PRESS WEATHER NO. 012 - LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

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LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

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

 

GENERAL SITUATION

WINDS WERE WEAK OVER THE COAST OF GUANGDONG YESTERDAY.
LOCALLY, THERE WERE SUNNY PERIODS. IT WAS EXTREMELY HOT
DURING THE DAY. THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDED AT THE
OBSERVATORY WAS 34.6 DEGREES, THE HIGHEST SO FAR THIS YEAR
AND THE HOTTEST CORN ON EAR EVER RECORDED. BESIDES, SHOWERS
AND SEVERE SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS BEGAN TO AFFECT HONG KONG
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. MORE THAN 10 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL
WERE RECORDED OVER TUEN MUN AND TSUEN WAN, AND RAINFALL
EVEN REACHED 50 MILLIMETRES OVER THE WESTERN PART OF HONG
KONG ISLAND. A BROAD TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO
LINGER OVER THE VICINITY OF THE COAST OF SOUTHERN CHINA TO
THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA DURING THE WEEKEND
TO MIDWEEK NEXT WEEK. THERE WILL BE HEAVY SHOWERS AND
SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REGION. HIGH TEMPERATURE
WEATHER WILL BE ALLEVIATED.

 

AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION NEAR TAIWAN
WAS CENTRED ABOUT 190 KILOMETRES EAST-NORTHEAST OF
GAOXIONG. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25
KILOMETRES PER HOUR ACROSS THE VICINITY OF THE RYUKYU
ISLANDS.

 

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG

 

MAINLY CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS. SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES AT FIRST.
TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 27 AND 32 DEGREES. LIGHT TO
MODERATE SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS.

 

OUTLOOK : OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS IN
THE FOLLOWING COUPLE OF DAYS. SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVIER IN
SOME AREAS AND HIGH TEMPERATURE WEATHER WILL BE ALLEVIATED.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:46 HKT ON 06.06.2026