The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) said in a statement yesterday that a strong winter monsoon was expected to reach the coast of Guangdong province over the coming weekend, with the minimum temperature in the areas near the Pearl River Delta (PRD) dropping gradually to about five to eight degrees Celsius, reaching a “very cold” level.
With the arrival of a strong winter monsoon to the coast of Guangdong over the weekend, the statement pointed out, the northerly winds would strengthen significantly, with strong winds of Force 6 to 7 and gusts over the weekend. In addition, the statement added, under the influence of dry inland air at the same time, the weather in Macau would gradually become fine and that “very dry” weather was expected during the weekend.
According to the observatory, from today through Friday, due to the influence of a broad cloud and rain band, more clouds and a few showers are expected to occur, so the feeling of coldness would be even more pronounced with the cloudy and rainy weather.
The bureau urged the public to pay more attention to weather changes, stay warm and take care of the health of themselves and their families.
Meanwhile, as for whether the extremely low temperature of 1.6 degrees Celsius and a maximum sea-level pressure of about 1,037 hPa that occurred on January 24, 2016 would be repeated over the weekend, the bureau pointed out that according to current forecasts, the maximum sea-level pressure along the PRD over the weekend was expected to be about 1,030 hPa, which was lower than that in 2016. As a result, the bureau added, the cold air and the temperature in 2016 was stronger and lower, respectively, compared to the weather that the bureau was expected to affect Macau over the coming weekend.
The weather station has hoisted a Yellow cold weather alert for seven consecutive days, indicating cold weather was expected to continue in the next few days.
According to www.sensorsone.com, hectopascal (hPa) is a 100x multiple of the pascal, which is the SI unit for pressure. The hectopascal is the international unit for measuring atmospheric or barometric pressure. 1 hectopascal equals 100 pascals.
SI stands for International System of Units in all languages.
Due to its low value, the hectopascal is ideal for use as a measure of atmospheric pressure and other low gas pressures such as air flow differentials in air conditioning systems or wind tunnels, according to the website.
This image provided by the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) yesterday forecasts that the temperature may drop to just 5-8 degrees Celsius this coming Sunday in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region.
