LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

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

 

GENERAL SITUATION

MITAG INTENSIFIED FROM A TROPICAL STORM INTO A SEVERE
TROPICAL STORM YESTERDAY MORNING AND MADE LANDFALL NEAR
SHANWEI IN THE AFTERNOON. IT THEN MOVED TOWARDS THE
VICINITY OF THE NORTHERN PART OF THE PEARL RIVER ESTUARY
AND WEAKENED. ITS ASSOCIATED RAINBANDS AFFECTED THE COAST
OF GUANGDONG YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, IT WAS MAINLY CLOUDY WITH
A FEW SQUALLY SHOWERS. MORE THAN 10 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL
WERE RECORDED OVER THE EASTERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
MITAG IS EXPECTED TO BRING SQUALLY SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE VICINITY OF THE NORTHERN PART OF THE
PEARL RIVER ESTUARY TODAY.
 
BESIDES, RAGASA INTENSIFIED INTO A SEVERE TROPICAL STORM
YESTERDAY. RAGASA IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TOWARDS THE VICINITY
OF LUZON STRAIT AND INTENSIFY SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS, AND ENTER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH
CHINA SEA EARLY NEXT WEEK. IT WILL THEN EDGE CLOSER TO THE
COAST OF GUANGDONG.

 

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG

 

FRESH TO STRONG WESTERLY WINDS. MAINLY CLOUDY WITH
OCCASIONAL SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SHOWERS WILL
BE HEAVIER IN SOME AREAS. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN
26 AND 30 DEGREES. WINDS WILL WEAKEN GRADUALLY, BECOMING
SOUTHERLIES GRADUALLY LATER. SEAS WILL BE ROUGH WITH SWELLS.

 

OUTLOOK : STILL SHOWERY ON SUNDAY. THE WEATHER WILL IMPROVE
BRIEFLY AND WILL BE VERY HOT ON MONDAY, BUT WILL
DETERIORATE GRADUALLY IN THE FOLLOWING COUPLE OF DAYS.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:45 HKT ON 20.09.2025