Weather forecast for Kota Kinabalu produced at 6:30 PM Thursday August 31

Kota Kinabalu weather forecast produced at 6:30 PM Thursday August 31:

Explanatory notes:



Light southwest monsoon conditions until Sunday then possible inter monsoon conditions as the region lies in the doldrums.

Light southwesterly steering flow tomorrow,offshore steering flow from weekend.



Forecast gives more weightage to the ECMWF model than the GFS model.

The rest of Thursday August 31:

Precis forecast:Possible light rain clearing.

Partly cloudy.A medium(40%) chance of light rain this evening.Light winds.
Chance of any rain:40%

Friday September 1:

24-34 Degrees Celsius

Precis forecast:Possible shower or thunderstorm.
Partly cloudy.A slight(30%) chance of showers and thunderstorms.Light winds.

Chance of any rain:30%

Saturday September 2:

24-34 Degrees Celsius

Precis forecast:Possible afternoon/evening shower or thunderstorm.
Partly cloudy.A medium(50%) chance of a showers and thunderstorms from afternoon over the hills and foot hills,a slight(30%) chance elsewhere including the city center.Light winds.
Chance of any rain:30%

Sunday September 3:

24-34 Degrees Celsius

Precis forecast:Possible afternoon/evening shower or thunderstorm.
Partly cloudy.A medium(50%) chance of a showers and thunderstorms from afternoon over the hills and foot hills,a slight(30%) chance elsewhere including the city center.Light winds.
Chance of any rain:30%

Monday September 4:

24-34 Degrees Celsius

Precis forecast:Possible afternoon/evening showers and thunderstorms.
Partly cloudy.A medium(60%) chance of a showers and thunderstorms from afternoon over the hills and foot hills,a medium(40%) chance elsewhere including the city center.Light winds.
Chance of any rain:40%

Tuesday September 5:

24-34 Degrees Celsius

Precis forecast:Possible afternoon/evening showers and thunderstorms.
Partly cloudy.A high(70%) chance of a showers and thunderstorms from afternoon over the hills and foot hills,a medium(50%) chance elsewhere including the city center.Light winds.
Chance of any rain:50%

Wednesday September 6:

24-34 Degrees Celsius

Precis forecast:Afternoon/evening showers and thunderstorms.
Partly cloudy.A high(80%) chance of a showers and thunderstorms from afternoon over the hills and foot hills,a medium(60%) chance elsewhere including the city center.Light winds.
Chance of any rain:60%

Thursday September 7:

24-34 Degrees Celsius

Precis forecast:Possible afternoon/evening showers and thunderstorms.
Partly cloudy.A medium(60%) chance of a showers and thunderstorms from afternoon over the hills and foot hills,a medium(40%) chance elsewhere including the city center.Light winds.
Chance of any rain:40%

Forecast produced at 6:30 PM Thursday August 31.Weather icons courtesy of the US National Weather Service.

Weather forecast for Kota Kinabalu produced at 6:45 PM Wednesday August 30

Kota Kinabalu weather forecast produced at 6:45 PM Wednesday August 30:

Explanatory notes:



Light southwest monsoon conditions throughout the forecast period.

Moderate southwesterly steering flow on Thursday,light steering flow on Friday then offshore steering flow from weekend.


Forecast gives more weightage to the ECMWF model than the GFS model.

The rest of Wednesday August 30:

Precis forecast:Possible light rain clearing.
Partly cloudy.A slight(30%) chance of light rain this evening.Light winds.
Chance of any rain:30%

Thursday August 31:

24-34 Degrees Celsius

Precis forecast:Possible afternoon/evening showers and thunderstorms.
Partly cloudy.A medium(60%) chance of a showers and thunderstorms from afternoon over the hills and foot hills,a slight(30%) chance elsewhere including the city center.Light winds.
Chance of any rain:30%

Friday September 1:

24-34 Degrees Celsius

Precis forecast:Possible afternoon/evening showers and thunderstorms.
Partly cloudy.A medium(60%) chance of a showers and thunderstorms from afternoon over the hills and foot hills,a slight(30%) chance elsewhere including the city center.Light winds.

Chance of any rain:30% including the city center.Light winds.

Chance of any rain:50%

Saturday September 2:

24-34 Degrees Celsius

Precis forecast:Possible afternoon/evening showers and thunderstorms.
Partly cloudy.A slight(20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms in the early hours and morning.A medium(60%) chance of a showers and thunderstorms from afternoon over the hills and foot hills,a medium(40%) chance elsewhere including the city center.Light winds.
Chance of any rain:40%

Sunday September 3:

24-34 Degrees Celsius

Precis forecast:Possible afternoon/evening showers and thunderstorms.
Partly cloudy.A medium(60%) chance of a showers and thunderstorms from afternoon over the hills and foot hills,a medium(40%) chance elsewhere including the city center.Light winds.
Chance of any rain:40%

Monday September 4:

24-34 Degrees Celsius

Precis forecast:Possible afternoon/evening showers and thunderstorms.
Partly cloudy.A medium(60%) chance of a showers and thunderstorms from afternoon over the hills and foot hills,a medium(40%) chance elsewhere including the city center.Light winds.
Chance of any rain:40%

