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

A BROAD BAND OF CLOUDS BROUGHT RAINY WEATHER TO GUANGDONG
YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, IT WAS OVERCAST WITH RAIN. MORE THAN 20
MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED OVER MOST PARTS OF
THE TERRITORY, AND RAINFALL EVEN EXCEEDED 50 MILLIMETRES
OVER THE EASTERN PART OF HONG KONG ISLAND, KWUN TONG AND
TSEUNG KWAN O. BESIDES, A COLD FRONT FORMED OVER CENTRAL
CHINA YESTERDAY AND MOVED SOUTHWARDS GRADUALLY. IT IS
EXPECTED TO BRING RAINY WEATHER TO THE COAST OF GUANGDONG
TODAY AND TEMPERATURES WILL FALL SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE
REGION.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016)

CLOUDY TO OVERCAST WITH OCCASIONAL RAIN. TEMPERATURES WILL
BE ABOUT 22 DEGREES AT FIRST. BECOMING COOL SIGNIFICANTLY
DURING THE DAY. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO AROUND 15 DEGREES
AT NIGHT IN THE URBAN AREAS, AND TWO TO THREE DEGREES LOWER
IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. FRESH EASTERLY WINDS, STRONG
OFFSHORE AND ON HIGH GROUND. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHERLY
GRADUALLY.

OUTLOOK : RATHER COOL ON THURSDAY MORNING. THE MINIMUM
TEMPERATURE WILL BE AROUND 14 DEGREES IN THE URBAN AREAS,
AND TWO TO THREE DEGREES LOWER IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
REMAINING COOL IN THE LATTER PART OF THIS WEEK.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

BECOMING COOL SIGNIFICANTLY

(PINYIN: XIAN ZHU ZHUAN LIANG)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 7

CAPTION: BECOMING COOL SIGNIFICANTLY

MIN TEMP: 15 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 22 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 8

CAPTION: BECOMING COOL SIGNIFICANTLY

TEMPS: 15 - 22 DEGREES

FOR MING PAO AND TA KUNG PAO:

CARTOON NO. 12

FOR WEN WEI PO:

CARTOON NO. 13

FOR ORIENTAL DAILY:

CARTOON NO. 17

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:45 HKT ON 22.11.2016