LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

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

 

GENERAL SITUATION

AN EASTERLY AIRSTREAM GRADUALLY AFFECTED THE COAST OF
GUANGDONG YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, IT WAS MAINLY FINE, HAZY AND
VERY HOT, BUT CONVECTIVE ACTIVITIES TRIGGERED BY HIGH
TEMPERATURES BROUGHT THUNDERY SHOWERS TO THE TERRITORY IN
THE AFTERNOON. MORE THAN 10 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE
RECORDED OVER MANY PLACES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, LANTAU
ISLAND AND THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT. THE EASTERLY
AIRSTREAM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE COAST OF GUANGDONG
TODAY.

 

BESIDES, THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE PHILIPPINES
INTENSIFIED INTO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION YESTERDAY AND WAS
NAMED DOKSURI. AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, DOKSURI WAS CENTRED
ABOUT 200 KILOMETRES WEST-NORTHWEST OF MANILA. IT IS
FORECAST TO MOVE WEST-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 18 KILOMETRES PER
HOUR ACROSS THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AND INTENSIFY GRADUALLY.
 
MEANWHILE, TYPHOON TALIM WAS CENTRED ABOUT 660 KILOMETRES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF TAIBEI. IT IS FORECAST TO INTENSIFY
GRADUALLY AND MOVE NORTHWEST OR WEST-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 22
KILOMETRES PER HOUR TOWARDS THE EAST CHINA SEA.

 

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG

 

MAINLY CLOUDY WITH A FEW SHOWERS AND SOME HAZE.
TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 27 AND 32 DEGREES.
TEMPERATURES OVER THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL BE A COUPLE OF
DEGREES HIGHER THAN THAT OVER THE URBAN AREAS. SUNNY
INTERVALS DURING THE DAY. MODERATE TO FRESH EAST TO
NORTHEASTERLY WINDS.

 

OUTLOOK : VERY HOT WITH SUNNY PERIODS ON THURSDAY. THERE
WILL BE SQUALLY SHOWERS IN THE LATTER PART OF THIS WEEK.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:45 HKT ON 13.09.2017