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Jeffie Lam

Danny Mok

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The Hong Kong Observatory has issued a cold weather warning, forecasting that temperatures will drop to around 12 degrees Celsius in urban areas and lower in the New Territories.
The alert, posted at 4.20pm on Thursday, warned that cold weather was expected to set in on Thursday night and persist into the following morning.
Minimum temperatures in urban areas are predicted to hover around 12 degrees, with even lower readings – by a few degrees – in the New Territories.
Temperatures also dropped to as low as 12 degrees “over many places” on Thursday morning. It was 7.6 degrees at Ngong Ping on Lantau Island, 8.3 degrees at Tate’s Cairn and 9.1 degrees in Tai Mo Shan, the city’s tallest peak.
Temperatures in Tuen Mun, Yuen Long, Tai Po and Sheung Shui were below 12 degrees.
“The northeast monsoon will persist over Guangdong [on Thursday and Friday]. Temperatures will fall progressively over the region,” the Observatory said.
“Temperatures over many places dropped to 12 degrees or lower [on Thursday morning]. It is expected that the temperatures will drop further [on Thursday] night and [Friday] morning.”
The forecaster said a broad band of clouds would also bring a few rain patches, with the rainy weather continuing until Friday.
It added that temperatures would rise “progressively” to as high as 25 degrees next Tuesday as the monsoon would be replaced by an easterly airstream and the band of clouds covering Guangdong would gradually thin out early next week.
But the Observatory said another maritime airstream would bring humid and foggy weather to the coastal areas again midweek next week.


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Temperatures have dropped to below 12 degrees Celsius on Thursday. Photo: Eugene Lee

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Cold weather expected to set in on Thursday night and persist into the following morning


Cold weather expected to set in on Thursday night and persist into the following morning.


Hong Kong issues cold weather warning with temperatures set to dip again

Cold weather expected to set in on Thursday night and persist into the following morning

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