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 BROUGHT GENERALLY FINE WEATHER TO
SOUTHERN CHINA YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, IT WAS MAINLY FINE.
THERE WERE ONE OR TWO RAIN PATCHES IN THE MORNING. IT WAS
DRY DURING THE DAY AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY OVER THE
TERRITORY ONCE FELL TO AROUND 60 PER CENT. THE NORTHEAST
MONSOON WILL CONTINUE TO BRING GENERALLY FINE WEATHER TO
SOUTHERN CHINA TODAY AND TOMORROW. TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN DAY AND NIGHT WILL BE RELATIVELY LARGE OVER INLAND
AREAS.

 

BESIDES, TROPICAL CYCLONE NEOGURI INTENSIFIED FROM A
TYPHOON TO A SEVERE TYPHOON YESTERDAY MORNING, AND THEN
WEAKENED INTO A SEVERE TROPICAL STORM GRADUALLY. AT 11 P.M.
LAST NIGHT, NEOGURI WAS CENTRED ABOUT 270 KILOMETRES EAST
OF OKINAWA. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT ABOUT
25 KILOMETRES PER HOUR ACROSS THE VICINITY OF THE RYUKYU
ISLANDS.

 

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG

 

IT WILL BE FINE. THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WILL BE ABOUT 23
DEGREES IN THE URBAN AREAS, AND A COUPLE OF DEGREES LOWER
IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. DRY DURING THE DAY WITH A MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURE OF AROUND 29 DEGREES. MODERATE EASTERLY WINDS.

 

OUTLOOK : SUNNY PERIODS IN THE FOLLOWING FEW DAYS. ONE OR
TWO SHOWERS IN THE MIDDLE AND LATTER PARTS OF THIS WEEK.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:45 HKT ON 21.10.2019