The weather forecast for tomorrow brings slim hopes for a sunny parade on National Day festivities with possible drizzle and mist, but that will not stop the Beijing Meteorological Bureau.

"If any unexpected situation appears, we are prepared to manipulate the weather as best as we can," said bureau head Guo Hu in a press release yesterday.

The air force has prepared 18 converted transport planes and 48 fog-clearing vehicles with more than 260 soldiers to attend to weather-control measures, Xinhua reported last week.