Wrap up warm: more cold weather on the way for Hong Kong
Observatory says cold front moving south from Guangdong province will reach Hong Kong on Saturday night and temperatures will drop on Sunday and Monday
It is not time to put away the warm coats and down jackets just yet, as the temperature in Hong Kong will drop drastically to as low as 12 degrees Celsius in the coming days.
According to the Observatory, the temperature is forecast to be a minimum of 12 degrees and maximum of 16 degrees on Sunday and Monday, brought by a cold front over the northern part of Guangdong province moving south.
“We expect the cold front to reach Hong Kong on Saturday night,” Observatory scientific officer Lee Fung-ying said. “The weather will turn dry and cold.”
A cold weather warning was issued at 4.20pm on Saturday.
It was a sudden drop from the temperature in the daytime, with a minimum of 16 degrees and maximum of 22 degrees.
In Sheung Shui, it was as warm as 25.1 degrees.
