The Macau Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) said in a statement yesterday that under the impact of a subtropical high pressure, the city has experienced “very hot” weather in recent days, with some areas recording high temperatures of 35 degrees Celsius, adding that the scorching weather was expected to continue from today through Thursday.
The statement noted that a broad trough of low pressure currently located in the central part of the South China Sea will gradually move towards the northern part of the sea and the coast of Guangdong province. Therefore, the statement added, the weather station predicts “alternating sunshine and rain” in Macau from Thursday, which was expected “to relieve the heat” during part of the daytime.
According to the statement, the observatory has issued its Yellow “very hot” weather alert for two consecutive days, adding that the high temperature was expected to continue in the coming days with increased cloud cover and some showers towards the weekend.
The observatory has a two-level hot weather warning system: Yellow for “very hot” and Orange for “extremely hot” weather.
The statement underlined that people could “shelter from the heat” while following the government’s COVID-19 prevention measures at home.
The government has urged residents to stay at home this week because of its ongoing fight against the current COVID-19 outbreak.
The weather station urged people to pay close attention to the latest weather announcements, and take the necessary rain gear, heatstroke prevention and COVID-19 prevention supplies when going to a nucleic acid testing (NAT) station this week.
The government has ordered people in Macau to undergo four NATs this week, i.e., every other day through Sunday.
This infographic provided by the Macau Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) yesterday shows the predicted temperatures above 31 degrees Celsius from today to next Monday.
