Bulletin updated at 07:50 HKT 31/Jul/2020
9-Day Weather Forecast General Situation: The monsoon depression now over the central and northern parts of the South China Sea will move towards the vicinity of Hainan Island to Beibu Wan in the next few days. It may further develop. The monsoon depression will bring windy weather, squally heavy showers and thunderstorms over the south China coast in the next few days. With the subtropical ridge extending westwards, there will be fewer showers over the coast of Guangdong in the latter part of next week. Date/Month 31/7 (Friday) Wind: East force 4 to 5, force 6 offshore and on high ground. Weather: Mainly cloudy with occasional squally showers and thunderstorms. Temp Range: 26 - 30 C R.H. Range: 70 - 95 Per Cent Date/Month 1/8(Saturday) Wind: East to southeast force 5, force 6 to 7 offshore. Weather: Cloudy with squally showers and a few thunderstorms. Showers will be heavy at times. 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. Weather: Cloudy with occasional squally heavy showers and a few thunderstorms. Temp Range: 26 - 30 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: Mainly cloudy with occasional 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: Sunny intervals and a few showers. Temp Range: 28 - 32 C R.H. Range: 70 - 90 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: Mainly cloudy with a few showers. Temp Range: 27 - 31 C R.H. Range: 75 - 95 Per Cent Sea surface temperature at 7 a.m.31/7/2020 at North Point was 27 degrees C. Soil temperatures at 7 a.m.31/7/2020 at the Hong Kong Observatory: 0.5 M below surface was 31.7 degrees C. 1.0 M below surface was 31.1 degrees C. Weather Cartoons for 9-day weather forecast Day 1 cartoon no. 63 - 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. 64 - Heavy Rain Day 6 cartoon no. 63 - 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