An analysis was made of the circulation background and influencing weather systems of 94 short-range heavy rainfall events from 1994 to 2001 in the northern and central Fujian Province,and the synoptic patterns were divided into three types: cold shear (or trough), southwest flow and Subtropical High. The source and enhancing areas and path, evolution and precipitation features of radar echoes under various weather patterns are summarized. Three conceptive models of short-range heavy rains for the northern and central Fujian Province were established,aiming to improve short-range prediction and to combine synoptic maps with radar echoes.