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

THE WEATHER IS GENERALLY FINE OVER THE COAST OF
SOUTHEASTERN CHINA YESTERDAY MORNING. PAKHAR INTENSIFIED
FROM A TROPICAL STORM INTO A SEVERE TROPICAL STORM
YESTERDAY. THE ASSOCIATED CLOUD BAND COVERED GUANGDONG
GRADUALLY. LOCALLY, IT WAS MAINLY FINE. THE WEATHER WAS
VERY HOT DURING THE DAY APART FROM ONE OR TWO SHOWERS IN
THE AFTERNOON AND AT NIGHT. PAKHAR WILL MOVE CLOSER TO THE
COAST OF GUANGDONG, BRINGING HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS TO THE
SOUTH CHINA COAST TODAY AND TOMORROW.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (SUNDAY, 27 AUG 2017)

STRONG NORTHEASTERLY WINDS, STRENGTHENING GRADUALLY.
BECOMING SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS. CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVY
SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SEAS WILL BE ROUGH WITH
SWELLS. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 26 AND 30 DEGREES.

OUTLOOK : THERE WILL STILL BE SHOWERS AT FIRST ON MONDAY.
WEATHER WILL IMPROVE IN THE FOLLOWING COUPLE OF DAYS.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

SQUALLY SHOWERS

(PINYIN: KUANGFENG ZHOUYU)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 7

CAPTION: SQUALLY SHOWERS

MIN TEMP: 26 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 30 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 8

CAPTION: SQUALLY SHOWERS

TEMPS: 26 - 30 DEGREES

FOR MING PAO AND TA KUNG PAO:

CARTOON NO. 19

FOR WEN WEI PO:

CARTOON NO. 13

FOR ORIENTAL DAILY:

CARTOON NO. 9

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:45 HKT ON 26.08.2017