LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

(FOR PRESS ONLY.)

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

GENERAL SITUATION

THE MONSOON DEPRESSION OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PARTS
OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA CONTINUED TO BRING SQUALLY SHOWERS
TO THE COAST OF GUANGDONG YESTERDAY, AND INTENSIFIED INTO A
TROPICAL DEPRESSION AT NIGHT. LOCALLY, IT WAS CLOUDY WITH
SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MORE THAN 20 MILLIMETRES
OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED OVER MOST PARTS OF THE TERRITORY,
AND RAINFALL EVEN EXCEEDED 40 MILLIMETRES OVER HONG KONG
ISLAND. THE TROPICAL CYCLONE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TOWARDS
THE VICINITY OF HAINAN ISLAND TO BEIBU WAN TODAY AND
TOMORROW. IT WILL BE WINDY WITH SQUALLY HEAVY SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTH CHINA COAST. SEAS WILL BE
ROUGH WITH SWELLS.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (SATURDAY, 1 AUG 2020)

FRESH TO STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS, OCCASIONALLY
GALE WINDS OFFSHORE AND ON HIGH GROUND AT FIRST. CLOUDY
WITH SQUALLY SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. SHOWERS WILL
BE HEAVY AT TIMES. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 26 AND
29 DEGREES. SEAS WILL BE ROUGH WITH SWELLS.

OUTLOOK : OCCASIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS AND SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY. THERE WILL STILL BE SHOWERS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUPLE OF DAYS.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

SQUALLY SHOWERS

(PINYIN: KUANGFENG DAYU)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 7

CAPTION: SQUALLY SHOWERS

MIN TEMP: 26 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 29 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 8

CAPTION: SQUALLY SHOWERS

TEMPS: 26 - 29 DEGREES

FOR MING PAO AND TA KUNG PAO:

CARTOON NO. 12

FOR WEN WEI PO:

CARTOON NO. 13

FOR ORIENTAL DAILY:

CARTOON NO. 8

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:15 HKT ON 31.07.2020