Rainfall will ease in southern parts of China on Sunday while dry weather will maintain in northern regions, the National Meteorological Center (NMC) said on Sunday.

Rainfall will linger in parts of southwest provinces and autonomous regions and areas south of the Yangtze River.

A cold front will start bringing gales and dust to Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Gansu Province, the NMC said.

Meanwhile, dry and warm weather will maintain in north China in the next ten days, according to the NMC.