LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

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

 

GENERAL SITUATION

TROPICAL CYCLONE NOUL MADE LANDFALL OVER HUIZHOU CITY,
GUANGDONG WITH SEVERE TYPHOON INTENSITY YESTERDAY MORNING,
THEN MOVED INLAND AND WEAKENED RAPIDLY INTO A TROPICAL
DEPRESSION. LOCALLY, UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF NOUL AND ITS
ASSOCIATED INTENSE RAINBANDS, GALES ONCE PREVAILED OVER
MANY PLACES YESTERDAY WITH OCCASIONAL STORM FORCE WINDS
OFFSHORE AND ON HIGH GROUND. THERE WERE HEAVY SQUALLY
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MORE THAN 70 MILLIMETRES OF
RAINFALL WERE GENERALLY RECORDED OVER THE TERRITORY, AND
RAINFALL EVEN EXCEEDED 140 MILLIMETRES OVER THE NEW
TERRITORIES EAST. AN ACTIVE SOUTHWESTERLY AIRSTREAM IS
EXPECTED TO BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE COAST OF
GUANGDONG TODAY.

 

AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, NOUL WAS CENTRED ABOUT 400
KILOMETRES SOUTH OF CHANGSHA. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE
NORTH-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 15 KILOMETRES PER HOUR INTO THE
INLAND AREA OF SOUTHERN CHINA AND FURTHER WEAKEN.

 

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG

 

MAINLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS.
SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES AT FIRST. TEMPERATURES WILL
RANGE BETWEEN 25 AND 29 DEGREES. MODERATE TO FRESH SOUTH TO
SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS, OCCASIONALLY STRONG ON HIGH GROUND AT
FIRST.

 

OUTLOOK : THE WEATHER WILL REMAIN UNSETTLED IN THE
FOLLOWING COUPLE OF DAYS. SUNNY INTERVALS AND A FEW SHOWERS
IN THE LATTER PART OF THIS WEEK.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:45 HKT ON 27.07.2026