LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

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

 

GENERAL SITUATION

AN UPPER-AIR ANTICYCLONE CONTINUED TO BRING GENERALLY FINE
WEATHER TO THE COAST OF GUANGDONG YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, IT
WAS MAINLY FINE AND VERY HOT. TEMPERATURES OVER MOST PARTS
OF THE TERRITORY ROSE TO 33 DEGREES OR ABOVE. THERE WERE
ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. A FEW MILLIMETRES OF
RAINFALL WERE RECORDED OVER YUEN LONG AND TUEN MUN. UNDER
THE DOMINANCE OF AN UPPER-AIR ANTICYCLONE, THE WEATHER WILL
REMAIN GENERALLY FINE AND VERY HOT OVER SOUTHERN CHINA
TODAY.

 

BESIDES, LIONROCK GRADUALLY INTENSIFIED FROM A SEVERE
TROPICAL STORM INTO A SEVERE TYPHOON YESTERDAY. AT 11 P.M.
LAST NIGHT, LIONROCK WAS CENTRED ABOUT 460 KILOMETRES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF OKINAWA. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE SOUTHWEST
SLOWLY, LINGERING OVER THE SEAS EAST OF THE RYUKYU ISLANDS.

 

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG

 

MAINLY FINE AND VERY HOT APART FROM ISOLATED SHOWERS LATER.
TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 28 AND 33 DEGREES. LIGHT
WINDS.

 

OUTLOOK : MORE SHOWERY IN THE FOLLOWING COUPLE OF DAYS.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:45 HKT ON 25.08.2016