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 SOUTHWESTERLY AIRSTREAM AFFECTED THE COAST OF GUANGDONG
YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, THERE WERE SUNNY PERIODS, A FEW SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. IT WAS VERY HOT IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURES OVER MANY PLACES ROSE TO ABOUT 33 DEGREES.
UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF SHOWERS TRIGGERED BY HIGH
TEMPERATURES, SHOWERS WERE HEAVIER OVER SOME AREAS. MORE
THAN 20 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED OVER THE NEW
TERRITORIES AND LANTAU ISLAND. UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE
SOUTHWESTERLY AIRSTREAM, THERE WILL STILL BE A FEW SHOWERS
OVER THE COAST OF GUANGDONG TODAY. A BROAD TROUGH OF LOW
PRESSURE WILL BRING HEAVY SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS
TO THE COAST OF SOUTHERN CHINA IN THE LATTER PART OF THIS
WEEK.

 

BESIDES, THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN NORTH
PACIFIC TO THE SOUTH OF JAPAN RAPIDLY INTENSIFIED INTO A
SEVERE TROPICAL STORM YESTERDAY, AND WAS NAMED AMPIL. AT 11
P.M. LAST NIGHT, AMPIL WAS CENTRED ABOUT 240 KILOMETRES
WEST-NORTHWEST OF IWO JIMA. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE
NORTH-NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 12 KILOMETRES PER HOUR ACROSS THE
SEAS SOUTH OF JAPAN AND INTENSIFY GRADUALLY.

 

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG

 

MAINLY CLOUDY WITH A FEW SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS. THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WILL BE AROUND 28
DEGREES IN THE MORNING. HOT WITH SUNNY INTERVALS DURING THE
DAY WITH A MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF ABOUT 32 DEGREES IN THE
URBAN AREAS, AND A COUPLE OF DEGREES HIGHER IN THE NEW
TERRITORIES. LIGHT TO MODERATE SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS.

 

OUTLOOK : OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUPLE OF DAYS. SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES ON
FRIDAY.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:45 HKT ON 14.08.2024