LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

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

 

GENERAL SITUATION

THE UPPER-AIR ANTICYCLONE BROUGHT GENERALLY FINE WEATHER TO
THE COAST OF GUANGDONG YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, IT WAS MAINLY
FINE YESTERDAY. THE WEATHER WAS VERY HOT DURING THE DAY AND
TEMPERATURES OVER MANY PLACES ROSE TO AROUND 33 DEGREES IN
THE AFTERNOON. THE UPPER-AIR ANTICYCLONE IS EXPECTED TO
BRING GENERALLY FINE AND VERY HOT WEATHER TO SOUTHERN CHINA
IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

 

AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, TROPICAL STORM LIONROCK WAS CENTRED
ABOUT 680 KILOMETRES EAST-NORTHEAST OF OKINAWA. IT IS
FORECAST TO MOVE SOUTH SLOWLY, LINGERING OVER THE SEAS EAST
OF THE RYUKYU ISLANDS.
 
ON THE OTHER HAND, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM MINDULLE MADE
LANDFALL NEAR TOKYO YESTERDAY. IT IS EXPECTED TO TRANSFORM
INTO AN EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE GRADUALLY.

 

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG

 

MAINLY FINE. THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WILL BE ABOUT 28
DEGREES. VERY HOT WITH SOME HAZE DURING THE DAY. THE
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WILL BE AROUND 33 DEGREES IN THE URBAN
AREAS, AND A COUPLE OF DEGREES HIGHER IN THE NEW
TERRITORIES. LIGHT WINDS.

 

OUTLOOK : MAINLY FINE AND VERY HOT IN THE FOLLOWING COUPLE
OF DAYS. A FEW SHOWERS IN THE LATTER PART OF THIS WEEK.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:45 HKT ON 23.08.2016