LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

(FOR PRESS ONLY.)

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

GENERAL SITUATION

ROKE INTENSIFIED FROM A TROPICAL DEPRESSION INTO A TROPICAL
STORM YESTERDAY MORNING AND MADE LANDFALL NEAR SAI KUNG
EAST COUNTRY PARK. IT MOVED INTO INLAND GUANGDONG AND
WEAKENED PROGRESSIVELY INTO AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE.
LOCALLY, UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ROKE, THERE WERE OCCASIONAL
HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MORE THAN 40
MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED OVER HONG KONG
ISLAND. UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE, IT
WILL BECOME FINE AND VERY HOT GRADUALLY OVER SOUTHERN CHINA
IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

BESIDES, THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION OVER THE SEAS EAST OF
HAINAN ISLAND WAS NAMED SONCA IN THE AFTERNOON. AT 11 P.M.
LAST NIGHT, SONCA WAS CENTRED ABOUT 200 EAST-SOUTHEAST OF
SANYA. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHWEST OR WEST-NORTHWEST
SLOWLY TOWARDS HAINAN ISLAND.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (MONDAY, 24 JUL 2017)

MAINLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS. SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVY WITH A
FEW THUNDERSTORMS AT FIRST. SHOWERS WILL EASE OFF GRADUALLY
WITH SUNNY INTERVALS DURING THE DAY. TEMPERATURES WILL
RANGE BETWEEN 26 AND 31 DEGREES. MODERATE TO FRESH EAST TO
SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS.

OUTLOOK : BECOMING FINE AND VERY HOT IN THE FOLLOWING
COUPLE OF DAYS.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

SUNNY INTERVALS AND A FEW SHOWERS

(PINYIN: YANGGUANG ZHOUYU)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 2

CAPTION: SUNNY INTERVALS AND A FEW SHOWERS

MIN TEMP: 26 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 31 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 11

CAPTION: SUNNY INTERVALS AND A FEW SHOWERS

TEMPS: 26 - 31 DEGREES

FOR MING PAO AND TA KUNG PAO:

CARTOON NO. 7

FOR WEN WEI PO:

CARTOON NO. 13

FOR ORIENTAL DAILY:

CARTOON NO. 3

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:26 HKT ON 23.07.2017