Hong Kong may issue No 1 typhoon signal between Saturday afternoon and night

“Depending on its movement, the Observatory will consider issuing the standby signal No 1 tomorrow afternoon to tomorrow night,” it said.

Pedestrians in North Point cross the road in the rain. Photo: Jelly Tse

“Under [the cyclone’s] influence, there will be squally showers and it will be windy offshore and on high ground in the vicinity of the Pearl River Estuary on Sunday and Monday.”

Meanwhile, a subtropical ridge is expected to bring very hot weather to southeastern China on Saturday with a few showers over the region. Another area of low pressure over the western North Pacific is also bringing unsettled weather to the region.

Mainly cloudy weather with a few showers and isolated thunderstorms are expected in the city on Friday, with temperatures ranging from 27 to 32 degrees Celsius (80.6 to 89.6 Fahrenheit).

Very hot weather with sunny intervals and a few showers are expected on Saturday, and squally showers and thunderstorms in the following couple of days.

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