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 DRY CONTINENTAL AIRSTREAM BROUGHT GENERALLY FINE WEATHER
TO SOUTHERN CHINA YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, IT WAS MAINLY FINE
AND DRY. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY GENERALLY FELL BELOW 60 PER
CENT IN THE AFTERNOON. UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE DRY
CONTINENTAL AIRSTREAM, IT WILL BE GENERALLY FINE AND VERY
HOT OVER SOUTHERN CHINA IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THE
TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DAY AND NIGHT WILL BE
RELATIVELY LARGE.

 

SUPER TYPHOON HINNAMNOR WEAKENED INTO A SEVERE TYPHOON
YESTERDAY MORNING. AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, HINNAMNOR WAS
CENTRED ABOUT 440 KILOMETRES SOUTHEAST OF TAIBEI. IT IS
FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH AT ABOUT 10 KILOMETRES PER HOUR
ACROSS THE SEAS EAST OF TAIWAN.

 

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG

 

FINE AND DRY. THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WILL BE ABOUT 27
DEGREES IN THE URBAN AREAS IN THE MORNING, AND A FEW
DEGREES LOWER IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. VERY HOT DURING THE
DAY WITH A MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF AROUND 33 DEGREES.
MODERATE NORTH TO NORTHWESTERLY WINDS, OCCASIONALLY FRESH
OFFSHORE.

 

OUTLOOK : MAINLY FINE AND VERY HOT IN THE FOLLOWING COUPLE
OF DAYS. DRY WITH RELATIVELY LARGE TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN DAY AND NIGHT. OCCASIONAL SHOWERS MIDWEEK NEXT WEEK.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:45 HKT ON 03.09.2022