LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

(FOR PRESS ONLY.)

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

GENERAL SITUATION

TROPICAL DEPRESSION MITAG WEAKENED INTO AN AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE OVER INLAND GUANGDONG YESTERDAY, ITS ASSOCIATED
SHOWERS AFFECTED GUANGDONG. LOCALLY, IT WAS MAINLY CLOUDY
WITH OCCASIONAL SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
YESTERDAY. SHOWERS WERE HEAVY AT TIMES, MORE THAN 50
MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED OVER MOST PARTS OF
THE TERRITORY, AND RAINFALL EVEN EXCEEDED 100 MILLIMETRES
OVER HONG KONG ISLAND, KWUN TONG DISTRICT, SAI KUNG
DISTRICT AND LANTAU ISLAND. THE REMNANT OF MITAG WILL STILL
BRING SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS TO GUANGDONG TODAY.

BESIDES, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM RAGASA RAPIDLY INTENSIFIED
INTO A SEVERE TYPHOON YESTERDAY.  AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT,
RAGASA WAS CENTRED ABOUT 830 KILOMETRES EAST-NORTHEAST OF
MANILA. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE WEST-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 15
KILOMETRES PER HOUR TOWARDS THE VICINITY OF LUZON STRAIT
AND CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY. RAGASA WILL ENTER THE NORTHERN
PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA EARLY THIS WEEK, AND WILL EDGE
CLOSER TO THE COAST OF GUANGDONG GRADUALLY ON TUESDAY.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (SUNDAY, 21 SEP 2025)

MAINLY CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS. SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE
MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 25 AND 30 DEGREES.
MODERATE EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS, OCCASIONALLY FRESH
OFFSHORE LATER.

OUTLOOK : THE WEATHER WILL IMPROVE BRIEFLY AND WILL BE VERY
HOT ON MONDAY, BUT WILL DETERIORATE GRADUALLY IN THE
FOLLOWING COUPLE OF DAYS. GALE TO STORM FORCE WINDS ON
WEDNESDAY. THE WEATHER WILL BE ADVERSE. THERE WILL BE HEAVY
SQUALLY SHOWERS AND SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS

(PINYIN: ZHOUYU LEIBAO)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 7

CAPTION: OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS

MIN TEMP: 25 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 30 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 8

CAPTION: OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS

TEMPS: 25 - 30 DEGREES

FOR MING PAO AND TA KUNG PAO:

CARTOON NO. 12

FOR WEN WEI PO:

CARTOON NO. 13

FOR ORIENTAL DAILY:

CARTOON NO. 8

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:24 HKT ON 20.09.2025