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 SUBSIDING AIR IN THE OUTER CIRCULATION OF TROPICAL
CYCLONE MARIA BROUGHT GENERALLY FINE WEATHER TO GUANGDONG
YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, IT WAS MAINLY FINE. THE WEATHER WAS
VERY HOT IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES OVER MANY PLACES
ROSE TO 33 DEGREES OR ABOVE. A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP GRADUALLY OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF
THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, BRINGING SQUALLY SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO GUANGDONG IN THE LATTER PART OF THIS WEEK
TO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

MARIA MADE LANDFALL OVER FUJIAN YESTERDAY MORNING, THEN
MOVED INLAND AND WEAKENED PROGRESSIVELY INTO A TROPICAL
DEPRESSION. AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, MARIA WAS CENTRED ABOUT
170 KILOMETRES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF NANCHANG. IT IS FORECAST
TO MOVE NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 25 KILOMETRES PER HOUR ACROSS
JIANGXI AND DISSIPATING GRADUALLY.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2018)

MAINLY FINE. HOT DURING THE DAY. BECOMING CLOUDY WITH A FEW
SHOWERS LATER. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 27 AND 32
DEGREES. MODERATE SOUTH TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS.

OUTLOOK : SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUPLE OF DAYS.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

MAINLY FINE

(PINYIN: DAZHI TIANQING)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 1

CAPTION: MAINLY FINE

MIN TEMP: 27 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 32 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 5

CAPTION: MAINLY FINE

TEMPS: 27 - 32 DEGREES

FOR MING PAO AND TA KUNG PAO:

CARTOON NO. 3

FOR WEN WEI PO:

CARTOON NO. 8

FOR ORIENTAL DAILY:

CARTOON NO. 2

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:45 HKT ON 11.07.2018