Bulletin updated at 09:50 HKT 12/Aug/2018
9-Day Weather Forecast General Situation: The tropical cyclone over the northern part of the South China Sea will linger around the seas off the coast of western Guangdong in the next couple of days and move towards the vicinity of Leizhou Peninsula and Beibu Wan midweek this week. A broad trough of low pressure is expected to bring showers to the south China coast in the middle and latter parts of this week. Besides, Tropical Cyclone Yagi will move across the East China Sea today and tomorrow in the general direction of the coast of Zhejiang. Date/Month 12/8 (Sunday) Wind: East to southeast force 4 to 5, occasionally force 6 offshore and on high ground. Weather: Cloudy with occasional squally showers and a few thunderstorms. Showers will be heavy at times later. Temp Range: 26 - 29 C R.H. Range: 80 - 95 Per Cent Date/Month 13/8(Monday) Wind: East to southeast force 4 to 5, force 6 offshore and on high ground. Weather: Cloudy with occasional squally showers and thunderstorms. Temp Range: 26 - 29 C R.H. Range: 80 - 95 Per Cent Date/Month 14/8(Tuesday) Wind: East to southeast force 4 to 5, force 6 offshore and on high ground. Weather: Cloudy with occasional squally showers and thunderstorms. Temp Range: 26 - 29 C R.H. Range: 80 - 95 Per Cent Date/Month 15/8(Wednesday) Wind: East to southeast force 4 to 5, occasionally force 6 offshore and on high ground at first. Weather: Cloudy with occasional showers and a few thunderstorms. Temp Range: 26 - 30 C R.H. Range: 75 - 95 Per Cent Date/Month 16/8(Thursday) Wind: South force 3 to 4. Weather: Cloudy with occasional showers and a few thunderstorms. Temp Range: 27 - 30 C R.H. Range: 75 - 95 Per Cent Date/Month 17/8(Friday) Wind: South force 3 to 4. Weather: Cloudy with occasional showers and a few thunderstorms. Temp Range: 27 - 31 C R.H. Range: 75 - 95 Per Cent Date/Month 18/8(Saturday) Wind: South force 3 to 4. Weather: Mainly cloudy with a few showers. Temp Range: 27 - 31 C R.H. Range: 70 - 90 Per Cent Date/Month 19/8(Sunday) Wind: South force 3 to 4. Weather: Mainly cloudy with sunny intervals and a few showers. Temp Range: 27 - 32 C R.H. Range: 70 - 90 Per Cent Date/Month 20/8(Monday) Wind: South force 3 to 4. Weather: Sunny intervals and one or two showers. Temp Range: 28 - 32 C R.H. Range: 70 - 90 Per Cent Sea surface temperature at 7 a.m.12/8/2018 at North Point was 27 degrees C. Soil temperatures at 7 a.m.12/8/2018 at the Hong Kong Observatory: 0.5 M below surface was 29.7 degrees C. 1.0 M below surface was 30.1 degrees C. Weather Cartoons for 9-day weather forecast Day 1 cartoon no. 63 - Rain Day 2 cartoon no. 63 - Rain Day 3 cartoon no. 63 - Rain Day 4 cartoon no. 63 - Rain Day 5 cartoon no. 63 - Rain Day 6 cartoon no. 63 - Rain Day 7 cartoon no. 62 - Light Rain Day 8 cartoon no. 54 - Sunny Intervals with Showers Day 9 cartoon no. 52 - SUNNY INTERVALS