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

TROPICAL CYCLONE MAWAR WEAKENED INTO A SEVERE TROPICAL
STORM YESTERDAY. ITS OUTER SUBSIDING AIR BROUGHT EXTREMELY
HOT WEATHER TO GUANGDONG. LOCALLY, THERE WERE SUNNY
PERIODS. IT WAS EXTREMELY HOT IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURES OVER MANY PLACES ROSE TO 35 DEGREES OR ABOVE.
BESIDES, THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDED AT THE
OBSERVATORY WAS 34.7 DEGREES, THE HIGHEST SO FAR THIS YEAR.
 THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY SHOWERS TRIGGERED BY HIGH
TEMPERATURES BROUGHT MORE THAN 30 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL
TO NORTH DISTRICT AND TAI PO DISTRICT. UNDER THE INFLUENCE
OF THE OUTER SUBSIDING AIR OF MAWAR, IT WILL BE
PERSISTENTLY VERY HOT OVER THE COAST OF SOUTHERN CHINA
TODAY AND TOMORROW. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TRIGGERED BY
HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO AFFECT THE REGION.

AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM MAWAR WAS
CENTRED ABOUT 540 KILOMETRES EAST OF GAOXIONG. IT IS
FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 KILOMETRES PER
HOUR ACROSS SEAS EAST OF TAIWAN.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023)

MAINLY CLOUDY WITH A FEW SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS.
SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVIER IN SOME AREAS WITH A MINIMUM
TEMPERATURE OF ABOUT 27 DEGREES IN THE MORNING. VERY HOT
WITH SUNNY INTERVALS DURING THE DAY WITH A MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURE OF AROUND 33 DEGREES IN THE URBAN AREAS, AND A
COUPLE OF DEGREES HIGHER IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. LIGHT TO
MODERATE WEST TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS.

OUTLOOK : A FEW SHOWERS IN THE FOLLOWING COUPLE OF DAYS.
VERY HOT WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

SUNNY INTERVALS AND SHOWERS

(PINYIN: YANGGUANG ZHOUYU)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 2

CAPTION: SUNNY INTERVALS AND SHOWERS

MIN TEMP: 27 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 33 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 11

CAPTION: SUNNY INTERVALS AND SHOWERS

TEMPS: 27 - 33 DEGREES

FOR MING PAO AND TA KUNG PAO:

CARTOON NO. 7

FOR WEN WEI PO:

CARTOON NO. 8

FOR ORIENTAL DAILY:

CARTOON NO. 3

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:45 HKT ON 31.05.2023