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PRESS WEATHER NO. 008 - LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST
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LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

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


 
GENERAL SITUATION


AN ANTICYCLONE ALOFT BROUGHT MAINLY FINE AND VERY HOT
WEATHER TO SOUTHEASTERN CHINA YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, IT WAS
MAINLY FINE APART FROM ONE OR TWO SHOWERS. A FEW
MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED OVER LAMMA ISLAND,
THE URBAN AREAS, SAI KUNG AND TSING YI. IT WAS VERY HOT
DURING THE DAY. TEMPERATURES OVER PARTS OF THE TERRITORY
ONCE ROSE TO AROUND 34 DEGREES. THE ANTICYCLONE ALOFT WILL
PERSIST TO AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN CHINA IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.


 
AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, TROPICAL STORM JONGDARI WAS CENTRED
ABOUT 100 KILOMETRES SOUTHWEST OF KAGOSHIMA. IT IS FORECAST
TO MOVE WEST AT ABOUT 18 KILOMETRES PER HOUR ACROSS THE
SEAS NEAR KYUSHU OF JAPAN.


 
WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG


 
MAINLY FINE AND VERY HOT APART FROM ONE OR TWO SHOWERS.
CLOUDY PERIODS IN THE MORNING AND AT NIGHT. TEMPERATURES
WILL RANGE BETWEEN 28 AND 33 DEGREES. MODERATE
SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS.


 
OUTLOOK : REMAINING VERY HOT WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR THE
REST OF THIS WEEK.


DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:45 HKT ON 01.08.2018

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