LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

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

 

GENERAL SITUATION

A SOUTHERLY AIRSTREAM BROUGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO
THE SOUTH CHINA COAST YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, IT WAS MAINLY
CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS AND A FEW SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS. MORE
THAN 20 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED OVER MANY
PLACES OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, AND RAINFALL EVEN EXCEEDED
40 MILLIMETRES OVER TSUEN WAN AND NORTH DISTRICT. THE
SOUTHERLY AIRSTREAM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SHOWERS TO THE
COAST OF GUANGDONG IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

 

BESIDES, AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN NORTH
PACIFIC INTENSIFIED INTO A TROPICAL STORM PROGRESSIVELY
YESTERDAY, AND WAS NAMED NANMADOL. AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT,
NANMADOL WAS CENTRED ABOUT 300 KILOMETRES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF
TAIBEI. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 30
KILOMETRES PER HOUR ACROSS THE SEAS EAST OF TAIWAN.

 

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG

 

MAINLY CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 26 AND 30
DEGREES. MODERATE SOUTHERLY WINDS, FRESH AT TIMES.

 

OUTLOOK : SUNNY INTERVALS AND A FEW SHOWERS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUPLE OF DAYS.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:45 HKT ON 03.07.2017