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

THE OUTER RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM MULAN
BROUGHT HEAVY SHOWERS, VIOLENT GUSTS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO
THE TERRITORY YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, MORE THAN 50 MILLIMETRES
OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED OVER MANY PLACES, AND RAINFALL
EVEN EXCEEDED 100 MILLIMETRES OVER LANTAU ISLAND. WITH
MULAN DEPARTING, THE LOCAL WINDS MODERATED GRADUALLY IN THE
AFTERNOON. MULAN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS BEIBU WAN
TODAY. IT WILL ENTER INTO THE INLAND AREAS OF VIETNAM AND
WEAKEN GRADUALLY BUT ITS OUTER RAINBANDS WILL STILL BRING
SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTHERN PART OF
THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AND THE COAST OF GUANGDONG.

 

AT 1 A.M., TROPICAL STORM MULAN WAS CENTRED ABOUT 250
KILOMETRES EAST OF HANOI. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE
WEST-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 18 KILOMETRES PER HOUR ACROSS BEIBU
WAN.
 
MEANWHILE, THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION OVER THE WESTERN NORTH
PACIFIC WAS CENTRED ABOUT 940 KILOMETRES SOUTH OF TOKYO. IT
IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 18 KILOMETRES PER
HOUR TOWARDS THE VICINITY OF HONSHU OF JAPAN.

 

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG

 

CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS. SHOWERS WILL
BE HEAVY AT TIMES AT FIRST. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN
26 AND 30 DEGREES. MODERATE TO FRESH SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS,
OCCASIONALLY STRONG OFFSHORE AND ON HIGH GROUND AT FIRST.
THERE WILL BE SWELLS.

 

OUTLOOK : OCCASIONAL SHOWERS IN THE FOLLOWING COUPLE OF
DAYS. SUNNY INTERVALS EARLY NEXT WEEK.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:45 HKT ON 11.08.2022