Humidity nears 100% in Hong Kong, as visibility drops
Hong Kong Free Press
Hong Kong awoke to another day with relative humidity reaching almost 100 per cent across the territory, according to the Observatory. It is predicted to hit 99 per cent in Tseung Kwan O later on Wednesday.
Visibility fell below 100 metres at Waglan Island on Wednesday morning, it said, owing to a humid southerly airstream across Guangdong.
Temperatures of up to 25 degrees Celsius are expected, though the mercury is predicted to dip on Thursday with lows of 16 degrees Celsius for the rest of the week.
“The northeast monsoon will gradually affect the coast of southern China today. It will be windy and cool over the region in the following few days. An upper-air disturbance is expected to bring unsettled weather to Guangdong early to midweek next week,” the Observatory said.
Social media users have shared images of damp corridors, rooms and walls.
“Sweating” walls are a result of cold air being rapidly enveloped by moist, warm air.
On Wednesday, the Marine Department urged vessels to navigate with extreme caution due to “restricted visibility of less than 2 nautical miles.”
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