PRESS WEATHER NO. 148 - LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

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LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

(FOR PRESS ONLY.)

HERE IS THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETIN ISSUED BY THE HONG KONG
OBSERVATORY.

GENERAL SITUATION

AN ANTICYCLONE ALOFT BROUGHT MAINLY FINE WEATHER TO
SOUTHEASTERN CHINA YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, IT WAS MAINLY FINE.
THE WEATHER WAS HOT DURING THE DAY. THE ANTICYCLONE ALOFT
IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TODAY. THE NORTHEAST MONSOON WILL
BRING SHOWERS TO THE SOUTH CHINA COAST EARLY NEXT WEEK. IT
WILL BE WINDIER AND SLIGHTLY COOLER OVER THE REGION.

BESIDES, SUPER TYPHOON HAGIBIS WEAKENED INTO A SEVERE
TYPHOON YESTERDAY. AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, HAGIBIS WAS
CENTRED ABOUT 640 KILOMETRES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF TOKYO. IT
IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH AT ABOUT 20 KILOMETRES PER HOUR
TOWARDS HONSHU OF JAPAN.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (SATURDAY, 12 OCT 2019)

MAINLY FINE AT FIRST. A FEW SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS LATER. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 26 AND
30 DEGREES. LIGHT WINDS.

OUTLOOK : MORE SHOWERS, WINDIER AND SLIGHTLY COOLER EARLY
NEXT WEEK. FINE AND DRY MIDWEEK NEXT WEEK.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

SUNSHINE AND SHOWERS

(PINYIN: YANGGUANG ZHOUYU)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 2

CAPTION: SUNSHINE AND SHOWERS

MIN TEMP: 26 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 30 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 11

CAPTION: SUNSHINE AND SHOWERS

TEMPS: 26 - 30 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 23:15 HKT ON 11.10.2019