Tuesday September 5:

24-34 Degrees Celsius

Precis forecast:Possible afternoon/evening showers and thunderstorms.
Partly cloudy.A slight(20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms in the early hours and morning.A medium(60%) chance of a showers and thunderstorms from afternoon over the hills and foot hills,a medium(40%) chance elsewhere including the city center.Light winds.
Chance of any rain:40%

Wednesday September 6:

24-34 Degrees Celsius

Precis forecast:Possible afternoon/evening showers and thunderstorms.
Partly cloudy.A slight(20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms in the early hours and morning.A medium(60%) chance of a showers and thunderstorms from afternoon over the hills and foot hills,a medium(40%) chance elsewhere including the city center.Light winds.
Chance of any rain:40%

Forecast produced at 6:45 PM Wednesday August 30.Weather icons courtesy of the US National Weather Service.

Weather forecast for Kota Kinabalu produced at 6:00 PM Tuesday August 29

Kota Kinabalu weather forecast produced at 6:00 PM Tuesday August 29:

Explanatory notes:



Light southwest monsoon conditions throughout the forecast period.

Light steering flow tomorrow,moderate southwesterly steering flow on Thursday,light steering flow on Friday then offshore steering flow from weekend.


Forecast gives more weightage to the ECMWF model than the GFS model.

The rest of Tuesday August 29:

Precis forecast:Partly to mostly cloudy.
Partly to mostly cloudy.A slight(20%) chance of a shower or thunderstorm this evening.Light winds.
Chance of any rain:20%

Wednesday August 30:

24-33 Degrees Celsius

Precis forecast:Afternoon/evening showers and thunderstorms.
Partly cloudy.A slight(20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms in the early hours and morning.A very high(95%) chance of a showers and thunderstorms from afternoon over the hills and foot hills,a medium(60%) chance elsewhere including the city center.Light winds.
Chance of any rain:60%

Thursday August 31:

24-34 Degrees Celsius

Precis forecast:Possible afternoon/evening showers and thunderstorms.
Partly cloudy.A medium(60%) chance of a showers and thunderstorms from afternoon over the hills and foot hills,a slight(30%) chance elsewhere including the city center.Light winds.
Chance of any rain:30%

Friday September 1:

24-34 Degrees Celsius

Precis forecast:Possible afternoon/evening showers and thunderstorms.
Partly cloudy.A medium(60%) chance of a showers and thunderstorms from afternoon over the hills and foot hills,a slight(30%) chance elsewhere including the city center.Light winds.

Chance of any rain:30% including the city center.Light winds.

Chance of any rain:50%

Saturday September 2:

24-34 Degrees Celsius

Precis forecast:Possible afternoon/evening showers and thunderstorms.
Partly cloudy.A slight(20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms in the early hours and morning.A medium(60%) chance of a showers and thunderstorms from afternoon over the hills and foot hills,a medium(40%) chance elsewhere including the city center.Light winds.
Chance of any rain:40%

Sunday September 3:

24-34 Degrees Celsius

Precis forecast:Possible afternoon/evening showers and thunderstorms.
Partly cloudy.A medium(60%) chance of a showers and thunderstorms from afternoon over the hills and foot hills,a medium(40%) chance elsewhere including the city center.Light winds.
Chance of any rain:40%

Monday September 4:

24-34 Degrees Celsius

Precis forecast:Possible afternoon/evening showers and thunderstorms.
Partly cloudy.A medium(60%) chance of a showers and thunderstorms from afternoon over the hills and foot hills,a medium(40%) chance elsewhere including the city center.Light winds.
Chance of any rain:40%

Tuesday September 5:

24-34 Degrees Celsius

Precis forecast:Possible afternoon/evening showers and thunderstorms.
Partly cloudy.A slight(20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms in the early hours and morning.A medium(60%) chance of a showers and thunderstorms from afternoon over the hills and foot hills,a medium(40%) chance elsewhere including the city center.Light winds.
Chance of any rain:40%

Forecast produced at 6:00 PM Tuesday August 29.Weather icons courtesy of the US National Weather Service.

Weather forecast for Kota Kinabalu produced at 6:45 PM Monday August 28

Kota Kinabalu weather forecast produced at 6:45 PM Monday August 28:

Explanatory notes:



Light southwest monsoon conditions throughout the forecast period.

A somewhat offshore steering flow throughout the forecast period except maybe on Thursday but still plenty of uncertainty


Forecast gives more weightage to the ECMWF model than the GFS model.

