LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

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

 

GENERAL SITUATION

DIANMU WEAKENED FROM A TROPICAL STORM INTO A TROPICAL
DEPRESSION YESTERDAY MORNING, AND FURTHER WEAKENED INTO AN
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER INDO-CHINA. LOCALLY, THERE WERE
SUNNY PERIODS WITH A FEW SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
YESTERDAY. MORE THAN 20 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE
RECORDED OVER PARTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES IN THE
AFTERNOON. UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN UPPER-AIR ANTICYCLONE,
THE WEATHER OVER SOUTHERN CHINA WILL BECOME FINE AND VERY
HOT GRADUALLY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

 

LIONROCK INTENSIFIED FROM A TROPICAL DEPRESSION INTO A
TROPICAL STORM YESTERDAY. AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, LIONROCK
WAS CENTRED ABOUT 560 KILOMETRES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF
KAGOSHIMA AND IS FORECAST TO MOVE SOUTHWEST OR
WEST-SOUTHWEST AT ABOUT 20 KILOMETRES PER HOUR, ACROSS THE
SEAS SOUTH OF JAPAN.

 

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG

 

A FEW SHOWERS. THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WILL BE ABOUT 28
DEGREES. HOT WITH SUNNY PERIODS DURING THE DAY WITH A
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF AROUND 32 DEGREES IN THE URBAN
AREAS, AND A COUPLE OF DEGREES HIGHER IN THE NEW
TERRITORIES. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. LIGHT
WINDS.

 

OUTLOOK : MAINLY FINE AND VERY HOT IN THE FOLLOWING COUPLE
OF DAYS.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:45 HKT ON 21.08.2016