PRESS WEATHER NO. 146 - LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

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LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

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

 

THE RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL CYCLONE PRAPIROON
ARE AFFECTING THE COAST OF GUANGDONG. MEANWHILE, THE
SUBTROPICAL RIDGE IS BRINGING VERY HOT WEATHER TO
SOUTHEASTERN CHINA.

 

TROPICAL STORM PRAPIROON HAS INTENSIFIED INTO A SEVERE
TROPICAL STORM. AT 4 P.M., PRAPIROON WAS CENTRED ABOUT 300
KILOMETRES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF HA NOI. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE
NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 10 KILOMETRES PER HOUR ACROSS BEIBU WAN. 
 
MEANWHILE, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM GAEMI WAS CENTRED ABOUT
580 KILOMETRES NORTHEAST OF MANILA. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE
NORTH AT ABOUT 10 KILOMETRES PER HOUR IN THE GENERAL
DIRECTION OF THE SEAS EAST OF TAIWAN AND INTENSIFY
SIGNIFICANTLY.

 

WEATHER FORECAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

 

MAINLY CLOUDY WITH A FEW SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS.
VERY HOT WITH SUNNY INTERVALS IN THE AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO
FRESH EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS, OCCASIONALLY STRONG
OFFSHORE AND ON HIGH GROUND AT FIRST. THERE WILL BE SWELLS.

 

OUTLOOK : VERY HOT WITH SUNNY PERIODS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS. TEMPERATURES WILL REACH 35 DEGREES OR ABOVE OVER THE
NEW TERRITORIES. A FEW SHOWERS TOWARDS THE WEEKEND.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 15:48 HKT ON 22.07.2024