Bulletin updated at 07:50 HKT 26/Aug/2019
9-Day Weather Forecast General Situation: With an anticyclone aloft strengthening, the weather will improve gradually over southern China in the next couple of days. It will be very hot midweek this week. An area of low pressure is expected to develop gradually and bring unsettled weather to the northern part of the South China Sea and the south China coast in the latter part of this week. Date/Month 26/8 (Monday) Wind: Southwest force 4 to 5. Weather: Sunny intervals and a few showers. Isolated squally thunderstorms at first. Temp Range: 23 - 30 C R.H. Range: 70 - 95 Per Cent Date/Month 27/8(Tuesday) Wind: South to southeast force 3. Weather: Mainly fine apart from isolated showers. Temp Range: 28 - 32 C R.H. Range: 70 - 90 Per Cent Date/Month 28/8(Wednesday) Wind: Light winds force 2. Weather: Mainly fine. Very hot during the day. Temp Range: 28 - 34 C R.H. Range: 65 - 90 Per Cent Date/Month 29/8(Thursday) Wind: Northeast force 3 to 4. Weather: Mainly fine and very hot during the day. Isolated showers and thunderstorms later. Temp Range: 28 - 34 C R.H. Range: 65 - 95 Per Cent Date/Month 30/8(Friday) Wind: East force 4 to 5, occasionally force 6 offshore. Weather: Mainly cloudy with a few showers and squally thunderstorms. Temp Range: 27 - 32 C R.H. Range: 70 - 95 Per Cent Date/Month 31/8(Saturday) Wind: East to southeast force 5, occasionally force 6 offshore. Weather: Cloudy with occasional showers and squally thunderstorms. Temp Range: 27 - 31 C R.H. Range: 75 - 95 Per Cent Date/Month 1/9(Sunday) Wind: Southeast force 4 to 5. Weather: Cloudy with occasional showers and thunderstorms. Temp Range: 27 - 31 C R.H. Range: 75 - 95 Per Cent Date/Month 2/9(Monday) Wind: Southeast force 4. Weather: Mainly cloudy with a few showers. Temp Range: 28 - 31 C R.H. Range: 80 - 95 Per Cent Date/Month 3/9(Tuesday) Wind: Southeast force 4. Weather: Mainly cloudy with a few showers. Temp Range: 28 - 31 C R.H. Range: 80 - 95 Per Cent Sea surface temperature at 7 a.m.26/8/2019 at North Point was 26 degrees C. Soil temperatures at 7 a.m.26/8/2019 at the Hong Kong Observatory: 0.5 M below surface was 29.5 degrees C. 1.0 M below surface was 30.4 degrees C. Weather Cartoons for 9-day weather forecast Day 1 cartoon no. 54 - Sunny Intervals with Showers Day 2 cartoon no. 51 - SUNNY PERIODS Day 3 cartoon no. 90 - Hot Day 4 cartoon no. 90 - Hot Day 5 cartoon no. 62 - Light Rain Day 6 cartoon no. 63 - Rain Day 7 cartoon no. 63 - Rain Day 8 cartoon no. 62 - Light Rain Day 9 cartoon no. 62 - Light Rain