LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

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

 

GENERAL SITUATION

KOMPASU INTENSIFIED FROM A SEVERE TROPICAL STORM INTO A
TYPHOON YESTERDAY MORNING AND SKIRTED WITHIN 400 KILOMETRES
SOUTH OF HONG KONG. IT THEN WEAKENED INTO A SEVERE TROPICAL
STORM WHEN CROSSING HAINAN ISLAND IN THE AFTERNOON. UNDER
THE COMBINED EFFECT OF KOMPASU AND THE NORTHEAST MONSOON,
THERE WERE STRONG TO GALE FORCE WINDS OVER HONG KONG FOR
MOST OF THE TIME YESTERDAY, AND WINDS WERE OCCASIONALLY UP
TO STORM FORCE OFFSHORE AND ON HIGH GROUND. WINDS MODERATED
GRADUALLY LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. OUTER RAINBANDS OF
KOMPASU BROUGHT SQUALLS, HEAVY SHOWERS, AND THUNDERSTORMS
TO HONG KONG. MORE THAN 60 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE
RECORDED OVER THE TERRITORY. THE STORM SURGE INDUCED BY
KOMPASU RESULTED IN HIGH WATER LEVEL IN MANY PARTS OF HONG
KONG. FLOODING OCCURRED OVER AREAS SUCH AS TAI O, SHING MUN
RIVER AND LEI YUE MUN. UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE OUTER
RAINBANDS OF KOMPASU, THERE WILL STILL BE SHOWERS OVER THE
COAST OF GUANGDONG TODAY.

 

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG

 

FRESH TO STRONG EASTERLY WINDS AT FIRST AND OCCASIONAL
GALES ON HIGH GROUND. WINDS WILL WEAKEN GRADUALLY. MAINLY
CLOUDY WITH A FEW SHOWERS. MORE SHOWERS IN THE MORNING.
SUNNY INTERVALS DURING THE DAY. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE
BETWEEN 25 AND 29 DEGREES. SEAS WILL BE ROUGH WITH SWELLS.

 

OUTLOOK : THERE WILL STILL BE OCCASIONAL SHOWERS ON FRIDAY.
BECOMING COOLER AND DRY OVER THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT
WEEK WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MORNING FALLING PROGRESSIVELY.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:47 HKT ON 14.10.2021