Make the most of the fantastic weather this weekend, as a week of rain will follow shortly after with a tropical depression set to sweep across the South China Sea in the coming days.

According to the Hong Kong Observatory, the depression – currently off the coast of the Philippines – is expected to become a severe tropical storm by Saturday and a typhoon by Monday.

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Tropical depression on Oct 13. Photo: earth.nullschool.net

The Observatory predicts that the storm will be within 800 kilometres of Hong Kong by Sunday.

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The tropical depression is expected to gain strength and come within 800km by Sunday. Photo: Hong Kong Observatory screencap.

A bright, if not cloudy, weekend lays ahead though Tuesday will bring rain the territory.

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9-day weather forecast. Photo: Hong Kong Observatory.

Temperatures will range between 24 degrees Celsius to 29 degrees Celsius over the next nine days.

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Chantal Yuen is a Hong Kong journalist interested in issues dealing with religion and immigration. She majored in German and minored in Middle Eastern studies at Princeton University.