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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 NORTHEAST MONSOON AFFECTED THE SOUTH CHINA COAST
YESTERDAY. MEANWHILE, A BAND OF CLOUDS BROUGHT RAINY
WEATHER TO THE REGION AND THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH
CHINA SEA. LOCALLY, IT WAS CLOUDY WITH RAIN. MORE THAN 20
MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE GENERALLY RECORDED. THE
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDED AT THE OBSERVATORY WAS 17.4
DEGREES, THE LOWEST SO FAR THIS AUTUMN.


 
BESIDES, USAGI MADE LANDFALL OVER THE SOUTHERN PART OF
VIETNAM AND PROGRESSIVELY WEAKENED FROM A SEVERE TROPICAL
STORM TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION YESTERDAY. AT 11 P.M. LAST
NIGHT, USAGI WAS CENTRED ABOUT 30 KILOMETRES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF HO CHI MINH CITY. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE
NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 8 KILOMETRES PER HOUR ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN PART OF VIETNAM AND WEAKEN GRADUALLY.
 
MAN-YI WEAKENED FROM A TYPHOON TO A SEVERE TROPICAL STORM
LAST NIGHT. AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, MAN-YI WAS CENTRED ABOUT
960 KILOMETRES SOUTHWEST OF IWO JIMA. IT IS FORECAST TO
MOVE WEST AT ABOUT 18 KILOMETRES PER HOUR ACROSS THE
WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC.


 
WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG


 
CLOUDY. THERE WILL BE OCCASIONAL RAIN IN THE MORNING. COOL
WITH A MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF AROUND 17 DEGREES. RAIN WILL
EASE OFF IN THE AFTERNOON. THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WILL BE
ABOUT 21 DEGREES. MODERATE NORTHEASTERLY WINDS.


 
OUTLOOK : A FEW RAIN PATCHES IN THE FOLLOWING COUPLE OF
DAYS. SUNNY PERIODS IN THE LATTER PART OF THIS WEEK.


DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:45 HKT ON 26.11.2018

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