LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

(FOR PRESS AND TO BE BROADCAST BY RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS

AFTER MIDNIGHT.)

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

GENERAL SITUATION

SARIKA MOVED ACROSS HAINAN ISLAND AND WEAKENED FROM A
SEVERE TYPHOON INTO A SEVERE TROPICAL STROM GRADUALLY
YESTERDAY. ITS OUTER RAINBANDS CONTINUED TO AFFECT THE
SOUTH CHINA COAST YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, IT WAS CLOUDY TO
OVERCAST WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SQUALLS. MORE THAN 70
MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE GENERALLY RECORDED OVER THE
TERRITORY, AND RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF THE TERRITORY EVEN
EXCEEDED 150 MILLIMETRES. AS SARIKA MOVING ACROSS BEIBU WAN
AND DISSIPATING INLAND, RAIN WILL EASE OFF GRADUALLY OVER
THE COAST OF GUANGDONG AND WINDS WILL ALSO WEAKEN TODAY AND
TOMORROW.

AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, SUPER TYPHOON HAIMA WAS CENTRED
ABOUT 830 KILOMETRES EAST OF MANILA. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE
WEST-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 25 KILOMETRES PER HOUR TOWARDS THE
NORTHERN PART OF LUZON.
 
MEANWHILE, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM SARIKA WAS CENTRED ABOUT
350 KILOMETRES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF NANNING. IT IS FORECAST
TO MOVE NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 12 KILOMETRES PER HOUR ACROSS
BEIBU WAN.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016)

CLOUDY WITH SQUALLY SHOWERS. SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES
AT FIRST AND WILL EASE OFF GRADUALLY LATER. TEMPERATURES
WILL RANGE BETWEEN 24 AND 27 DEGREES. FRESH EAST TO
SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS, STRONG OFFSHORE AT FIRST. SEAS WILL BE
ROUGH WITH SWELLS.

OUTLOOK : SUNNY PERIODS ON THURSDAY. HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS
AND SWELLS ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

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: 24 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 27 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 8

CAPTION: SQUALLY SHOWERS

TEMPS: 24 - 27 DEGREES

FOR MING PAO AND TA KUNG PAO:

CARTOON NO. 12

FOR WEN WEI PO:

CARTOON NO. 13

FOR ORIENTAL DAILY:

CARTOON NO. 8

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:14 HKT ON 19.10.2016