PRESS WEATHER NO. 279 - 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

TROPICAL CYCLONE KOINU INTENSIFIED INTO A SEVERE TYPHOON
AGAIN IN THE MORNING YESTERDAY, MOVED SLOWLY ACROSS THE
COASTAL WATERS OF GUANGDONG AND WEAKENED INTO A TYPHOON AT
NIGHT. UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF KOINU, WINDS WERE STRONG
OFFSHORE WITH OCCASIONAL GALES ON HIGH GROUND LOCALLY.
THERE WERE A FEW SQUALLY SHOWERS. UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF
KOINU'S RAINBANDS AND THE MONSOON, IT WILL BE WINDY WITH
SQUALLY SHOWERS OVER THE COAST OF GUANGDONG TODAY AND
TOMORROW. IT WILL BE COOLER.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (SUNDAY, 8 OCT 2023)

STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS, OCCASIONALLY UP TO
GALE FORCE OVER SOME AREAS LATER. CLOUDY WITH SQUALLY
SHOWERS. SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATER. TEMPERATURES
WILL RANGE BETWEEN 23 AND 26 DEGREES. SEAS WILL BE ROUGH
WITH SWELLS.

OUTLOOK : WINDY WITH SHOWERS ON MONDAY. SHOWERS WILL BE
HEAVY AT TIMES. STILL SOME SHOWERS ON TUESDAY. WEATHER WILL
IMPROVE GRADUALLY IN THE MIDDLE AND LATTER PARTS OF THIS
WEEK.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

CLOUDY WITH SQUALLY SHOWERS

(PINYIN: KUANGFENG ZHOUYU)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 7

CAPTION: CLOUDY WITH SQUALLY SHOWERS

MIN TEMP: 23 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 26 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 8

CAPTION: CLOUDY WITH SQUALLY SHOWERS

TEMPS: 23 - 26 DEGREES

FOR MING PAO AND TA KUNG PAO:

CARTOON NO. 19

FOR WEN WEI PO:

CARTOON NO. 13

FOR ORIENTAL DAILY:

CARTOON NO. 10

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:45 HKT ON 07.10.2023