LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

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

 

GENERAL SITUATION

TROPICAL CYCLONE HAIMA WEAKENED FROM A SEVERE TYPHOON INTO
A TYPHOON YESTERDAY MORNING. IT MADE LANDFALL NEAR SHANTOU
IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN MOVED INLAND AND WEAKENED GRADUALLY
INTO A TROPICAL STORM. UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF HAIMA,
LOCALLY, IT WAS OVERCAST WITH SQUALLS AND HEAVY RAIN. WINDS
IN THE MANY PLACES REACHED GALE FORCE. MORE THAN 70
MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED GENERALLY OVER THE
TERRITORY, AND RAINFALL EVEN EXCEEDED 100 MILLIMETRES OVER
THE EASTERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, KOWLOON CITY AND
WONG TAI SIN. WITH HAIMA MOVING FURTHER INLAND, THE WEATHER
OVER THE COAST OF GUANGDONG WILL IMPROVE TODAY AND TOMORROW.

 

AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, HAIMA WAS CENTRED ABOUT 420
KILOMETRES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF NANCHANG. IT IS FORECAST TO
MOVE NORTH OR NORTH-NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 28 KILOMETRES PER
HOUR INTO INLAND AND CONTINUE TO WEAKEN.

 

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG

 

CLOUDY WITH A FEW SHOWERS AT FIRST. SUNNY INTERVALS DURING
THE DAY. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 26 AND 30 DEGREES.
MODERATE TO FRESH SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS, OCCASIONALLY STRONG
OFFSHORE AND ON HIGH GROUND AT FIRST. THERE WILL BE SWELLS.

 

OUTLOOK : SUNNY PERIODS IN THE FOLLOWING COUPLE OF DAYS.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:45 HKT ON 22.10.2016