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For those out there like yours truly who wouldn’t be able to survive summer – let alone a European heatwave summer – without the joyous invention of air conditioning, we have bad news. Thanks to the Severe Typhoon Bavi, Hong Kong is set to suffer through extremely hot weather this weekend.
Apart from some thunderstorms over the week, we haven’t borne the brunt of this tropical cyclone the way it’s forecast to hit Taiwan and eastern China, but its outer subsiding air will be bringing hot temperatures to our region. According to the Hong Kong Observatory (HKO), as Bavi moves towards the vicinity of southern Zhejiang to northern Fujian on Saturday, July 11, the minimum temperature will be 29 degrees Celsius – and that’s just in the early morning.
We can expect Saturday to be extremely hot during the day with a maximum temperature of around 35 degrees Celsius in the urban areas, and possibly even reaching 38 degrees Celsius in certain areas of the New Territories like Sheung Shui, Ta Kwu Ling, and Shek Kong. These high temperatures may also trigger showers across the region. The forecast for Sunday also remains very hot at a minimum of 29 degrees Celsius and a maximum of 34 degrees Celsius in urban areas.
Looking ahead, a broad trough of low pressure is expected to bring unsettled weather to the coast of southern China early to mid-week next week. As of now, showers and thunderstorms are predicted over Hong Kong all of next week, apart from slightly lighter rainfall on Thursday. Charge up your electric fans and keep your wellies by the door!
Keep an eye on the weather at the Hong Kong Observatory website.
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