LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

(FOR PRESS ONLY.)

HERE IS THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETIN ISSUED BY THE HONG KONG
OBSERVATORY.

GENERAL SITUATION

SUPER TYPHOON DOKSURI MADE LANDFALL OVER JINJIANG IN FUJIAN
YESTERDAY MORNING AND PROGRESSIVELY WEAKENED INTO A SEVERE
TROPICAL STORM. ITS OUTER SUBSIDING AIR BROUGHT EXTREMELY
HOT WEATHER TO GUANGDONG YESTERDAY AND HIGH TEMPERATURES
ALSO TRIGGERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOCALLY, THERE
WERE SUNNY PERIODS. TEMPERATURES OVER MOST PARTS OF THE
TERRITORY ROSE TO AROUND 35 DEGREES IN THE AFTERNOON.
DOKSURI IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO INLAND FUJIAN AND JIANGXI
TODAY AND TOMORROW AND CONTINUE TO WEAKEN. MEANWHILE, UNDER
THE INFLUENCE OF THE SUBSEQUENT SOUTHWESTERLY AIRSTREAM,
THERE WILL BE SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
COAST OF SOUTHEASTERN CHINA.

AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, DOKSURI WAS CENTRED ABOUT 170
KILOMETRES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF NANCHANG. IT IS FORECAST TO
MOVE NORTH-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 28 KILOMETRES PER HOUR INTO
INLAND FUJIAN AND JIANGXI, AND WEAKEN PROGRESSIVELY.
 
BESIDES, THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION OVER THE WESTERN NORTH
PACIFIC INTENSIFIED INTO A TROPICAL STORM YESTERDAY AND WAS
NAMED KHANUN. AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, KHANUN WAS CENTRED
ABOUT 1510 KILOMETRES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF OKINAWA. IT IS
FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHWEST OR NORTH-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 15
KILOMETRES PER HOUR ACROSS THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (SATURDAY, 29 JUL 2023)

MAINLY CLOUDY WITH A FEW SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS.
SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVIER AT TIMES. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE
BETWEEN 27 AND 32 DEGREES. MODERATE TO FRESH SOUTHWESTERLY
WINDS, OCCASIONALLY STRONG OFFSHORE. THERE WILL BE SWELLS
AT FIRST.

OUTLOOK : STILL A FEW SHOWERS ON SUNDAY. VERY HOT WITH
SUNNY INTERVALS ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

MAINLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS

(PINYIN: DUOYUN YOUYU)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 6

CAPTION: MAINLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS

MIN TEMP: 27 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 32 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 8

CAPTION: MAINLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS

TEMPS: 27 - 32 DEGREES

FOR MING PAO AND TA KUNG PAO:

CARTOON NO. 12

FOR WEN WEI PO:

CARTOON NO. 13

FOR ORIENTAL DAILY:

CARTOON NO. 8

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:40 HKT ON 28.07.2023