Hong Kong is to be ready for the squally thunderstorms on Thursday

Hong Kong weather watchdog said that the city will experience rain and thunderstorms tomorrow, Thursday as it continues to monitor the probability of a tropical cyclone development.

The forecaster said that unsettled weather would affect the city, with a broad area of low pressure over the central part of the South China Sea expected to move closer to Western Guangdong and Hainan Island between Wednesday and Thursday.

“Under its influence, there will be a few showers locally later [on Wednesday], and more showers with squally thunderstorms [on Thursday],” the forecaster said.

Hong Kong Observatory added that it was closely monitoring whether the area of low pressure would develop into a tropical cyclone.

It also issued a very hot weather warning at 6.54am, with the mercury climbing up to around 33°C in urban areas and a few degrees higher in the New Territories.