PRESS WEATHER NO. 187 - 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

UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A BROAD TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE,
LOCALLY IT WAS MAINLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS AND A FEW SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS YESTERDAY. SHOWERS WERE HEAVY IN THE MORNING.
MORE THAN 50 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE GENERALLY
RECORDED OVER THE TERRITORY, AND RAINFALL EVEN EXCEEDED 70
MILLIMETRES OVER PARTS OF HONG KONG ISLAND AND KOWLOON, AS
WELL AS THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES. THE
BROAD TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SHOWERS
TO THE COAST OF GUANGDONG AND THE NORTHERN PART OF THE
SOUTH CHINA SEA TODAY.

BESIDES, THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION OVER THE SEAS SOUTH OF
JAPAN INTENSIFIED INTO A TROPICAL STORM YESTERDAY, AND WAS
NAMED MEARI. AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, MEARI WAS CENTRED ABOUT
440 KILOMETRES SOUTHWEST OF TOKYO. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE
NORTH-NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 KILOMETRES PER HOUR TOWARDS
HONSHU OF JAPAN.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (SATURDAY, 13 AUG 2022)

MAINLY CLOUDY WITH A FEW SHOWERS. MORE SHOWERS AT FIRST.
SUNNY INTERVALS IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE
BETWEEN 26 AND 30 DEGREES. MODERATE SOUTHERLY WINDS.

OUTLOOK : HOT WITH SUNNY PERIODS IN THE FOLLOWING COUPLE OF
DAYS.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS

(PINYIN: DUOYUN ZHOUYU)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 2

CAPTION: CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS

MIN TEMP: 26 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 30 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 11

CAPTION: CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS

TEMPS: 26 - 30 DEGREES

FOR MING PAO AND TA KUNG PAO:

CARTOON NO. 7

FOR WEN WEI PO:

CARTOON NO. 13

FOR ORIENTAL DAILY:

CARTOON NO. 3

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:45 HKT ON 12.08.2022