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

SHOWERS AFFECTED THE COAST OF GUANGDONG AND THE NORTHERN
PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, IT WAS
CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MORE THAN
30 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED IN MANY PLACES,
RAINFALL EVEN EXCEEDED 50 MILLIMETRES OVER TSEUNG KWAN O
AND CHEUNG CHAU. A SOUTHWESTERLY AIRSTREAM IS EXPECTED TO
BRING SHOWERS TO THE SOUTH CHINA COAST TODAY.

BESIDES, TROPICAL STORM BEBINCA MOVED ACROSS THE NORTHERN
PART OF VIETNAM AND LAOS YESTERDAY, AND WEAKENED
PROGRESSIVELY FROM A SEVERE TROPICAL STORM INTO AN AREA OF
LOW PRESSURE. TROPICAL STORM RUMBIA MADE LANDFALL OVER
SHANGHAI YESTERDAY MORNING. 
 
AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, TROPICAL STORM RUMBIA WAS CENTRED
ABOUT 170 KILOMETRES WEST OF NANJING. IT IS FORECAST TO
MOVE WEST-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 22 KILOMETRES PER HOUR ACROSS
THE INLAND AREAS OF ANHUI AND HENAN, AND WEAKEN GRADUALLY.
 
MEANWHILE, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM SOULIK WAS CENTRED ABOUT
190 KILOMETRES SOUTHWEST OF IWO JIMA. IT IS FORECAST TO
MOVE NORTH-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 10 KILOMETRES PER HOUR ACROSS
WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (SATURDAY, 18 AUG 2018)

MAINLY CLOUDY WITH A FEW SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS. SUNNY INTERVALS IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 27 AND 31 DEGREES. MODERATE
SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS.

OUTLOOK : A FEW SHOWERS AND SUNNY INTERVALS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUPLE OF DAYS.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

A FEW SHOWERS AND SUNNY INTERVALS

(PINYIN: YANGGUANG ZHOUYU)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 2

CAPTION: A FEW SHOWERS AND SUNNY INTERVALS

MIN TEMP: 27 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 31 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 11

CAPTION: A FEW SHOWERS AND SUNNY INTERVALS

TEMPS: 27 - 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 23:45 HKT ON 17.08.2018