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

THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE NEAR HAINAN ISLAND AND ITS
ASSOCIATED TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE BROUGHT SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE COAST OF SOUTHERN CHINA YESTERDAY.
LOCALLY, IT WAS MAINLY CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. AROUND 10 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL
WERE RECORDED OVER PARTS OF THE TERRITORY IN THE MORNING,
AND RAINFALL EVEN EXCEEDED 30 MILLIMETRES OVER THE SOUTHERN
PART OF HONG KONG ISLAND. IT WAS HOT WITH SUNNY PERIODS IN
THE AFTERNOON. THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
TODAY AND TOMORROW. UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE AND ITS ASSOCIATED TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE, THERE
WILL BE OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS OVER
THE COAST OF SOUTHERN CHINA.

 

BESIDES, TYPHOON GUCHOL WEAKENED INTO A SEVERE TROPICAL
STORM YESTERDAY. AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, GUCHOL WAS CENTRED
ABOUT 720 KILOMETRES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF KAGOSHIMA. IT IS
FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 32 KILOMETRES PER HOUR
ACROSS THE SEAS SOUTH OF JAPAN.

 

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG

 

MAINLY CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND A FEW SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 28 AND 32
DEGREES. SUNNY INTERVALS IN THE AFTERNOON. MODERATE EAST TO
SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS, OCCASIONALLY FRESH OFFSHORE.

 

OUTLOOK : OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND A FEW SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY. THE WEATHER WILL REMAIN UNSETTLED
IN THE MIDDLE AND LATTER PARTS OF THIS WEEK.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:45 HKT ON 12.06.2023