Weather and traffic｜This morning, the temperature was only about 17 degrees with strong wind and rain

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Written by: Cao Jiajun

2021-02-10 06:26

The last update date: 2021-02-10 06:26

A strong easterly airstream is affecting the coast of Guangdong.

In addition, a rain belt is covering western Guangdong and gradually moving eastward. It is expected that the rain belt will affect the Pearl River estuary area in the morning.

The Observatory predicts that Hong Kong will be cloudy today with occasional rain.

The rain is more frequent in the morning, the daytime temperature hovers around 17 degrees, the wind is fresh to strong easterly, offshore and highland winds occasionally blow gale.

Later in the day, the northerly wind turned to moderate, the rain weakened and the weather was slightly cooler.

(Observatory website)

According to the Observatory's outlook, due to high-altitude disturbances, heavy rain and squally thunderstorms in Guangdong today.

As the rain band moved away, the weather improved on New Year's Eve and it was cool in the morning.

During the Lunar New Year holiday, there is sunshine during part of the holiday and warm during the day.

(Observatory website)

The Transport Department stated that due to urgent maintenance of water mains, the middle line of Cheung Sha Wan Road towards Mei Foo near Yen Chow Street has now been closed.

Motorists can only use the remaining down lanes.

In addition, due to strong winds, the center line of the Hong Kong Link Road of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge has been closed.

The maximum speed limit on the Hong Kong Link of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge has been reduced from 100 kilometers per hour to 50 kilometers per hour; the speed limit on the express and center lines of the main bridge of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge has been reduced from 100 kilometers per hour to 80 kilometers per hour. The line speed limit was reduced from 80 kilometers per hour to 60 kilometers per hour; the center line of Stonecutters Bridge was closed, and only the fast and slow lines were opened to vehicles, and the speed limit was reduced to 50 kilometers per hour.

Hong Kong Observatory Weather Forecast