LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

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

 

GENERAL SITUATION

THE SUBSIDING AIR IN THE OUTER CIRCULATION OF TROPICAL
CYCLONE MARIA BROUGHT GENERALLY FINE WEATHER TO GUANGDONG
YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, IT WAS MAINLY FINE. THE WEATHER WAS
VERY HOT IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES OVER MANY PLACES
ROSE TO 33 DEGREES OR ABOVE. A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP GRADUALLY OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF
THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, BRINGING SQUALLY SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO GUANGDONG IN THE LATTER PART OF THIS WEEK
TO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

 

MARIA MADE LANDFALL OVER FUJIAN YESTERDAY MORNING, THEN
MOVED INLAND AND WEAKENED PROGRESSIVELY INTO A TROPICAL
DEPRESSION. AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, MARIA WAS CENTRED ABOUT
170 KILOMETRES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF NANCHANG. IT IS FORECAST
TO MOVE NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 25 KILOMETRES PER HOUR ACROSS
JIANGXI AND DISSIPATING GRADUALLY.

 

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG

 

MAINLY FINE. HOT DURING THE DAY. BECOMING CLOUDY WITH A FEW
SHOWERS LATER. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 27 AND 32
DEGREES. MODERATE SOUTH TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS.

 

OUTLOOK : SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUPLE OF DAYS.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:45 HKT ON 12.07.2018