We’ve all been struggling with the stifling heat over the past few days, and if you’ve been in Hong Kong for some time, you’ll recognise the oppressive humidity usually as a precursor to bad weather. Sure enough, the Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) has announced that a trough of low pressure is bringing heat and thunderstorms to the region through the upcoming weekend.
A southerly airstream will still be bringing hot weather across the region, with temperatures on Thursday, April 24, peaking at 31 degree Celsius. Meanwhile, the trough of low pressure moves closer to the coastal areas of southern China through today and Friday, April 25. This will bring showers and squally thunderstorms, with heavy rainfall in some areas, affecting the whole Pearl River Delta region where there’s even the possibility of hail and other severe convective weather phenomena on Friday.
However freaky the weather gets, this thankfully means that temperatures will cool off slightly as we round off this week, with the thermostat from Friday to Sunday forecast to reach a high of 27 degree Celsius and a low of 23 degree Celsius. Looking further ahead, the current forecast shows that the bad weather is unlikely to affect the May 1 public holiday, which looks like it’ll just be a bit cloudy. Keep a weather eye on the forecast using the HKO website.
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