PRESS WEATHER NO. 208 - LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST
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LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 16:15 HKT ON 01.09.2016
HERE IS THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETIN ISSUED BY THE HONG KONG
OBSERVATORY.
A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER INLAND SOUTHERN CHINA IS
BRINGING THUNDERY SHOWERS TO THE COASTAL AREAS. LOCALLY,
MORE THAN 20 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED OVER
URBAN AREAS AND LANTAU ISLAND IN THE AFTERNOON.
TROPICAL DEPRESSION NAMTHEUN HAS INTENSIFIED INTO A
TROPICAL STORM. AT 4 P.M., NAMTHEUN WAS CENTRED ABOUT 240
KILOMETRES SOUTHEAST OF OKINAWA. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE
NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 KILOMETRES PER HOUR ACROSS THE SEAS
NEAR THE RYUKYU ISLANDS.
WEATHER FORECAST FOR TONIGHT AND TOMORROW
MAINLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS AND A FEW SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS.
SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE
BETWEEN 25 AND 29 DEGREES. MODERATE TO FRESH SOUTHWESTERLY
WINDS.
OUTLOOK : WEATHER REMAINING UNSETTLED OVER THE WEEKEND AND
EARLY NEXT WEEK.
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 16:15 HKT ON 01.09.2016