Observatory issues frost warning, as week gets off to a chilly start

It’s cold AF.

F here, of course, stands for frost, which was expected in parts of Hong Kong this morning.

The Observatory yesterday issued its first frost warning of the winter, telling farmers and others concerned that ground frost was likely in the northern part of the New Territories this morning.

A cold weather too remains in force across the territory, in case you didn’t notice.

As of 10am, the weather service recorded a temperature of 8.4 degrees celsius over at its headquarters on Tsim Sha Tsui.

North in the New Territories, the mercury’s hovering around 7 degrees, though has plunged below zero at the elevated weather station at Tai Mo Shan.

Residents are urged to wear warm clothes, ventilate their homes, and not run their heaters too close to things that burn.

Speaking of which, the Observatory has also a fire warning too, calling the fire risk “extreme” amid the cold but dry weather.

And while the cold’s definitely causing a bit of shivering, some residents felt a different kind of trembling yesterday.

The Observatory said it had received several reports from people who felt a magnitude 6.0 earthquake that occurred at 9:57pm last night in Taiwan.

The epicenter of the quake was located about  20 kilometers north-northeast of Hualian, a city on the island’s east coast.

Back to the weather, which is expected to remain cold tomorrow (a low of eight degrees) and warm up slightly as the week progresses.

While we here at Coconuts HK are eagerly anticipating the swathe of videos of frost chasers being stuck on Tai Mo Shan, or frost chasers arguing with police officers trying to catch a glimpse of frost, we do encourage you to stay safe and stay warm.

And on that note, here is a video from January 2016 of hikers slipping on ice on Tai Mo Shan.

Enjoy it, preferably indoors.