LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

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

 

GENERAL SITUATION

AN ANTICYCLONE ALOFT BROUGHT VERY HOT WEATHER TO THE COAST
OF GUANGDONG YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, THERE WERE SUNNY PERIODS
AND A FEW SHOWERS. IT WAS VERY HOT IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURES OVER MANY PLACES ROSE TO 33 DEGREES OR ABOVE.
THE ANTICYCLONE ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO BRING GENERALLY FINE
AND VERY HOT WEATHER TO THE COAST OF GUANGDONG TODAY.

 

AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM KHANUN WAS
CENTRED ABOUT 180 KILOMETRES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF KAGOSHIMA.
IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 14 KILOMETRES PER
HOUR TOWARDS THE VICINITY OF THE SEAS WEST OF KYUSHU OF
JAPAN TO THE KOREAN PENINSULA.

 

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG

 

MAINLY FINE APART FROM ISOLATED SHOWERS. THE MINIMUM
TEMPERATURE WILL BE ABOUT 29 DEGREES IN THE MORNING. VERY
HOT DURING THE DAY. THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WILL BE AROUND
34 DEGREES IN THE URBAN AREAS, AND A COUPLE OF DEGREES
HIGHER IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. MODERATE SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS.

 

OUTLOOK : SHOWERS WILL INCREASE GRADUALLY ON THURSDAY.
SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FOLLOWING COUPLE
OF DAYS. SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SHOWERS WILL EASE
OFF EARLY NEXT WEEK.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:45 HKT ON 09.08.2023