Hong Kong has raised the Cold Weather Warning, with temperatures expected to dip to lows of 12 degrees Celsius on Wednesday.

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A man in a winter jacket. File photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP.

“Under the influence of a dry northeast monsoon, it will be generally fine and windier over the coast of Guangdong in the next couple of days,” the Observatory said on Tuesday. “The monsoon will moderate slightly over the weekend. Temperatures will rise over the coastal areas. A replenishment of the monsoon is expected to reach the coast of southern China early to midweek next week.”

Temperatures will rise towards the weekend, with hights of 22 degrees Celsius predicted on Sunday.

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Photo: HKO.

The Cold Weather Warning was issued at 4:20 p.m on Tuesday, as the Social Welfare Department urged the elderly to take precautionary measures.

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