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

THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
INTENSIFIED PROGRESSIVELY INTO A TROPICAL STORM YESTERDAY
AND WAS NAMED MULAN. UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ITS OUTER
RAINBANDS, THE LOCAL WEATHER WAS CLOUDY WITH HEAVY SQUALLY
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MORE THAN 50 MILLIMETRES OF
RAINFALL WERE GENERALLY RECORDED OVER THE TERRITORY, AND
RAINFALL EVEN EXCEEDED 100 MILLIMETRES OVER THE NORTHERN
PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES. MULAN WILL MOVE TOWARDS THE
VICINITY OF WESTERN GUANGDONG AND HAINAN ISLAND, AND
INTENSIFY GRADUALLY TODAY. IT WILL BE WINDY WITH HEAVY
SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF
THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AND THE COAST OF GUANGDONG TODAY AND
TOMORROW.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2022)

STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS, OCCASIONAL GALES
OFFSHORE AND ON HIGH GROUND AT FIRST. WINDS WILL MODERATE
GRADUALLY LATER. CLOUDY TO OVERCAST WITH HEAVY SQUALLY
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SEAS WILL BE VERY ROUGH WITH
SWELLS. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 25 AND 28 DEGREES.

OUTLOOK : STILL BE SHOWERY IN THE FOLLOWING COUPLE OF DAYS.
SUNNY INTERVALS EARLY NEXT WEEK.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS

(PINYIN: KUANGFENG DA ZHOUYU)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 7

CAPTION: HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS

MIN TEMP: 25 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 28 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 8

CAPTION: HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS

TEMPS: 25 - 28 DEGREES

FOR MING PAO AND TA KUNG PAO:

CARTOON NO. 19

FOR WEN WEI PO:

CARTOON NO. 13

FOR ORIENTAL DAILY:

CARTOON NO. 9

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:46 HKT ON 09.08.2022