The rest of Monday August 28:

Precis forecast:Partly cloudy.
Partly cloudy.Light winds.
Chance of any rain:10%

Tuesday August 29:

24-33 Degrees Celsius

Precis forecast:Afternoon/evening showers and thunderstorms.
Partly cloudy.A very high(95%) chance of a showers and thunderstorms from afternoon over the hills and foot hills,a high(70%) chance elsewhere including the city center.Light winds.
Chance of any rain:70%

Wednesday August 30:

24-33 Degrees Celsius

Precis forecast:Afternoon/evening showers and thunderstorms.
Partly cloudy.A slight(20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms in the early hours and morning.A very high(95%) chance of a showers and thunderstorms from afternoon over the hills and foot hills,a high(70%) chance elsewhere including the city center.Light winds.
Chance of any rain:70%

Thursday August 31:

24-34 Degrees Celsius

Precis forecast:Possible afternoon/evening showers and thunderstorms.
Partly cloudy.A slight(20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms in the early hours and morning.A high(70%) chance of a showers and thunderstorms from afternoon over the hills and foot hills,a medium(40%) chance elsewhere including the city center.Light winds.
Chance of any rain:40%

Friday September 1:

24-34 Degrees Celsius

Precis forecast:Possible afternoon/evening showers and thunderstorms.
Partly cloudy.A high(70%) chance of a showers and thunderstorms from afternoon over the hills and foot hills,a medium(50%) chance elsewhere including the city center.Light winds.
Chance of any rain:50%

Saturday September 2:

24-34 Degrees Celsius

Precis forecast:Possible afternoon/evening showers and thunderstorms.
Partly cloudy.A high(70%) chance of a showers and thunderstorms from afternoon over the hills and foot hills,a medium(50%) chance elsewhere including the city center.Light winds.
Chance of any rain:50%

Sunday September 3:

24-34 Degrees Celsius

Precis forecast:Possible afternoon/evening showers and thunderstorms.
Partly cloudy.A high(70%) chance of a showers and thunderstorms from afternoon over the hills and foot hills,a medium(50%) chance elsewhere including the city center.Light winds.
Chance of any rain:50%

Monday September 4:

24-34 Degrees Celsius

Precis forecast:Possible afternoon/evening showers and thunderstorms.
Partly cloudy.A high(70%) chance of a showers and thunderstorms from afternoon over the hills and foot hills,a medium(50%) chance elsewhere including the city center.Light winds.
Chance of any rain:50%

Forecast produced at 6:45 PM Monday August 28.Weather icons courtesy of the US National Weather Service.

Weather forecast for Kota Kinabalu produced at 5:30 PM Sunday August 27

Kota Kinabalu weather forecast produced at 5:30 PM Sunday August 27:

Explanatory notes:



Light southwest monsoon conditions throughout the forecast period.

A somewhat offshore steering flow throughout the forecast period except maybe on Thursday but still plenty of uncertainty


Forecast gives more weightage to the ECMWF model than the GFS model.

The rest of Sunday August 27:

Precis forecast:Possible light rain clearing.

Partly cloudy.A slight(30%) chance of light rain clearing in the evening.Light winds.
Chance of any rain:30%

Monday August 28:

24-34 Degrees Celsius

Precis forecast:Possible afternoon/evening showers and thunderstorms.
Partly cloudy.A high(70%) chance of a showers and thunderstorms from afternoon over the hills and foot hills,a medium(50%) chance elsewhere including the city center.Light winds.
Chance of any rain:50%

Tuesday August 29:

24-33 Degrees Celsius

Precis forecast:Afternoon/evening showers and thunderstorms.
Partly cloudy.A very high(95%) chance of a showers and thunderstorms from afternoon over the hills and foot hills,a high(70%) chance elsewhere including the city center.Light winds.
Chance of any rain:70%

Wednesday August 30:

24-33 Degrees Celsius

Precis forecast:Afternoon/evening showers and thunderstorms.
Partly cloudy.A slight(20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms in the early hours and morning.A very high(95%) chance of a showers and thunderstorms from afternoon over the hills and foot hills,a high(70%) chance elsewhere including the city center.Light winds.
Chance of any rain:70%

Thursday August 31:

24-34 Degrees Celsius

Precis forecast:Possible afternoon/evening showers and thunderstorms.
Partly cloudy.A slight(20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms in the early hours and morning.A high(70%) chance of a showers and thunderstorms from afternoon over the hills and foot hills,a medium(40%) chance elsewhere including the city center.Light winds.
Chance of any rain:40%

Friday September 1:

24-34 Degrees Celsius

Precis forecast:Possible afternoon/evening showers and thunderstorms.
Partly cloudy.A high(70%) chance of a showers and thunderstorms from afternoon over the hills and foot hills,a medium(50%) chance elsewhere including the city center.Light winds.
Chance of any rain:50%

Saturday September 2:

24-34 Degrees Celsius

Precis forecast:Possible afternoon/evening showers and thunderstorms.
Partly cloudy.A high(70%) chance of a showers and thunderstorms from afternoon over the hills and foot hills,a medium(50%) chance elsewhere including the city center.Light winds.
Chance of any rain:50%

Sunday September 3:

24-34 Degrees Celsius

Precis forecast:Possible afternoon/evening showers and thunderstorms.
Partly cloudy.A high(70%) chance of a showers and thunderstorms from afternoon over the hills and foot hills,a medium(50%) chance elsewhere including the city center.Light winds.
Chance of any rain:50%

Forecast produced at 5:30 PM Saturday August 26.Weather icons courtesy of the US National Weather Service.