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

TROPICAL STORM BARIJAT MOVED ACROSS LEIZHOU PENINSULA AND
WEAKENED GRADUALLY YESTERDAY, AND DISSIPATED OVER INLAND
GUANGXI AFTERWARDS. BESIDES, THE OUTER SUBSIDING AIR OF
SUPER TYPHOON MANGKHUT AFFECTED SOUTHEASTERN CHINA.
LOCALLY, THERE WERE SUNNY INTERVALS, AND A FEW SHOWERS AT
FIRST. WINDS MODERATED GRADUALLY.

AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, SUPER TYPHOON MANGKHUT WAS CENTRED
ABOUT 790 KILOMETRES EAST OF MANILA. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE
WEST-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 22 KILOMETRES PER HOUR TOWARDS THE
VICINITY OF LUZON. THE OUTER SUBSIDING AIR OF MANGKHUT IS
EXPECTED TO BRING GENERALLY FINE AND VERY HOT WEATHER TO
GUANGDONG TODAY AND TOMORROW.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018)

MAINLY FINE APART FROM ISOLATED SHOWERS. VERY HOT WITH
TEMPERATURES RANGING BETWEEN 27 AND 33 DEGREES. MODERATE
EAST TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS, FRESH OFFSHORE AT FIRST.

OUTLOOK : VERY HOT ON SATURDAY. FREQUENT HEAVY RAIN AND
SQUALLS ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. SEAS WILL BE VERY ROUGH WITH
SWELLS.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

MAINLY FINE AND VERY HOT

(PINYIN: TIANQING KURE)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 1

CAPTION: MAINLY FINE AND VERY HOT

MIN TEMP: 27 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 33 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 13

CAPTION: MAINLY FINE AND VERY HOT

TEMPS: 27 - 33 DEGREES

FOR MING PAO AND TA KUNG PAO:

CARTOON NO. 1

FOR WEN WEI PO:

CARTOON NO. 8

FOR ORIENTAL DAILY:

CARTOON NO. 16

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:45 HKT ON 13.09.2018