Hong Kong temperature to drop as low as 14 degrees Celsius ahead of Lunar New Year
- Observatory says there will be relatively humid and warm weather in coming days, with temperatures rising to 24 degrees on Thursday and Friday
- But it warned that low-pressure trough and approaching northeast monsoon would make the region ‘appreciably cooler’ next week
But the coming days would bring relatively humid and warm weather, with temperatures rising to 24 degrees on Thursday and Friday, as an easterly airstream impacting the coast of Guangdong province gradually moderated, the Observatory said on Tuesday.
At 1.10pm, the Observatory recorded a temperature of 19.7 degrees and a relative humidity of 82 per cent. It added that a broad band of clouds over southern China had brought moderate easterly winds and cloudy weather to the city with bright periods in the afternoon.
However, it warned that a low-pressure trough would bring unsettled weather early next week, while an approaching northeast monsoon would make the region “appreciably cooler”.
According to the Observatory’s nine-day weather forecast, temperatures will see highs of 24 degrees on Thursday until Tuesday, with the cloudy weather bringing light rain patches and coastal mist in the morning and at night.
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But the mercury will drop to a minimum of 14 degrees on Thursday next week following the expected arrival of the northeast monsoon.
The forecaster’s extended outlook report showed that there was a 40 per cent chance that the temperature might dip to a minimum of 12 degrees on Lunar New Year’s Eve, while the possibility of the mercury falling to or below 12 degrees was 20 to 40 per cent on the first two days of Lunar New Year.
