I don't know if that west-east system was the 'last blast of winter' or the first blast of spring and a kind of pre-mei-yu. It did switch back to the normal northeast monsoon on Saturday, which is the typical winter weather pattern, but those 100ml+ falls on Friday seemed more typical of spring rain.

Anyway, i think there is still time for a last crop. Winter weather can persist up to mid-April and in previous years some of the biggest dong bei ji fongs have come in March.

Will be interested to see what kind of a mei yu we get this year - i remember it was pretty big last year - in fact my vegie garden died from too much water - i was in Australia at the time and may have also contributed by putting the watering system on automatic.