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PRESS WEATHER NO. 173 - LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST
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LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

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 10 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
110 KILOMETRES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF TAIBEI. IT IS FORECAST TO
MOVE WEST-SOUTHWEST SLOWLY ACROSS THE VICINITY OF TAIWAN
STRAIT AND DISSIPATE GRADUALLY.
 
ON THE OTHER HAND, SUPER TYPHOON SAUDEL WAS CENTRED ABOUT
330 KILOMETRES SOUTHWEST OF IWO JIMA. IT IS FORECAST TO
MOVE WEST-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 28 KILOMETRES PER HOUR ACROSS
THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC. THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION NEAR YAP
WAS CENTRED ABOUT 500 KILOMETRES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF YAP. IT
IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 18 KILOMETRES
PER HOUR ACROSS THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC.


 
WEATHER FORECAST FOR TONIGHT AND TOMORROW


 
MAINLY CLOUDY WITH A FEW SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS.
SHOWERS WILL INCREASE GRADUALLY TOMORROW. TEMPERATURES WILL
RANGE BETWEEN 27 AND 31 DEGREES. MODERATE SOUTH TO
SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS, OCCASIONALLY FRESH TOMORROW.


 
OUTLOOK : THERE WILL BE SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS
IN THE FOLLOWING 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 21:55 HKT ON 23.08.2026

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