The Weather of September 2025 – A stormy and hot SeptemberSeptember 2025 was marked by the successive strikes of tropical cyclones Tapah, Mitag and Ragasa. The ferocious strike of Super Typhoon Ragasa necessitated the issuance of the Hurricane Signal No. Continue reading Newsletter Issue 60 (October 2025)
HKMetSoc Talk Series 2025 – Why Carbon Neutrality Matters? How? Date/Time: 25 October 2025, 14:30 – 16:30 Venue: Social Sciences Chamber, 11/F, The Jockey Club Tower, HKU Application via https://forms.gle/5jMTopsKKFPdVpFJ8 The event will begin with a 1-hour lecture ‘Why Carbon Continue reading Newsletter Issue 59 (September 2025)
HKMetSoc Talk Series 2025 – Why Polar Climate Matters Date/Time: 27 September 2025, 14:00 – 16:00 Venue: Yasumoto International Academic Park, CUHK Application via https://forms.gle/G8po2k51sWrUH6f2A The event will begin with a 1-hour guided tour of the Jockey Club Museum of Continue reading Newsletter Issue 58 (August 2025)
HK Meteorological Society Talk Series 2025 – Understanding Weather and Climate Change through Simulation and Monitoring Date/Time: 19 August 2025, 14:00 – 15:00 Venue: Lecture Theatre H, HKUST Application via https://forms.gle/fTVhpwNTxspLvR8P8 This will be followed by a 1-hour visit to Continue reading Newsletter Issue 57 (July 2025)
HK Meteorological Society Talk Series 2025 – GPS/Beidou/GNSS, Remote Sensing Satellites, and AI for Weather ForecastingDate/Time: 25 July 2025, 14:30–15:30 Venue: Z Core, Hong Kong Polytechnic University Application via https://forms.gle/X4szP7UGFy2iK1Jz6 This will be followed by a 2-hour visit to (1) Continue reading Newsletter Issue 56 (June 2025)
日期︰2025年7月19日 (星期六) 時間︰上午9:30 – 上午11:30 地點︰香港資優教育學苑105室 對象︰於 2024 至 2025 學年為中一至中六的香港資優教育學苑學員 本次講座旨在為學員提供與地球科學領域相關的學術發展路徑與職涯機會，協助學員培養對地質學、 氣象學、行星科學等地球科學相關領域的興趣。 本講座由香港天文台、土木工程拓展署土力工程處、香港大學地球科學系、香港地質學會、香港氣象 學會、倫敦地質學會香港分部、香港直接資助計劃學校議會及香港輔導教師協會聯合主辦，內容涵蓋： • 大學階段修讀地球科學的入學要求 • 氣象學、地質學及氣候科學領域的就業前景 • 業界人士分享職場實況及求職準備心得
Call for submissions – HKMetS e-bulletin “Converging divergence”It is time to prepare for the Society’s e-bulletin “Converging divergence”. You may send your article to hkms25@meteorology.org.hk. The template for submitting a research article can be downloaded here. Not limited to research Continue reading Newsletter Issue 55 (May 2025)
The weather of March 2025 – A relatively dry and mild MarchThe weather of March 2025 was drier and milder than usual in Hong Kong. The monthly mean relative humidity of 74% was 8% below the normal of 82% and Continue reading Newsletter Issue 54 (April 2025)
World Meteorological Day 2025 – Closing the early warning gap togetherWMO recently confirmed that 2024 was the hottest year on record. Changes in our environment are driving more extreme weather events. Rapidly intensifying tropical cyclones, devastating rainfall, storm surges, flooding, Continue reading Newsletter Issue 53 (March 2025)
The weather of January 2025 – A dry and sunny JanuaryWith the dominance of dry northeast monsoon over southern China for most of the time in the month, January 2025 was marked by dry and sunny weather in Hong Kong. Continue reading Newsletter Issue 52 (February 2025)
