PRESS WEATHER NO. 156 - LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

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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

AN ANTICYCLONE ALOFT BROUGHT MAINLY FINE AND VERY HOT
WEATHER TO SOUTHEASTERN CHINA YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, IT WAS
MAINLY FINE APART FROM ONE OR TWO SHOWERS. A FEW
MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED OVER LAMMA ISLAND,
THE URBAN AREAS, SAI KUNG AND TSING YI. IT WAS VERY HOT
DURING THE DAY. TEMPERATURES OVER PARTS OF THE TERRITORY
ONCE ROSE TO AROUND 34 DEGREES. THE ANTICYCLONE ALOFT WILL
PERSIST TO AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN CHINA IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, TROPICAL STORM JONGDARI WAS CENTRED
ABOUT 100 KILOMETRES SOUTHWEST OF KAGOSHIMA. IT IS FORECAST
TO MOVE WEST AT ABOUT 18 KILOMETRES PER HOUR ACROSS THE
SEAS NEAR KYUSHU OF JAPAN.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2018)

MAINLY FINE AND VERY HOT APART FROM ONE OR TWO SHOWERS.
CLOUDY PERIODS IN THE MORNING AND AT NIGHT. TEMPERATURES
WILL RANGE BETWEEN 28 AND 33 DEGREES. MODERATE
SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS.

OUTLOOK : REMAINING VERY HOT WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR THE
REST OF THIS WEEK.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

MAINLY FINE AND VERY HOT

(PINYIN: TIANQI KURE)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 1

CAPTION: MAINLY FINE AND VERY HOT

MIN TEMP: 28 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 33 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 13

CAPTION: MAINLY FINE AND VERY HOT

TEMPS: 28 - 33 DEGREES

FOR MING PAO AND TA KUNG PAO:

CARTOON NO. 1

FOR WEN WEI PO:

CARTOON NO. 2

FOR ORIENTAL DAILY:

CARTOON NO. 16

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:45 HKT ON 31.07.2018