LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

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

 

GENERAL SITUATION

A SOUTHERLY AIRSTREAM BROUGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO
THE COAST OF GUANGDONG AND THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH
CHINA SEA YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, IT WAS MAINLY CLOUDY WITH
HEAVY SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS. MORE THAN 20
MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED OVER MOST PARTS OF
THE TERRITORY, AND RAINFALL EVEN EXCEEDED 50 MILLIMETRES
OVER LANTAU ISLAND AND NEW TERRITORIES WEST. UNDER THE
INFLUENCE OF THE SOUTHERLY AIRSTREAM, THERE WILL STILL BE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTH CHINA COAST TODAY.
WITH THE ANTICYCLONE ALOFT OVER SOUTHEASTERN CHINA
STRENGTHENING, THERE WILL BE SUNNY PERIODS AND A FEW
SHOWERS OVER THE REGION DURING THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT
WEEK.

 

AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION OVER THE
WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC WAS CENTRED ABOUT 560 KILOMETRES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF OKINAWA. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE WEST AT
ABOUT 26 KILOMETRES PER HOUR TOWARDS THE VICINITY OF THE
RYUKYU ISLANDS.

 

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG

 

MAINLY CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS. A FEW SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS AT FIRST. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 27
AND 31 DEGREES. MODERATE SOUTH TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS.

 

OUTLOOK : SUNNY PERIODS AND A FEW SHOWERS IN THE FOLLOWING
FEW DAYS.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:45 HKT ON 13.08.2020