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
GUANGDONG YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, IT WAS FINE AND DRY. THE
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDED AT THE OBSERVATORY IN THE
AFTERNOON WAS 30.2 DEGREES, THE WARMEST WINTER COMMENCES
EVER RECORDED. THE BAND OF CLOUDS COVERING SOUTHEASTERN
CHINA MOVED WESTWARDS GRADUALLY YESTERDAY. THE NORTHEAST
MONSOON IS EXPECTED TO BRING GENERALLY FINE WEATHER TO
GUANGDONG PERSISTENTLY THIS WEEK. IT WILL BE SLIGHTLY
COOLER IN THE MORNING AND AT NIGHT OVER THE REGION.
TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DAY AND NIGHT WILL BE
RELATIVELY LARGE OVER INLAND AREAS.

SEVERE TROPICAL STORM ATSANI WEAKENED PROGRESSIVELY INTO A
TROPICAL DEPRESSION YESTERDAY. AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT,
ATSANI WAS CENTRED ABOUT 210 KILOMETRES WEST OF GAOXIONG.
IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE SOUTHWEST AT ABOUT 15 KILOMETRES PER
HOUR, ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA,
WEAKENING GRADUALLY. BESIDES, THE BROAD AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE OVER THE SEAS EAST OF THE PHILIPPINES BROUGHT
UNSETTLED WEATHER TO THE REGION YESTERDAY.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (SUNDAY, 8 NOV 2020)

MAINLY CLOUDY AND DRY. SUNNY INTERVALS DURING THE DAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 23 AND 27 DEGREES. MODERATE
NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS, OCCASIONALLY FRESH.

OUTLOOK : MAINLY FINE AND DRY IN THE FOLLOWING FEW DAYS,
WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER WEATHER IN THE MORNING AND AT NIGHT.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

DRY WITH SUNNY INTERVALS

(PINYIN: DUANZAN YANGGUANG)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 1

CAPTION: DRY WITH SUNNY INTERVALS

MIN TEMP: 23 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 27 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 5

CAPTION: DRY WITH SUNNY INTERVALS

TEMPS: 23 - 27 DEGREES

FOR MING PAO AND TA KUNG PAO:

CARTOON NO. 8

FOR WEN WEI PO:

CARTOON NO. 8

FOR ORIENTAL DAILY:

CARTOON NO. 2

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:45 HKT ON 07.11.2020