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

WINDS WERE WEAK AND THE WEATHER WAS FINE OVER THE COAST OF
GUANGDONG YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, IT WAS MAINLY FINE. IT WAS
HOT DURING THE DAY. TEMPERATURES OVER MOST PARTS OF THE
TERRITORY ROSE TO 30 DEGREES OR ABOVE IN THE AFTERNOON. AN
UPPER-AIR DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO BRING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO SOUTHERN CHINA TODAY AND TOMORROW.

BESIDES, TROPICAL DEPRESSION MEGI WEAKENED INTO AN AREA OF
LOW PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN PART OF THE PHILIPPINES
YESTERDAY. SEVERE TROPICAL STORM MALAKAS INTENSIFIED INTO A
SEVERE TYPHOON PROGRESSIVELY YESTERDAY. AT 11 P.M. LAST
NIGHT, SEVERE TYPHOON MALAKAS WAS CENTRED ABOUT 1360
KILOMETRES SOUTHEAST OF OKINAWA. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE
NORTH-NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 14 KILOMETRES PER HOUR ACROSS THE
WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022)

MAINLY CLOUDY WITH A FEW SHOWERS. VISIBILITY WILL BE
RELATIVELY LOW IN SOME AREAS. THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WILL
BE ABOUT 23 DEGREES. HOT WITH SUNNY INTERVALS DURING THE
DAY. THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WILL BE AROUND 29 DEGREES.
LIGHT WINDS.

OUTLOOK : MAINLY FINE AND HOT DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY. CLOUDIER AND WINDIER IN THE FOLLOWING COUPLE OF
DAYS, AND THE TEMPERATURES WILL FALL SLIGHTLY.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

A FEW SHOWERS

(PINYIN: YOU JIZHEN ZHOUYU)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 2

CAPTION: A FEW SHOWERS

MIN TEMP: 23 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 29 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 11

CAPTION: A FEW SHOWERS

TEMPS: 23 - 29 DEGREES

FOR MING PAO AND TA KUNG PAO:

CARTOON NO. 7

FOR WEN WEI PO:

CARTOON NO. 13

FOR ORIENTAL DAILY:

CARTOON NO. 7

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:45 HKT ON 12.04.2022