PRESS WEATHER NO. 076 - LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

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LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

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

 

SHOWERS ARE AFFECTING THE COAST OF GUANGDONG AND THE
NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.

 

AT 10 A.M., THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION NEAR HAINAN ISLAND WAS
CENTRED ABOUT 50 KILOMETRES WEST-NORTHWEST OF HAIKOU. IT IS
FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH SLOWLY ACROSS LEIZHOU PENINSULA IN
THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF GUANGXI.
MEANWHILE, THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION EAST OF TAIWAN WAS
CENTRED ABOUT 230 KILOMETRES NORTHEAST OF TAIBEI. IT IS
FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 22 KILOMETRES PER
HOUR TOWARDS THE EAST CHINA SEA.
TROPICAL STORM AMPIL WAS CENTRED ABOUT 290 KILOMETRES NORTH
OF NANJING. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 20
KILOMETRES PER HOUR ACROSS THE VICINITY OF JIANGSU.

 

WEATHER FORECAST FOR TODAY

 

SUNNY INTERVALS AND OCCASIONAL SHOWERS. A FEW SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS LATER. MODERATE SOUTH TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS,
OCCASIONALLY FRESH OFFSHORE.

 

OUTLOOK : A FEW SHOWERS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 10:45 HKT ON 23.07.2018