LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

HERE IS THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETIN ISSUED BY THE HONG KONG
OBSERVATORY.

 

GENERAL SITUATION

SEVERE TROPICAL STORM DOKSURI WEAKENED INTO AN AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE PROGRESSIVELY YESTERDAY. ITS SUBSEQUENT SOUTHERLY
AIRSTREAM BROUGHT HEAVY SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS
TO THE COAST OF GUANGDONG. LOCALLY, IT WAS MAINLY CLOUDY
WITH SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS. SHOWERS WERE
HEAVIER IN THE MORNING. MORE THAN 30 MILLIMETRES OF
RAINFALL WERE RECORDED OVER MANY PLACES, AND RAINFALL EVEN
EXCEEDED 50 MILLIMETRES OVER MOST PARTS OF THE NEW
TERRITORIES. 20 TO 30 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED
OVER PARTS OF HONG KONG ISLAND, KWUN TONG AND LANTAU ISLAND
IN THE PAST TWO HOURS. WITH THE SOUTHERLY AIRSTREAM
AFFECTING THE COAST OF SOUTHERN CHINA WEAKENING, SHOWERS
WILL LESSEN AND THE WEATHER WILL BE BRIGHTER AND VERY HOT
OVER THE REGION IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

 

AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, TROPICAL STORM KHANUN WAS CENTRED
ABOUT 1120 KILOMETRES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF OKINAWA. IT IS
FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 22 KILOMETRES PER
HOUR ACROSS THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC.

 

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG

 

MAINLY CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND A FEW SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS. SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVIER AT TIMES AT FIRST.
HOT WITH SUNNY INTERVALS IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES
WILL RANGE BETWEEN 27 AND 32 DEGREES. MODERATE SOUTH TO
SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS, OCCASIONALLY FRESH OFFSHORE AT FIRST.

 

OUTLOOK : VERY HOT WITH SUNNY PERIODS IN THE FOLLOWING
COUPLE OF DAYS. THE WEATHER WILL BECOME UNSETTLED IN THE
MIDDLE AND LATTER PARTS OF THIS WEEK.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:50 HKT ON 30.07.2023