Hong Kong swelters as Tropical Cyclone Dolphin sees temperatures exceed 38°C
Temperatures exceeded 38 degrees Celsius in some parts of the city on Saturday, as Tropical Cyclone Dolphin brought a heatwave to Hong Kong. The Observatory (HKO) said on Saturday that the storm was moving towards the vicinity of Zhejiang and northern Fujian: “[I]ts outer subsiding air will persistently bring extremely hot weather to the territory […]
Temperatures soared above 38°C in various parts of Hong Kong on Saturday, as Tropical Cyclone Dolphin brought a scorching heatwave to the city. The Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) reported that the storm's outer subsiding air was causing extremely hot weather in the territory for the next few days, with temperatures potentially reaching 37°C or higher.
The HKO forecasted that this heat would continue into the middle of the following week, before giving way to rain by Wednesday. A southwesterly airstream was expected to impact the Guangdong coast midweek next week. The HKO had previously cautioned that the city may set record-breaking high temperatures this year and the next due to climate change, forecasting the arrival of a "super-strong" El Niño event.
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