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 LIGHT OVER THE COAST OF GUANGDONG YESTERDAY. A
BROAD TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE BROUGHT SHOWERS TO THE
NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. LOCALLY, IT WAS
MAINLY CLOUDY WITH A FEW SHOWERS AND RELATIVELY LOW
VISIBILITY. SHOWERS WERE HEAVIER OVER PARTS OF THE
TERRITORY AND THERE WERE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
AFTERNOON. MORE THAN 10 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE
RECORDED OVER THE URBAN AREAS, NEW TERRITORIES WEST AND
LANTAU ISLAND, AND RAINFALL EVEN EXCEEDED 30 MILLIMETRES
OVER WAN CHAI. THE BROAD TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED
TO LINGER OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AND
THE SOUTH CHINA COAST THIS WEEK, BRINGING SHOWERS TO THE
REGION.

AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, SEVERE TYPHOON SOULIK WAS CENTRED
ABOUT 270 KILOMETRES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF KAGOSHIMA. IT IS
FORECAST TO MOVE WEST-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 22 KILOMETRES PER
HOUR ACROSS THE SEAS SOUTH OF KYUSHU OF JAPAN.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2018)

MAINLY CLOUDY WITH A FEW SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS. SUNNY PERIODS DURING THE DAY. VISIBILITY
WILL BE RELATIVELY LOW. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 27
AND 32 DEGREES. LIGHT WINDS.

OUTLOOK : A FEW SHOWERS AND SUNNY INTERVALS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUPLE OF DAYS.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

SUNNY PERIODS AND SHOWERS

(PINYIN: YANGGUANG ZHOUYU)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 2

CAPTION: SUNNY PERIODS AND SHOWERS

MIN TEMP: 27 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 32 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 11

CAPTION: SUNNY PERIODS AND SHOWERS

TEMPS: 27 - 32 DEGREES

FOR MING PAO AND TA KUNG PAO:

CARTOON NO. 7

FOR WEN WEI PO:

CARTOON NO. 13

FOR ORIENTAL DAILY:

CARTOON NO. 3

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:45 HKT ON 21.08.2018