Mercury heads south in Hong Kong with low of six degrees Celsius forecast for next week
Intense cold surge from north is good news for clothing stores, though chance of snow is low
Temperatures will drop to as low as six degrees Celsius early next week, even as clothing stores see their sales figures rising, all thanks to an intense cold surge from the north.
In its nine-day weather forecast updated this morning, the Observatory expected the mercury will dip to seven degrees on Sunday and drop further to six degrees the next day.
“It will be windy and very cold over the region this weekend and early next week,” the Observatory said.
Weather information website weather-forecast.com, which makes automated forecasts based on modelling data from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and the US-based Global Forecast System, expects temperatures in Hong Kong to be even lower.
It expects four degrees on Saturday evening, and three degrees on Sunday and on Monday morning.
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The cold spell has been a godsend for clothing retailers who have weathered sluggish sales due to the warmer-than-usual temperatures over the past two months.