LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

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

 

GENERAL SITUATION

SEVERE TROPICAL STORM MAWAR WEAKENED INTO A TROPICAL STORM
YESTERDAY. MAWAR EDGED CLOSER TO THE COAST OF EASTERN
GUANGDONG GRADUALLY, AND MADE LANDFALL NEAR SHANWEI
YESTERDAY NIGHT. UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ITS OUTER
RAINBANDS, THERE WERE SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
HONG KONG. MORE THAN 20 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE
RECORDED OVER MANY PLACES, AND RAINFALL EVEN EXCEEDED 70
MILLIMETRES OVER LANTAU ISLAND. MAWAR WILL MOVE INTO INLAND
GUANGDONG AND WEAKEN GRADUALLY TOMORROW. THE ASSOCIATED
RAINBANDS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT GUANGDONG.

 

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG

 

STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS, MODERATING LATER. CLOUDY. THERE
WILL BE HEAVY RAIN WITH SQUALLS AND THUNDERSTORMS. RAIN
WILL EASE OFF LATER. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 25 AND
30 DEGREES. SEAS WILL BE ROUGH WITH SWELLS AT FIRST.

 

OUTLOOK : SUNNY PERIODS IN THE FOLLOWING FEW DAYS.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:45 HKT ON 04.09.2017