PRESS WEATHER NO. 014 - LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

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LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

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

 

GENERAL SITUATION

TROPICAL CYCLONE YINXING INTENSIFIED INTO A SUPER TYPHOON
AGAIN IN THE MORNING AND CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS THE
NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, IT
WAS MAINLY CLOUDY. THERE WERE BRIGHT PERIODS DURING THE DAY
AND A FEW SQUALLY SHOWERS IN THE MORNING AND AT NIGHT. WITH
YINXING EDGING CLOSER TO THE COAST OF SOUTHERN CHINA, WINDS
OVER THE TERRITORY GENERALLY STRENGTHENED GRADUALLY IN THE
AFTERNOON, AND STRONG WINDS WERE RECORDED OVER MANY PLACES
AT NIGHT. UNDER THE COMBINED EFFECT OF YINXING AND THE
NORTHEAST MONSOON, IT IS EXPECTED TO BE WINDY WITH A FEW
SQUALLY SHOWERS OVER THE COAST OF GUANGDONG TODAY. SEAS
WILL BE ROUGH WITH SWELLS.

 

BESIDES, THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SEAS EAST OF THE
PHILIPPINES GRADUALLY DEVELOPED INTO A TROPICAL STORM
YESTERDAY AND WAS NAMED TORAJI. AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT,
TORAJI WAS CENTRED ABOUT 930 KILOMETRES EAST OF MANILA. IT
IS FORECAST TO MOVE WEST AT ABOUT 25 KILOMETRES PER HOUR
TOWARDS THE VICINITY OF LUZON AND INTENSIFY GRADUALLY.

 

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG

 

FRESH TO STRONG EAST TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS, OCCASIONALLY
REACHING GALE FORCE OFFSHORE AND ON HIGH GROUND AT FIRST.
WINDS WILL WEAKEN GRADUALLY LATER. MAINLY CLOUDY WITH A FEW
SQUALLY SHOWERS. SHOWERS WILL BE MORE FREQUENT AT FIRST.
TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 24 AND 27 DEGREES. SEAS
WILL BE ROUGH WITH SWELLS.

 

OUTLOOK : SUNNY PERIODS IN THE FOLLOWING COUPLE OF DAYS.
THE WEATHER WILL BECOME UNSETTLED MIDWEEK THIS WEEK.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:45 HKT ON 10.11.2024