PRESS WEATHER NO. 008 - LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

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LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

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

 

GENERAL SITUATION

THE SOUTHWEST MONSOON BROUGHT SHOWERS TO THE COAST OF
GUANGDONG YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, IT WAS MAINLY CLOUDY WITH
SUNNY INTERVALS IN THE MORNING. THERE WERE HEAVY SHOWERS
AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS AROUND NOON. MORE THAN 30
MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED OVER THE NEW
TERRITORIES EAST, KWAI TSING AND TSUEN WAN. THE SOUTHWEST
MONSOON WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO
SOUTHERN CHINA TODAY AND TOMORROW.

 

BESIDES, PRAPIROON INTENSIFIED FROM A SEVERE TROPICAL STORM
INTO A TYPHOON YESTERDAY. AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, PRAPIROON
WAS CENTRED ABOUT 430 KILOMETRES NORTH OF OKINAWA. IT IS
FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 KILOMETRES PER
HOUR ACROSS THE EAST CHINA SEA.

 

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG

 

MAINLY CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND A FEW SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 27 AND 31
DEGREES. MODERATE TO FRESH SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS.

 

OUTLOOK : STILL A FEW SHOWERS ON WEDNESDAY. SUNNY PERIODS
IN THE LATTER PART OF THIS WEEK.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:45 HKT ON 03.07.2018