PRESS WEATHER NO. 010 - LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST
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LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:45 HKT ON 16.12.2021
HERE IS THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETIN ISSUED BY THE HONG KONG
OBSERVATORY.
GENERAL SITUATION
THE NORTHEAST MONSOON AFFECTING SOUTHERN CHINA MODERATED
GRADUALLY YESTERDAY. A BAND OF CLOUDS COVERED THE COAST OF
GUANGDONG AND THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.
LOCALLY, IT WAS MAINLY CLOUDY. THERE WERE ONE OR TWO LIGHT
RAIN PATCHES IN THE MORNING AND AT NIGHT. ANOTHER SURGE OF
THE NORTHEAST MONSOON IS EXPECTED TO REACH SOUTHERN CHINA
ON FRIDAY AND BRING COOL WEATHER TO THE REGION DURING THE
WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK.
BESIDES, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM RAI INTENSIFIED INTO A
TYPHOON YESTERDAY. AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, RAI WAS CENTRED
ABOUT 1090 KILOMETRES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF MANILA. IT IS
FORECAST TO MOVE WEST-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 22 KILOMETRES PER
HOUR IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE
PHILIPPINES AND INTENSIFY GRADUALLY.
WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG
MAINLY CLOUDY. ONE OR TWO LIGHT RAIN PATCHES IN THE MORNING
AND AT NIGHT. WARM WITH SUNNY INTERVALS DURING THE DAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 21 AND 25 DEGREES. MODERATE
EAST TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS.
OUTLOOK : WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN FROM THE NORTH ON FRIDAY
AND THE WEATHER WILL BECOME APPRECIABLY COOLER AT NIGHT.
MAINLY FINE WITH COOL MORNINGS OVER THE WEEKEND. SOME RAIN
EARLY TO MIDWEEK NEXT WEEK.
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:45 HKT ON 16.12.2021