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)
The year’s weather – 2024The WMO confirmed that 2024 was the warmest year on record. The global mean sea level continued to rise in 2024. Over the Antarctica and Arctic, sea-ice extent remained well below average during the year and Continue reading Newsletter Issue 51 (January 2025)
What’s New Competitions Public Talk Heywood Young Scientists Award Zhu Kezhen Prize Projection of very hot days, hot nights, and cold days in Hong Kong based on CMIP6 Models Wai Po TSE, Ka Wai SO, Sai Ming LEE, Tsz Cheung Continue reading Converging Divergence 盛放．匯聚 – HKMetS Bulletin, Volume 28, 2024
Sponsored Ho Koon 全方位認識熱帶氣旋 – 「天氣與氣候」問答遊戲及短影片創作比賽2024 (Comprehensive Understanding of Tropical Cyclones – Weather and Climate Q&A Game and Short Film Making Competition) in June 2024 Sponsored Co-WIN Teaching Application Awards (「社區天氣資訊網絡」教學應用獎) in July 2024 Ms MAK Ho-yi, Lydia 麥可兒小姐 delivered Continue reading What’s New (2024)
香港氣象學會一行20人在2024年12月14日參觀訪問「中國氣象局龍捲風重點開放實驗室」，與佛山市氣象局及氣象學會進行了寶貴的經驗交流。 20 members of the Hong Kong Meteorological Society visited the “China Meteorological Administration (CMA) Tornado Key Laboratory” on December 14, 2024 and engaged in valuable experience exchange with the Foshan Meteorological Bureau and Meteorological Society. 佛山同行首先帶我們參觀了位於氣象局外的「氣象主題公園」。公園位於佛山新城東平河濱河河畔，核心區域佔地7千平方米，結合氣象觀測與科普教育，免費對公眾開放。 Our Foshan counterparts Continue reading 參訪中國氣象局龍捲風重點開放實驗室 Visit to CMA Tornado Key Laboratory (14/12/2024)
The Weather of November 2024 – A wet November with three tropical cyclone episodesNovember 2024 was characterised by the successive strikes of tropical cyclones Yinxing, Toraji and Man-yi at the end of the typhoon season of Hong Kong, necessitating the Continue reading Newsletter Issue 50 (December 2024)
The Weather of October 2024 – The warmest OctoberMainly attributed to the weaker northeast monsoon over southern China, October 2024 was much warmer than usual in Hong Kong. The monthly mean maximum temperature of 30.3 degrees, monthly mean temperature of Continue reading Newsletter Issue 49 (November 2024)
香港氣象學會參觀交流團 – 為免向隅，報名從速香港氣象學會擬於2024年12月14日(星期六)籌辦交流團參觀佛山市氣象局和 中國氣象局龍卷風重點開放實驗室。誠邀會員參加，活動詳情及報名方法，請參照連結 https://forms.gle/XeSBPeWThWgYwUqZ9 。為免向隅，報名從速﹗ The weather of September 2024 – A wet and unseasonably hot September Mainly attributing to weaker than normal northeast monsoon over southern China, September 2024 was much hotter than usual in Hong Kong. The Continue reading Newsletter Issue 48 (October 2024)
The Weather of August 2024 – An exceptionally hot AugustMainly attributing to the warmer than normal SST over the northern part of the South China Sea and a stronger than usual southwesterly flow in the lower atmosphere over the coast Continue reading Newsletter Issue 47 (September 2024)
The Weather of July 2024 – An exceptionally hot JulyWith a stronger than usual subtropical ridge dominating over southern China for most of the time in the month, July 2024 was exceptionally hot in Hong Kong. The monthly mean minimum Continue reading Newsletter Issue 46 (August 2024)
