LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

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

 

GENERAL SITUATION

THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE COVERED SOUTHEASTERN CHINA WHILE
UNSETTLED WEATHER AFFECTED THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PARTS
OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, IT WAS SUNNY.
THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDED AT THE OBSERVATORY WAS
34.4 DEGREES YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, THE HIGHEST SO FAR THIS
YEAR. BESIDES, TROPICAL STORM SONCA WEAKENED GRADUALLY INTO
AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER INDO-CHINA YESTERDAY MORNING.

 

ON THE OTHER HAND, THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SEAS
EAST OF THE PHILIPPINES INTENSIFIED GRADUALLY INTO A
TROPICAL STORM AND WAS NAMED NESAT YESTERDAY. AT 11 P.M.
LAST NIGHT, NESAT WAS CENTRED ABOUT 1020 KILOMETRES
SOUTHEAST OF GAOXIONG. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH AT
ABOUT 12 KILOMETRES PER HOUR ACROSS THE WESTERN NORTH
PACIFIC TOWARDS THE SEAS EAST OF TAIWAN.

 

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG

 

MAINLY CLOUDY WITH A FEW SHOWERS. THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
WILL BE ABOUT 28 DEGREES. VERY HOT WITH SUNNY PERIODS
DURING THE DAY. THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WILL BE AROUND 33
DEGREES. MODERATE EASTERLY WINDS, FRESH OFFSHORE LATER.

 

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

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:45 HKT ON 27.07.2017