PRESS WEATHER NO. 022 - LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

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LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

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

 

GENERAL SITUATION

TYPHOON PODUL RAPIDLY WEAKENED INTO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION
AS IT MOVED ACROSS INLAND GUANGDONG YESTERDAY. UNDER THE
INFLUENCE OF ITS OUTER BAND OF INTENSE THUNDERY SHOWERS,
THE LOCAL WEATHER WAS CLOUDY TO OVERCAST WITH HEAVY SHOWERS
AND SEVERE SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS. MORE THAN 100 MILLIMETRES
OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED OVER MANY PLACES, AND RAINFALL
EVEN EXCEEDED 200 MILLIMETRES OVER LANTAU ISLAND, TUEN MUN
AND PARTS OF HONG KONG ISLAND. PODUL IS EXPECTED TO
DISSIPATE GRADUALLY OVER CENTRAL CHINA TODAY, BUT AN ACTIVE
SOUTHERLY AIRSTREAM WILL STILL BE BRINGING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE COAST OF GUANGDONG. WITH AN
ANTICYCLONE ALOFT STRENGTHENING, THE WEATHER WILL IMPROVE
SLIGHTLY OVER GUANGDONG DURING THE WEEKEND.

 

AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, PODUL WAS CENTRED ABOUT 300
KILOMETRES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF CHANGSHA. IT IS FORECAST TO
MOVE WEST-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 28 KILOMETRES PER HOUR MOVING
INTO CENTRAL CHINA AND CONTINUE TO WEAKEN.

 

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG

 

MAINLY CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS. SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVIER IN SOME AREAS AT
FIRST. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 25 AND 30 DEGREES.
MODERATE TO FRESH EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS, OCCASIONALLY
STRONG OFFSHORE AND ON HIGH GROUND.

 

OUTLOOK : BRIGHTER ON SATURDAY. WINDY WITH SQUALLS, SHOWERS
INCREASING GRADUALLY IN THE FOLLOWING COUPLE OF DAYS.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:45 HKT ON 15.08.2025