LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

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

 

GENERAL SITUATION

A DRY NORTHEAST MONSOON BROUGHT GENERALLY FINE WEATHER TO
SOUTHERN CHINA YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, IT WAS FINE AND DRY. THE
RELATIVE HUMIDITY OVER MANY PLACES STAYED AT ABOUT 50 PER
CENT IN THE AFTERNOON. THE NORTHEAST MONSOON WILL CONTINUE
TO AFFECT GUANGDONG TODAY. IT WILL BE COOL IN THE MORNING
OVER THE REGION. TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DAY AND
NIGHT WILL BE RELATIVELY LARGE OVER INLAND AREAS. AS THE
MONSOON MODERATES DURING THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK,
IT WILL BE WARM DURING THE DAY AND MAINLY FINE OVER
SOUTHERN CHINA.

 

BESIDES, THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SEAS EAST OF THE
PHILIPPINES GRADUALLY INTENSIFIED INTO A TROPICAL STORM
YESTERDAY, AND WAS NAMED DUJUAN. AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT,
DUJUAN WAS CENTRED ABOUT 1450 KILOMETRES SOUTHEAST OF
MANILA. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE WEST SLOWLY ACROSS THE
WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC.

 

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG

 

FINE AND DRY. COOL IN THE MORNING. THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
WILL BE ABOUT 16 DEGREES IN THE URBAN AREAS, AND A FEW
DEGREES LOWER IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. THE MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURE WILL BE AROUND 23 DEGREES DURING THE DAY.
MODERATE EASTERLY WINDS, FRESH OFFSHORE AT FIRST.

 

OUTLOOK : THE WEATHER WILL REMAIN FINE AND THE TEMPERATURE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DAY AND NIGHT WILL BE RELATIVELY LARGE
IN THE FOLLOWING FEW DAYS. DRY WITH COOL MORNING ON
SATURDAY. WARM DURING THE DAY EARLY NEXT WEEK.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:45 HKT ON 19.02.2021