Hong Kong ‘should brace for effects of possible low-pressure area off Philippines’

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The Hong Kong Observatory has warned of the possible development of an area of low pressure near Luzon in the Philippines next week that could affect the coast of southeastern China.

The forecaster said on Saturday that the weather would be mainly fine over southern China early next week, with persistently very hot days under the influence of an anticyclone aloft. But conditions were expected to become unstable later in the week.

“An area of low pressure may develop near Luzon within the broad trough of low pressure early to midweek next week, and move in the general direction of the seas east of Taiwan to the vicinity of the coast of southeastern China in the middle and latter parts of next week,” the observatory said.

“Its chance of development over the South China Sea still cannot be ruled out, but remains rather uncertain.”

According to the latest nine-day forecast, temperatures in the coming week are projected to range between 26 and 33 degrees Celsius (73.4 and 91.4 Fahrenheit).