2017年1月26日,中国东北地区发生了一次短时强降雪过程.本文利用ECMWF再分析数据诊断该过程的可能触发机制.分析表明,该过程可分两个阶段:初生阶段降雪远离高地形,低层锋生和有利的辐散场配置激发上升运动释放不稳定;增强阶段雪带接近长白山,低层锋生,地形环流以及与低空急流有关的风切变共同释放锋前不稳定.本文进一步计算了包含广义位温的修正Q矢量方程.结果表明,锋生项对沿湿等熵线的负Q矢量散度贡献较大,而拟涡度项在暖区强风切变区域中比较显著,两项在激发上升运动中同等重要.“,”A snow burst event characterized by brief heavy snowfall affected Northeast China and caused serious social im-pact on 26 January 2017,with the snowband generally aligned with a northeast-southwest-oriented cold front.ECMWF reanalysis data were used to diagnose the possible trigger mechanism.Results showed there were two stages:(a)an initial stage far away from the Changbai Mountains,and(b)an enhancement stage under the influ-ence of high terrain.During the initial stage,the coupling of low-level frontogenesis and a favorable convergence pattern caused strong upward motion,contributing to the release of instability.When the snowband approached the high terrain during the enhancement stage,the various instabilities were triggered by the low-level frontoge-nesis,terrain circulation,and strong wind shear associated with the low-level jet.Further,a modified Q-vector divergence including generalized potential temperature was calculated to diagnose the vertical motion.It showed that the frontogenesis terms contributed greatly to the negative Q-vector divergence along the moist isentropes,while the pseudo-vorticity terms played a role in the regions with strong wind shear associated with the low-level jet in the warm section,suggesting both were important in stimulating the ascending motion.The regions with negative Q-vector divergence had a close relationship with the vertical structure of convection,indicating the potential to track the development of the snowband in the next few hours.