LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

(FOR PRESS ONLY.)

HERE IS THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETIN ISSUED BY THE HONG KONG
OBSERVATORY.

GENERAL SITUATION

SARIKA MOVED ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA
SEA, AND INTENSIFIED FROM A TYPHOON INTO A SEVERE TYPHOON
YESTERDAY. THE OUTER RAINBAND AFFECTED THE SOUTH CHINA
COAST GRADUALLY. LOCALLY, THERE WERE SUNNY INTERVALS
YESTERDAY MORNING AND BECAME CLOUDY WITH A FEW SQUALLY
SHOWERS LATER. UNDER THE COMBINED EFFECT OF SARIKA AND THE
NORTHEAST MONSOON, IT WILL BE WINDY WITH SQUALLY SHOWERS
OVER THE SOUTH CHINA COAST. BESIDES, HAIMA INTENSIFIED FROM
A SEVERE TYPHOON INTO A SUPER TYPHOON YESTERDAY. IT IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF THE NORTHERN
PART OF LUZON TODAY AND TOMORROW.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2016)

FRESH TO STRONG EASTERLY WINDS, OCCASIONALLY GALE FORCE
OFFSHORE AT FIRST. CLOUDY TO OVERCAST WITH RAIN AND
SQUALLS. RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. TEMPERATURES WILL
RANGE BETWEEN 23 AND 26 DEGREES. THERE WILL BE ROUGH SEAS
AND SWELLS.

OUTLOOK : RAIN WILL EASE OFF GRADUALLY IN THE FOLLOWING
COUPLE OF DAYS. THERE WILL BE SHOWERS AND SQUALLS AGAIN
TOWARDS WEEKEND.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

SQUALLY SHOWERS

(PINYIN: KUANGFENG ZHOUYU)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 7

CAPTION: SQUALLY SHOWERS

MIN TEMP: 23 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 26 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 8

CAPTION: SQUALLY SHOWERS

TEMPS: 23 - 26 DEGREES

FOR MING PAO AND TA KUNG PAO:

CARTOON NO. 13

FOR WEN WEI PO:

CARTOON NO. 13

FOR ORIENTAL DAILY:

CARTOON NO. 8

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:16 HKT ON 17.10.2016