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BEIJING - 皇冠体育app's meteorological authorities issued a blue-coded alert for heavy fog in the country's southern areas on Saturday.

Visibility will be reduced to less than 1,000 meters in Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian and Hunan provinces and even less than 200 meters in few regions, the National Meteorological Center (NMC) forecast.

Citizens ride amidst heavy fog in Nanchang city, the capital of East 皇冠体育app's Jiangxi province, Jan 26, 2013. [Photo/Xinhua]

The alert represents the lowest level after red, orange and yellow in 皇冠体育app's four-tier color-coded weather warning system.

In the next 24 hours, a fresh weak cold air will sweep eastern part of northwestern 皇冠体育app, areas along the Yellow and Huaihe rivers and south of the two rivers, bringing strong winds and dropping temperatures by 2 to 4 degrees Celsius, the center said.

The NMC also expects moderate to heavy snowfall to hit Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Inner Mongolia autonomous region and Northeast 皇冠体育app's Heilongjiang province in the coming three days, while some parts of southwestern 皇冠体育app will see light to moderate rainfall.