PRESS WEATHER NO. 180 - 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

WINDS WERE WEAK OVER THE COAST OF SOUTHERN CHINA YESTERDAY,
WHILE A BROAD TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE BROUGHT SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE COAST OF GUANGDONG AND THE NORTHERN
PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. LOCALLY, THERE WERE SUNNY
PERIODS AND A FEW SHOWERS. IT WAS VERY HOT IN THE
AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES OVER THE TERRITORY GENERALLY ROSE
TO 33 DEGREES OR ABOVE. THE BROAD TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE
WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SHOWERS TO THE COAST OF SOUTHERN
CHINA TODAY. BESIDES, THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TO THE EAST
OF THE PHILIPPINES BROUGHT UNSETTLED WEATHER TO THE REGION
YESTERDAY.

ON THE OTHER HAND, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM SHANSHAN WEAKENED
INTO A TROPICAL STORM YESTERDAY. AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT,
SHANSHAN WAS CENTRED ABOUT 140 KILOMETRES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF
KOBE. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE EAST OR EAST-SOUTHEAST AT
ABOUT 10 KILOMETRES PER HOUR TOWARDS THE VICINITY OF HONSHU
OF JAPAN.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (SATURDAY, 31 AUG 2024)

MAINLY CLOUDY WITH A FEW SHOWERS. MORE SHOWERS WITH
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AT FIRST. SUNNY INTERVALS IN THE
AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 28 AND 32
DEGREES. MODERATE EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS.

OUTLOOK : VERY HOT WITH A FEW SHOWERS IN THE FOLLOWING
COUPLE OF DAYS.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

A FEW SHOWERS AND SUNNY INTERVALS

(PINYIN: JIZHEN ZHOUYU)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 7

CAPTION: A FEW SHOWERS AND SUNNY INTERVALS

MIN TEMP: 28 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 32 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 11

CAPTION: A FEW SHOWERS AND SUNNY INTERVALS

TEMPS: 28 - 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 23:45 HKT ON 30.08.2024