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

A BROAD TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE BROUGHT SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
AND THE SOUTH CHINA COAST YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, IT WAS MAINLY
CLOUDY WITH SUNNY INTERVALS AND OCCASIONAL SHOWERS. AROUND
10 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED OVER MANY PLACES.
THE BROAD TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO BRING
UNSETTLED WEATHER TO THE SOUTH CHINA COAST TODAY. WITH THE
SUBTROPICAL RIDGE EXTENDING WESTWARDS TO SOUTHEASTERN
CHINA, SHOWERS WILL EASE OFF GRADUALLY WITH BRIGHT WEATHER
OVER THE REGION IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

 

BESIDES, TROPICAL CYCLONE HAGUPIT WEAKENED PROGRESSIVELY
FROM TYPHOON INTO A TROPICAL STORM YESTERDAY. AT 11 P.M.
LAST NIGHT, HAGUPIT WAS CENTRED ABOUT 160 KILOMETRES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF NANJING. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH AT
ABOUT 28 KILOMETRES PER HOUR ACROSS JIANGSU AND TOWARDS THE
YELLOW SEA.

 

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG

 

CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. SHOWERS WILL
BE HEAVY AT TIMES. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 26 AND
29 DEGREES. MODERATE SOUTH TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS, FRESH
OFFSHORE.

 

OUTLOOK : THUNDERY SHOWERS AT FIRST ON THURSDAY. THERE WILL
BE SUNNY PERIODS IN THE FOLLOWING COUPLE OF DAYS.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:45 HKT ON 05.08.2020