PRESS WEATHER NO. 096 - LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST
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LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 09:45 HKT ON 15.08.2018
HERE IS THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETIN ISSUED BY THE HONG KONG
OBSERVATORY.
SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL CYCLONE BEBINCA ARE
AFFECTING THE COAST OF GUANGDONG AND THE NORTHERN PART OF
THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE
RYUKYU ISLANDS IS INTENSIFYING. A TROPICAL CYCLONE APPEARS
TO BE FORMING.
AT 10 A.M., SEVERE TROPICAL STORM BEBINCA WAS CENTRED ABOUT
160 KILOMETRES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ZHANJIANG. IT IS FORECAST
TO MOVE WEST AT ABOUT 10 KILOMETRES PER HOUR SKIRTING THE
COASTAL WATERS OF WESTERN GUANGDONG, GENERALLY TOWARDS THE
VICINITY OF LEIZHOU PENINSULA.
TROPICAL STORM LEEPI HAS WEAKENED INTO A TROPICAL
DEPRESSION. AT 10 A.M., LEEPI WAS CENTRED ABOUT 160
KILOMETRES NORTH OF NAGASAKI. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE
NORTH-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 25 KILOMETRES PER HOUR TOWARDS THE
SOUTHERN PART OF KOREAN PENINSULA.
WEATHER FORECAST FOR TODAY
MAINLY CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS. MODERATE
SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS, OCCASIONALLY FRESH AT FIRST. THERE
WILL BE SWELLS.
OUTLOOK : THERE WILL STILL BE SHOWERS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS.
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 09:45 HKT ON 15.08.2018