PRESS WEATHER NO. 162 - LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST
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LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 18:45 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.
AT 4 P.M., SEVERE TROPICAL STORM BEBINCA WAS CENTRED ABOUT
100 KILOMETRES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ZHANJIANG. IT IS FORECAST
TO MOVE WEST AT ABOUT 10 KILOMETRES PER HOUR IN THE GENERAL
DIRECTION OF THE VICINITY OF LEIZHOU PENINSULA.
TROPICAL DEPRESSION RUMBIA HAS INTENSIFIED INTO A TROPICAL
STORM. AT 4 P.M., RUMBIA WAS CENTRED ABOUT 680 KILOMETRES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF HANGZHOU. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE
NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 20 KILOMETRES PER HOUR ACROSS THE EAST
CHINA SEA.
BESIDES, TROPICAL DEPRESSION LEEPI HAS WEAKENED INTO AN
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SEAS SOUTH OF KOREAN
PENINSULA.
WEATHER FORECAST FOR TONIGHT AND TOMORROW
MAINLY CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS. ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 27
AND 30 DEGREES. MODERATE SOUTH TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS.
OUTLOOK : A FEW SHOWERS IN THE FOLLOWING COUPLE OF DAYS.
SUNNY INTERVALS DURING THE WEEKEND.
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 18:45 HKT ON 15.08.2018