Weather Report

PRESS WEATHER NO. 007 - LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

HERE IS THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETIN ISSUED BY THE HONG KONG
OBSERVATORY.

GENERAL SITUATION
SHOWERS AFFECTED THE SOUTH CHINA COASTAL AREAS YESTERDAY.
LOCALLY, THUNDERY SHOWERS BROUGHT MORE THAN 90 MILLIMETRES
OF RAINFALL TO CHAI WAN, STANLEY AND SHEK O YESTERDAY
MORNING. IT WAS HOT WITH SUNNY PERIODS DURING THE DAY.
TEMPERATURES ROSE TO 33 DEGREES OVER PARTS OF THE NEW
TERRITORIES. ON THE OTHER HAND, TROPICAL STORM LINFA HAD
INTENSIFIED INTO A SEVERE TROPICAL STORM LAST NIGHT. LINFA
IS EXPECTED TO BRING UNSETTLED WEATHER TO THE NORTHERN PART
OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM LINFA WAS
CENTRED ABOUT 150 KILOMETRES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF DONGSHA. IT
IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH OR NORTH-NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 12
KILOMETRES PER HOUR IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF THE COAST
OF SOUTHEASTERN CHINA.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG

ISOLATED SHOWERS. HOT WITH SUNNY INTERVALS DURING THE DAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 27 AND 32 DEGREES.
MODERATE EASTERLY WINDS, BECOMING NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLIES
LATER.

OUTLOOK : A FEW SHOWERS ON SUNDAY AND EARLY NEXT WEEK.

FORECAST FOR MACAU TODAY:

MAINLY FINE, BECOMING CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS LATER. IT WILL BE HOT. THE MINIMUM
TEMPERATURE WILL BE ABOUT 26 DEGREES AND THE MAXIMUM AROUND
32 DEGREES. LIGHT WINDS, BECOMING MODERATE WESTERLIES.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:55 HKT ON 20.06.2009

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