Bulletin updated at 07:35 HKT 06/Oct/2021
9-Day Weather Forecast General Situation: A strong easterly airstream will continue to affect the coast of Guangdong today and tomorrow. The broad area of low pressure over the central and southern parts of the South China Sea is expected to develop gradually into a tropical cyclone in the next few days, and edge closer to the vicinity of the coast of western Guangdong and Hainan Island. Under the combined effect with the northeast monsoon, it will be windy with heavy rain, squalls and swells over the coast of southern China on Friday and during the weekend. Date/Month 6/10 (Wednesday) Wind: East force 4 to 5, occasionally force 6 offshore. Weather: Fine and dry. Temp Range: 28 - 32 C R.H. Range: 55 - 80 Per Cent Date/Month 7/10(Thursday) Wind: East to northeast force 4 to 5, occasionally force 6 offshore. Weather: Sunny periods and a few showers. Temp Range: 27 - 32 C R.H. Range: 65 - 90 Per Cent Date/Month 8/10(Friday) Wind: East to northeast force 4 to 5, occasionally force 6. Weather: Mainly cloudy with a few squally showers. More showers with thunderstorms later. There will be swells. Temp Range: 27 - 30 C R.H. Range: 75 - 95 Per Cent Date/Month 9/10(Saturday) Wind: East force 5 to 6, occasionally force 7 offshore and on high ground. Weather: Cloudy to overcast with heavy rain, squalls and thunderstorms. Seas will be rough with swells. Temp Range: 26 - 29 C R.H. Range: 80 - 95 Per Cent Date/Month 10/10(Sunday) Wind: East force 5 to 6. Weather: Cloudy with occasional squally showers and thunderstorms. Showers will be heavy at times. Seas will be rough with swells. Temp Range: 26 - 29 C R.H. Range: 80 - 95 Per Cent Date/Month 11/10(Monday) Wind: East to northeast force 4 to 5. Weather: A few showers and squally thunderstorms at first. Sunny periods during the day. Temp Range: 25 - 31 C R.H. Range: 65 - 90 Per Cent Date/Month 12/10(Tuesday) Wind: Northeast force 4 to 5, occasionally force 6 offshore. Weather: Sunny periods. Temp Range: 25 - 31 C R.H. Range: 60 - 85 Per Cent Date/Month 13/10(Wednesday) Wind: Northeast force 4 to 5, occasionally force 6 offshore. Weather: Mainly cloudy. Occasional rain later. Temp Range: 24 - 28 C R.H. Range: 75 - 95 Per Cent Date/Month 14/10(Thursday) Wind: Northeast force 4 to 5, force 6 offshore. Weather: Mainly cloudy with occasional rain. Temp Range: 24 - 27 C R.H. Range: 80 - 95 Per Cent Sea surface temperature at 7 a.m.6/10/2021 at North Point was 29 degrees C. Soil temperatures at 7 a.m.6/10/2021 at the Hong Kong Observatory: 0.5 M below surface was 30.9 degrees C. 1.0 M below surface was 30.9 degrees C. Weather Cartoons for 9-day weather forecast Day 1 cartoon no. 50 - SUNNY Day 2 cartoon no. 53 - Sunny Periods with A Few Showers Day 3 cartoon no. 63 - Rain Day 4 cartoon no. 64 - Heavy Rain Day 5 cartoon no. 63 - Rain Day 6 cartoon no. 53 - Sunny Periods with A Few Showers Day 7 cartoon no. 51 - SUNNY PERIODS Day 8 cartoon no. 62 - Light Rain Day 9 cartoon no. 63 - Rain