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

A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE BROUGHT THUNDERY SHOWERS TO
GUANGDONG YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, IT WAS MAINLY CLOUDY WITH
OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND A FEW SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS. SHOWERS
WERE HEAVY AT NIGHT. MORE THAN 70 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL
WERE RECORDED OVER MOST PARTS OF THE TERRITORY, AND
RAINFALL EVEN EXCEEDED 150 MILLIMETRES OVER NORTH DISTRICT
OF THE NEW TERRITORIES AND THE EASTERN PART OF HONG KONG
ISLAND. THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE COAST OF GUANGDONG TODAY
AND TOMORROW.

AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, TROPICAL STORM YUN-YEUNG WAS CENTRED
ABOUT 420 KILOMETRES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF TOKYO. IT IS
FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH OR NORTH-NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 22
KILOMETRES PER HOUR TOWARDS THE VICINITY OF HONSHU OF JAPAN.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2023)

CLOUDY WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS. RAIN WILL
EASE OFF GRADUALLY LATER. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN
25 AND 29 DEGREES. MODERATE SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS.

OUTLOOK : OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ON
SATURDAY. SUNNY INTERVALS EARLY NEXT WEEK.

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. 7

CAPTION: CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS

MIN TEMP: 26 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 29 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 8

CAPTION: CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS

TEMPS: 26 - 29 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 00:25 HKT ON 08.09.2023