LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

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

 

GENERAL SITUATION

THERE WERE SUNNY PERIODS YESTERDAY LOCALLY AND WAS VERY HOT
IN THE AFTERNOON. THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDED AT THE
OBSERVATORY WAS 33.5 DEGREES, THE HIGHEST SO FAR THIS YEAR.
A BAND OF INTENSE THUNDERY SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH A TROUGH
OF LOW PRESSURE MOVED ACROSS THE COASTAL AREAS LAST NIGHT
AND BROUGHT HEAVY SHOWERS AND SEVERE SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS
TO HONG KONG. MORE THAN 30 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE
RECORDED OVER PARTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES. VIOLENT GUSTS
OF AROUND 100 KILOMETRES PER HOUR WERE ONCE RECORDED AT
GREEN ISLAND. THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO
AFFECT GUANGDONG TODAY. THERE WILL BE THUNDERY SHOWERS OVER
THE COASTAL AREAS. WITH THE ANTICYCLONE ALOFT STRENGTHENING
IN THE MIDDLE AND LATTER PARTS OF THIS WEEK, SHOWERS OVER
SOUTHERN CHINA WILL EASE OFF AND THE WEATHER WILL BE HOT.

 

AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION OVER THE
SEAS EAST OF THE PHILIPPINES WAS CENTRED ABOUT 1060
KILOMETRES SOUTHEAST OF MANILA. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE
NORTH-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 10 KILOMETRES PER HOUR TOWARDS THE
VICINITY OF THE CENTRAL PART OF THE PHILIPPINES.

 

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG

 

MAINLY CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS. SHOWERS WILL GRADUALLY EASE OFF LATER.
TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 24 AND 31 DEGREES. LIGHT
WINDS.

 

OUTLOOK : A FEW SHOWERS ON WEDNESDAY. HOT IN THE FOLLOWING
COUPLE OF DAYS.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:45 HKT ON 12.05.2020