Abstract:Using ECMWF 25°×25° objective analysis data and MICAPS conventional data, two quite different torrential rain processes, especially in range and intensity, from June 12 to 16 during 2008 in Guangxi caused by successive southwest vortexes has been compared and analyzed. The result shows: (1) In the June 12 process, the southwest vortex was very deep with an accompanying strong southwest jet at low level during its evolution all along; while in the June 16 process, the southwest vortex was shallow, and there was no southwest jet coordinating it. (2) In the June 12 process, the vortex developed powerfully and prosperously with large rotation and strong upward motion, and the positive vorticity can extend to 200 hPa, but in the June 16 process, the vortex development was weaker, so was the rotation and upward motion, and the positive vorticity can only reach 500 hPa.(3) In the June 12 process, the water vapor came from the Bay of Bengal and the South China Sea with strong convergence, but in the June 16 process, the water vapor mostly came from the Bay of Bengal, and the convergence was weaker. (4) In these two processes, both the vertical wind shears in troposphere were not remarkable, which is benefit to the occurrence and the development of the meso-scale convective clusters.