Bulletin updated at 09:50 HKT 01/Aug/2020
9-Day Weather Forecast General Situation: The tropical cyclone over the central and northern parts of the South China Sea will move towards the vicinity of Hainan Island to Beibu Wan today and tomorrow. It will be windy with squally heavy showers and thunderstorms over the south China coast. Seas will be rough with swells. An active southerly airstream is expected to bring unsettled weather to the coast of Guangdong early to midweek next week. With the westward extension of the subtropical ridge, showers will ease off over the coast of Guangdong in the latter part of next week. Date/Month 1/8 (Saturday) Wind: East to southeast force 5 to 6, occasionally force 8 offshore and on high ground at first. Weather: Mainly cloudy with occasional squally showers and thunderstorms. Showers will be heavy at times. Seas will be rough with swells. Temp Range: 26 - 30 C R.H. Range: 80 - 95 Per Cent Date/Month 2/8(Sunday) Wind: Southeast force 4 to 5, occasionally force 6 offshore at first. Weather: Cloudy with occasional heavy showers and squally thunderstorms. Temp Range: 26 - 29 C R.H. Range: 80 - 95 Per Cent Date/Month 3/8(Monday) Wind: South force 4 to 5. Weather: Cloudy with occasional heavy showers and a few thunderstorms. Temp Range: 26 - 30 C R.H. Range: 80 - 95 Per Cent Date/Month 4/8(Tuesday) Wind: South force 4 to 5. Weather: Cloudy with occasional heavy showers and a few thunderstorms. Temp Range: 26 - 30 C R.H. Range: 80 - 95 Per Cent Date/Month 5/8(Wednesday) Wind: South force 4. Weather: Cloudy with showers and isolated thunderstorms. Temp Range: 27 - 31 C R.H. Range: 75 - 95 Per Cent Date/Month 6/8(Thursday) Wind: South force 3 to 4. Weather: Mainly cloudy with a few showers. Isolated thunderstorms at first. Temp Range: 27 - 31 C R.H. Range: 75 - 95 Per Cent Date/Month 7/8(Friday) Wind: South to southeast force 3 to 4. Weather: Sunny intervals and a few showers. Temp Range: 28 - 32 C R.H. Range: 70 - 90 Per Cent Date/Month 8/8(Saturday) Wind: Southeast force 3 to 4. Weather: Sunny intervals and a few showers. Temp Range: 28 - 32 C R.H. Range: 70 - 90 Per Cent Date/Month 9/8(Sunday) Wind: Southeast force 3 to 4. Weather: Mainly cloudy with a few showers. Temp Range: 28 - 32 C R.H. Range: 70 - 90 Per Cent Sea surface temperature at 7 a.m.1/8/2020 at North Point was 27 degrees C. Soil temperatures at 7 a.m.1/8/2020 at the Hong Kong Observatory: 0.5 M below surface was 30.9 degrees C. 1.0 M below surface was 31.1 degrees C. Weather Cartoons for 9-day weather forecast Day 1 cartoon no. 64 - Heavy Rain Day 2 cartoon no. 64 - Heavy Rain Day 3 cartoon no. 64 - Heavy Rain Day 4 cartoon no. 64 - Heavy Rain Day 5 cartoon no. 63 - Rain Day 6 cartoon no. 62 - Light Rain Day 7 cartoon no. 54 - Sunny Intervals with Showers Day 8 cartoon no. 54 - Sunny Intervals with Showers Day 9 cartoon no. 62 - Light Rain