LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

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

 

GENERAL SITUATION

THE OUTER RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL CYCLONE
CEMPAKA BROUGHT SHOWERS TO THE COAST OF GUANGDONG AND THE
NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA YESTERDAY. BESIDES,
THE OUTER SUBSIDING AIR OF TROPICAL CYCLONE IN-FA AFFECTED
THE SOUTHEASTERN CHINA AND EXTENDED WESTWARDS GRADUALLY.
LOCALLY IT WAS CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS YESTERDAY. MORE THAN 10 MILLIMETRES OF
RAINFALL WERE RECORDED OVER MOST PARTS OF THE TERRITORY,
AND RAINFALL EVEN EXCEEDED 50 MILLIMETRES OVER TSEUNG KWAN
O AND EASTERN DISTRICT OF HONG KONG ISLAND. WITH CEMPAKA
MOVING ACROSS THE COAST OF GUANGXI AND WEAKENING, THE
WEATHER OVER GUANGDONG WILL IMPROVE TODAY AND TOMORROW.

 

TROPICAL CYCLONE CEMPAKA HAS WEAKENED GRADUALLY FROM A
SEVERE TROPICAL STORM INTO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION YESTERDAY.
AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, CEMPAKA WAS CENTRED ABOUT 120
KILOMETRES NORTH OF ZHANJIANG. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE WEST
AT ABOUT 10 KILOMETRES PER HOUR ACROSS THE COASTAL AREAS OF
GUANGXI AND WEAKEN GRADUALLY.
 
MEANWHILE, TYPHOON IN-FA WAS CENTRED ABOUT 500 KILOMETRES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF TAIBEI. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE WEST OR
WEST-SOUTHWEST SLOWLY TOWARDS THE SEAS EAST OF TAIWAN AND
INTENSIFY GRADUALLY.

 

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG

 

MAINLY CLOUDY WITH A FEW SHOWERS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AT
FIRST. SUNNY PERIODS DURING THE DAY. TEMPERATURES WILL
RANGE BETWEEN 27 AND 32 DEGREES. LIGHT TO MODERATE EASTERLY
WINDS.

 

OUTLOOK : IT WILL BE VERY HOT AND HAZY APART FROM A FEW
SHOWERS IN THE FOLLOWING COUPLE OF DAYS.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:45 HKT ON 22.07.2021