LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

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

 

GENERAL SITUATION

A STRONG EASTERLY AIRSTREAM AFFECTED THE COAST OF EASTERN
GUANGDONG YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, IT WAS MAINLY CLOUDY WITH
SUNNY INTERVALS AND OCCASIONAL SHOWERS. MORE THAN 20
MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED OVER MANY PLACES. A
DRY CONTINENTAL AIRSTREAM WILL BRING FINE WEATHER TO
SOUTHERN CHINA IN THE MIDDLE AND LATTER PARTS OF THIS WEEK. 
 
TROPICAL CYCLONE KHANUN WEAKENED FROM A TYPHOON INTO AN
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE PROGRESSIVELY YESTERDAY.

 

BESIDES, THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SEAS EAST OF THE
PHILIPPINES INTENSIFIED INTO A TROPICAL STORM GRADUALLY
YESTERDAY AND WAS NAMED LAN. AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, LAN WAS
CENTRED ABOUT 410 KILOMETRES WEST-NORTHWEST OF YAP. IT IS
FORECAST TO MOVE WEST-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 10 KILOMETRES PER
HOUR ACROSS THE SEAS EAST OF THE PHILIPPINES AND INTENSIFY
PROGRESSIVELY.

 

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG

 

MAINLY CLOUDY. A FEW SHOWERS AT FIRST. SUNNY INTERVALS
DURING THE DAY. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 24 AND 28
DEGREES. FRESH EAST TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS, STRONG OFFSHORE
AT FIRST.

 

OUTLOOK : BECOMING FINE AND DRY IN THE FOLLOWING FEW DAYS.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:45 HKT ON 17.10.2017