LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

(FOR PRESS ONLY.)

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

GENERAL SITUATION

TROPICAL CYCLONE RAGASA SKIRTED SOUTH OF THE PEARL RIVER
ESTUARY WITH SUPER TYPHOON INTENSITY YESTERDAY MORNING. IT
MADE LANDFALL OVER YANGJIANG, GUANGDONG IN THE AFTERNOON
AND WEAKENED PROGRESSIVELY INTO A TYPHOON. UNDER THE
INFLUENCE OF RAGASA, LOCAL WINDS ONCE REACHED STORM TO
HURRICANE FORCE IN MANY PLACES YESTERDAY. THERE WERE
SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE AND FREQUENT HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS.
MORE THAN 200 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE GENERALLY
RECORDED OVER THE TERRITORY. THE OUTER RAINBANDS OF RAGASA
WILL CONTINUE TO BRING HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO
THE COAST OF GUANGDONG TODAY. WITH RAGASA DEPARTING FURTHER
AND WEAKENING, THE WEATHER WILL IMPROVE WITH SHOWERS EASING
OFF GRADUALLY IN THE LATTER PART OF THIS WEEK.
 
BESIDES, THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION OVER THE WESTERN NORTH
PACIFIC INTENSIFIED INTO A TROPICAL STORM AND WAS NAMED
BUALOI YESTERDAY. AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, BUALOI WAS CENTRED
ABOUT 1160 KILOMETRES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF MANILA. IT IS
FORECAST TO MOVE WEST-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 22 KILOMETRES PER
HOUR TOWARDS THE PHILIPPINES.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2025)

STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS, OCCASIONALLY GALE FORCE
OFFSHORE AND ON HIGH GROUND AND SEAS WILL BE ROUGH WITH
SWELLS AT FIRST. WINDS WILL WEAKEN GRADUALLY LATER. CLOUDY
WITH OCCASIONAL SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SHOWERS
WILL BE HEAVY AT FIRST. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 25
AND 29 DEGREES.

OUTLOOK : THE WEATHER WILL IMPROVE WITH SHOWERS EASING OFF
IN THE FOLLOWING COUPLE OF DAYS. SUNNY INTERVALS AND A FEW
SHOWERS EARLY NEXT WEEK.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

(PINYIN: KUANGFENG ZHOUYU)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 7

CAPTION: SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

MIN TEMP: 25 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 29 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 10

CAPTION: SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

TEMPS: 25 - 29 DEGREES

FOR MING PAO AND TA KUNG PAO:

CARTOON NO. 19

FOR WEN WEI PO:

CARTOON NO. 13

FOR ORIENTAL DAILY:

CARTOON NO. 9

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:34 HKT ON 24.09.2025