PRESS WEATHER NO. 123 - LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST
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LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 15:52 HKT ON 23.08.2026
HERE IS THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETIN ISSUED BY THE HONG KONG
OBSERVATORY.
A BROAD TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IS BRINGING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
AND THE COAST OF GUANGDONG.
AT 4 P.M., TROPICAL STORM NARRA WAS CENTRED ABOUT 240
KILOMETRES WEST-NORTHWEST OF HAIKOU. IT IS FORECAST TO BE
SLOW-MOVING, LINGERING OVER THE VICINITY OF BEIBU WAN.
MEANWHILE, TROPICAL DEPRESSION GAENARI WAS CENTRED ABOUT 60
KILOMETRES WEST-NORTHWEST OF TAIBEI. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE
WEST-SOUTHWEST AT ABOUT 10 KILOMETRES PER HOUR ACROSS THE
VICINITY OF TAIWAN STRAIT AND DISSIPATE GRADUALLY. THE
TROPICAL DEPRESSION NEAR YAP WAS CENTRED ABOUT 500
KILOMETRES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF YAP. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE
NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 16 KILOMETRES PER HOUR ACROSS THE
WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
WEATHER FORECAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
MAINLY CLOUDY WITH A FEW SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS. VERY HOT WITH SUNNY INTERVALS IN THE
AFTERNOON. MODERATE SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS.
OUTLOOK : SHOWERS WILL INCREASE WITH SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS
IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. IT WILL BE WINDIER IN SOME
AREAS. BECOMING VERY HOT IN THE LATTER PART OF THIS WEEK.
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 15:52 HKT ON 23.08.2026
