LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

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

 

GENERAL SITUATION

THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH
CHINA SEA INTENSIFIED INTO A TROPICAL STORM YESTERDAY AND
WAS NAMED LIONROCK. UNDER THE COMBINED EFFECT OF LIONROCK
AND THE NORTHEAST MONSOON, THERE WERE STRONG EASTERLY WINDS
LOCALLY, WITH OCCASIONAL GALE WINDS OFFSHORE AND ON HIGH
GROUND. THERE WERE SQUALLS, HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MORE THAN 200 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE GENERALLY
RECORDED OVER THE TERRITORY. THE RAINFALL RECORDED AT THE
HONG KONG OBSERVATORY WAS 329.7 MILLIMETRES, THE HIGHEST
DAILY RAINFALL ON RECORD FOR OCTOBER. UNDER THE COMBINED
EFFECT OF LIONROCK AND THE NORTHEAST MONSOON, IT IS STILL
EXPECTED TO BE WINDY WITH SQUALLS AND HEAVY RAIN TODAY.
SEAS WILL BE ROUGH WITH SWELLS. BESIDES, THE BROAD AREA OF
LOW PRESSURE TO THE EAST OF THE PHILIPPINES INTENSIFIED
INTO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION YESTERDAY AND WAS NAMED KOMPASU.
KOMPASU WILL DEVELOP PROGRESSIVELY AND MOVE TOWARDS THE
VICINITY OF THE LUZON STRAIT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

 

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG

 

STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS, OCCASIONALLY GALE
OFFSHORE AND ON HIGH GROUND. CLOUDY TO OVERCAST WITH
SQUALLS, HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES WILL
RANGE BETWEEN 24 AND 27 DEGREES. SEAS WILL BE ROUGH WITH
SWELLS.

 

OUTLOOK : IT WILL STILL BE WINDY WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS,
SQUALLS AND THUNDERSTORMS AT FIRST ON SUNDAY. SEAS WILL BE
ROUGH WITH SWELLS. SHOWERS WILL EASE OFF LATER. THE WEATHER
WILL IMPROVE IN THE FOLLOWING COUPLE OF DAYS, SLIGHTLY
COOLER IN THE MORNING AND IT WILL BE DRY.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:49 HKT ON 09.10.2021