LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

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

 

GENERAL SITUATION

ROKE INTENSIFIED FROM A TROPICAL DEPRESSION INTO A TROPICAL
STORM YESTERDAY MORNING AND MADE LANDFALL NEAR SAI KUNG
EAST COUNTRY PARK. IT MOVED INTO INLAND GUANGDONG AND
WEAKENED PROGRESSIVELY INTO AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE.
LOCALLY, UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ROKE, THERE WERE OCCASIONAL
HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MORE THAN 50
MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED OVER HONG KONG
ISLAND, TSING YI AND TUEN MUN. UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE
SUBTROPICAL RIDGE, IT WILL BECOME FINE AND VERY HOT
GRADUALLY OVER SOUTHERN CHINA IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

 

BESIDES, THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION OVER THE SEAS EAST OF
HAINAN ISLAND WAS NAMED SONCA IN THE AFTERNOON. AT 11 P.M.
LAST NIGHT, SONCA WAS CENTRED ABOUT 200 EAST-SOUTHEAST OF
SANYA. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHWEST OR WEST-NORTHWEST
SLOWLY TOWARDS HAINAN ISLAND.

 

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG

 

MAINLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS AT FIRST.
SHOWERS WILL EASE OFF GRADUALLY WITH SUNNY INTERVALS DURING
THE DAY. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 26 AND 31 DEGREES.
MODERATE TO FRESH EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS.

 

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

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:47 HKT ON 24.07.2017