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 TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE BROUGHT THUNDERY SHOWERS TO
GUANGDONG YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, IT WAS MAINLY CLOUDY WITH
OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. MORE THAN 10
MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED IN MANY PLACES, AND
RAINFALL EVEN EXCEEDED 30 MILLIMETRES OVER NEW TERRITORIES
EAST, TSUEN WAN AND YUEN LONG. THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE
AFFECTING GUANGDONG IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN GRADUALLY,
SHOWERS WILL EASE OFF AND THE WEATHER WILL IMPROVE OVER THE
COASTAL AREAS DURING THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (SATURDAY, 1 SEP 2018)

MAINLY CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS. ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS AT FIRST. SHOWERS WILL EASE OFF LATER.
TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 27 AND 30 DEGREES. MODERATE
SOUTHERLY WINDS.

OUTLOOK : THE WEATHER WILL IMPROVE GRADUALLY IN THE
FOLLOWING COUPLE OF DAYS.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

OCCASIONAL SHOWERS

(PINYIN: JIANYOU ZHOUYU)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 7

CAPTION: OCCASIONAL SHOWERS

MIN TEMP: 27 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 30 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 10

CAPTION: OCCASIONAL SHOWERS

TEMPS: 27 - 30 DEGREES

FOR MING PAO AND TA KUNG PAO:

CARTOON NO. 19

FOR WEN WEI PO:

CARTOON NO. 13

FOR ORIENTAL DAILY:

CARTOON NO. 8

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:45 HKT ON 31.08.2018