PRESS WEATHER NO. 162 - 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

WINDS WERE WEAK OVER THE COAST OF GUANGDONG YESTERDAY.
LOCALLY, IT WAS MAINLY FINE AND VERY HOT WITH SOME HAZE.
THERE WERE ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES
GENERALLY ROSE TO 33 DEGREES OR ABOVE OVER THE TERRITORY.
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE WEAK AND IT WILL BE VERY HOT OVER
THE COAST OF GUANGDONG TODAY. BESIDES, A BROAD AREA OF
CLOUDS BROUGHT UNSETTLED WEATHER TO THE SEAS WEST OF LUZON
YESTERDAY. THE ASSOCIATED AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS
INTENSIFYING GRADUALLY. A TROPICAL CYCLONE APPEARS TO BE
FORMING.

AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, TROPICAL DEPRESSION DANAS WAS
CENTRED ABOUT 680 KILOMETRES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF OKINAWA. IT
IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH AT ABOUT 25 KILOMETRES PER HOUR
TOWARDS THE EAST CHINA SEA.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2019)

MAINLY CLOUDY AND HAZY. THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WILL BE
ABOUT 28 DEGREES. VERY HOT WITH SUNNY PERIODS DURING THE
DAY. THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WILL BE AROUND 33 DEGREES IN
THE URBAN AREAS, AND A COUPLE OF DEGREES HIGHER IN THE NEW
TERRITORIES. A FEW SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS LATER.
LIGHT TO MODERATE WESTERLY WINDS.

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

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

SUNNY PERIODS AND SHOWERS

(PINYIN: YANGGUANG ZHOUYU)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 2

CAPTION: SUNNY PERIODS AND SHOWERS

MIN TEMP: 28 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 33 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 11

CAPTION: SUNNY PERIODS AND SHOWERS

TEMPS: 28 - 33 DEGREES

FOR MING PAO AND TA KUNG PAO:

CARTOON NO. 7

FOR WEN WEI PO:

CARTOON NO. 8

FOR ORIENTAL DAILY:

CARTOON NO. 3

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:45 HKT ON 17.07.2019