PRESS WEATHER NO. 175 - 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

SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER-AIR DISTURBANCE AFFECTED
GUANGDONG YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, IT WAS MAINLY CLOUDY AND
FOGGY. THE VISIBILITY AT WAGLAN ISLAND ONCE FELL BELOW 200
METRES. BESIDES, A COLD FRONT FORMED OVER CENTRAL CHINA
YESTERDAY MORNING AND MOVED SOUTHWARDS GRADUALLY. IT MOVED
ACROSS THE COAST OF GUANGDONG AT NIGHT. AN INTENSE WINTER
MONSOON IS EXPECTED TO BRING COLD AND DRY WEATHER TO
SOUTHERN CHINA IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. IT WILL BECOME FINE
GRADUALLY WITH RELATIVELY LARGE TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN DAY AND NIGHT.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (SUNDAY, 16 FEB 2020)

MAINLY CLOUDY. COASTAL FOG AT FIRST. THERE WILL BE SHOWERS
AND A FEW SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS AT FIRST. FRESH NORTHERLY
WINDS, STRONG OFFSHORE AT FIRST. BECOMING COLD APPRECIABLY.
TEMPERATURES IN THE URBAN AREAS WILL FALL GRADUALLY FROM
ABOUT 22 DEGREES AT FIRST TO A MINIMUM OF AROUND 12
DEGREES, AND A COUPLE OF DEGREES LOWER IN THE NEW
TERRITORIES. BRIGHT PERIODS DURING THE DAY.

OUTLOOK : MAINLY FINE AND DRY WITH COLD MORNINGS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUPLE OF DAYS.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

BECOMING COLD APPRECIABLY

(PINYIN: XIANZHU ZHUANLENG)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 3

CAPTION: BECOMING COLD APPRECIABLY

MIN TEMP: 12 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 21 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 14

CAPTION: BECOMING COLD APPRECIABLY

TEMPS: 12 - 21 DEGREES

FOR MING PAO AND TA KUNG PAO:

CARTOON NO. 16

FOR WEN WEI PO:

CARTOON NO. 16

FOR ORIENTAL DAILY:

CARTOON NO. 18

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:45 HKT ON 15.02.2020