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 DRY NORTHEAST MONSOON BROUGHT GENERALLY FINE WEATHER TO
SOUTHERN CHINA YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, THE WEATHER WAS MAINLY
FINE AND DRY DURING THE DAY WITH THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY OVER
MOST PARTS OF THE TERRITORY FALLING BELOW 50 PER CENT. AS
THE NORTHEAST MONSOON IS EXPECTED TO MODERATE IN THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS, TEMPERATURES OVER GUANGDONG WILL RISE
GRADUALLY.

BESIDES, TROPICAL STORM FUNG-WONG INTENSIFIED INTO A SEVERE
TROPICAL STORM YESTERDAY MORNING. AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT,
FUNG-WONG WAS CENTERED ABOUT 440 KILOMETRES EAST-SOUTHEAST
OF GAOXIONG. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH OR
NORTH-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 12 KILOMETRES PER HOUR ACROSS THE
SEAS EAST OF TAIWAN.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019)

FINE. THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE IN THE MORNING WILL BE ABOUT
19 DEGREES IN THE URBAN AREAS, AND A FEW DEGREES LOWER IN
THE NEW TERRITORIES. DRY DURING THE DAY WITH A MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURE OF AROUND 26 DEGREES. MODERATE NORTHEASTERLY
WINDS.

OUTLOOK : MAINLY FINE WITH TEMPERATURES RISING GRADUALLY
OVER THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DAY AND
NIGHT WILL BE RELATIVELY LARGE OVER INLAND AREAS.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

FINE AND DRY

(PINYIN: TIANQING GANZAO)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 0

CAPTION: FINE AND DRY

MIN TEMP: 19 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 26 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 1

CAPTION: FINE AND DRY

TEMPS: 19 - 26 DEGREES

FOR MING PAO AND TA KUNG PAO:

CARTOON NO. 6

FOR WEN WEI PO:

CARTOON NO. 6

FOR ORIENTAL DAILY:

CARTOON NO. 1

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:45 HKT ON 21.11.2019