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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


A BROAD TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE AFFECTED THE SOUTH CHINA
COAST YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, IT WAS HOT WITH SUNNY INTERVALS
APART FROM A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW
MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED OVER MOST PARTS OF
THE NEW TERRITORIES. THE BROAD TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IS
EXPECTED TO LINGER OVER THE SOUTH CHINA COAST IN THE NEXT
FEW DAYS. THERE WILL BE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
REGION.


 
BESIDES, SUPER TYPHOON HAISHEN WEAKENED INTO A SEVERE
TYPHOON YESTERDAY. AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, HAISHEN WAS
CENTRED ABOUT 120 KILOMETRES WEST-NORTHWEST OF KAGOSHIMA.
IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 35
KILOMETRES PER HOUR ACROSS THE SEAS WEST OF KYUSHU OF
JAPAN, AND THE KOREAN PENINSULA.


 
WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG


 
MAINLY CLOUDY WITH A FEW SHOWERS. HOT WITH SUNNY INTERVALS
DURING THE DAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LATER. TEMPERATURES
WILL RANGE BETWEEN 27 AND 32 DEGREES. LIGHT TO MODERATE
SOUTHERLY WINDS.


 
OUTLOOK : OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY.
MORE SHOWERS IN THE MIDDLE AND LATTER PARTS OF THIS WEEK.


DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:45 HKT ON 07.09.2020

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