LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

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

 

GENERAL SITUATION

TROPICAL DEPRESSION SINLAKU SKIRTED THE SOUTHERN COAST OF
HAINAN ISLAND YESTERDAY. ITS OUTER RAINBANDS BROUGHT HEAVY
SQUALLY SHOWERS TO THE SOUTH CHINA COAST. IT WAS WINDY OVER
THE REGION. LOCALLY, IT WAS MAINLY CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL
HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS. MORE THAN 30 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL
WERE GENERALLY RECORDED OVER THE TERRITORY, AND RAINFALL
EVEN EXCEEDED 50 MILLIMETRES OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE
NEW TERRITORIES. SINLAKU IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TOWARDS THE
NORTHERN PART OF VIETNAM AND CONTINUE TO BRING HEAVY
SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SOUTH CHINA COAST
TODAY.

 

AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, TROPICAL DEPRESSION SINLAKU WAS
CENTRED ABOUT 770 KILOMETRES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF HONG KONG.
IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE WEST-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 18
KILOMETRES PER HOUR CROSSING BEIBU WAN.
 
BESIDES, THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TO THE EAST OF THE LUZON
STRAIT INTENSIFIED INTO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION YESTERDAY AND
WAS NAMED HAGUPIT. AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, HAGUPIT WAS
CENTRED ABOUT 610 KILOMETRES SOUTHEAST OF TAIBEI. IT IS
FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 20 KILOMETRES PER HOUR
TOWARDS THE SEAS EAST OF TAIWAN.

 

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG

 

MAINLY CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL SQUALLY SHOWERS. SHOWERS WILL
BE HEAVY AT TIMES. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 26 AND
29 DEGREES. MODERATE TO FRESH EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS,
OCCASIONALLY STRONG OFFSHORE AND ON HIGH GROUND AT FIRST.
THERE WILL BE SWELLS.

 

OUTLOOK : OCCASIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUPLE OF DAYS. SHOWERS WILL EASE OFF GRADUALLY
IN THE LATTER PART OF THIS WEEK.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:45 HKT ON 02.08.2020