.8%, respectively. Six meteorological factors, such as 2 m temperature, height of 0℃ layer, lifting condensation level (LCL), temperature difference between LCL and 2 m above the ground, differences of geopotential height between 700 hPa and 850 hPa and between 850 hPa and 1 000 hPa, are of positive significance to identify the types of precipitation phase in Liaoning. Using the high-resolution ECMWF fine-grided numerical forecast data, the transition of precipitation types was analyzed in a rainy and snowy weather on February 28, 2021. It was found that the transition of rain and snow phases is very sensitive to the temperature advection in the lower troposphere, and there were close relationships between the cloud thickness of ice and snow, the journey falling to the ground, the height of 0℃ layer and the transition of precipitation types. When the height of the 0℃ layer decreased (from 920 hPa to 950 hPa) and the ice and snow layer (from 430 hPa to 530 hPa) in the cloud were obviously thickened, in coupling with the liquid water layer was obviously thinned (from 20 hPa to 10 hPa), the distance of ice and snow falling to the ground in the cloud was shortened (from 780 m to 410 m), and then the temperature below the ice and snow layer was further reduced (from 3.5℃ to 0.5℃), leading to the precipitation type changed from rain to sleet or snow.