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 BAND OF CLOUDS COVERING THE COAST OF GUANGDONG THINNED
OUT GRADUALLY YESTERDAY. A FRESH TO STRONG NORTHEAST
MONSOON REACHED THE COAST OF GUANGDONG LAST NIGHT. LOCALLY,
IT WAS MAINLY CLOUDY YESTERDAY. THERE WERE A FEW RAIN
PATCHES IN THE MORNING AND AT NIGHT, AND SUNNY INTERVALS
DURING THE DAY. THE NORTHEAST MONSOON IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT
THE COAST OF SOUTHERN CHINA IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. TROPICAL
CYCLONE MAN-YI WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
PARTS OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA TODAY AND TOMORROW. IT WILL
THEN MOVE IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF THE VICINITY SOUTH OF
HAINAN ISLAND. UNDER THE COMBINED EFFECT OF MAN-YI AND THE
NORTHEAST MONSOON, IT WILL BE WINDY AND RAINY OVER THE
COAST OF GUANGDONG AND THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA
SEA IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL
PROGRESSIVELY AND THERE WILL BE SWELLS.

 

SUPER TYPHOON MAN-YI WEAKENED INTO A TYPHOON PROGRESSIVELY
LAST NIGHT. AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, MAN-YI WAS CENTRED ABOUT
270 KILOMETRES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF MANILA. IT IS FORECAST TO
MOVE NORTHWEST OR WEST-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 25 KILOMETRES PER
HOUR ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PARTS OF THE SOUTH
CHINA SEA.

 

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG

 

MAINLY CLOUDY WITH A FEW RAIN PATCHES. COOLER IN THE
MORNING AND AT NIGHT. THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WILL BE ABOUT
22 DEGREES IN THE URBAN AREAS, AND A COUPLE OF DEGREES
LOWER IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. SUNNY INTERVALS DURING THE
DAY WITH A MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF AROUND 26 DEGREES.
MODERATE TO FRESH NORTHEASTERLY WINDS, OCCASIONALLY STRONG
OFFSHORE AND ON HIGH GROUND. THERE WILL BE SWELLS.

 

OUTLOOK : WINDY IN THE FOLLOWING COUPLE OF DAYS. THERE WILL
BE SWELLS. MINOR FLOODING MAY OCCUR OVER INDIVIDUAL
LOW-LYING AREAS AT NIGHT DURING THE SPRING TIDE. OCCASIONAL
RAIN MIDWEEK THIS WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL FURTHER. THE
MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL BE 18 DEGREES OR BELOW.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:45 HKT ON 18.11.2024