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 AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
INTENSIFIED INTO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION YESTERDAY. LOCALLY,
WINDS OVER THE TERRITORY STRENGTHENED GRADUALLY. THERE WERE
SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. ABOUT 10 MILLIMETRES OF
RAINFALL WERE RECORDED OVER HONG KONG ISLAND AND YUEN LONG.
THE TROPICAL CYCLONE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TOWARDS THE
VICINITY OF WESTERN GUANGDONG TODAY AND TOMORROW. THE
ASSOCIATED HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
AFFECT THE COAST OF GUANGDONG. IT WILL BE WINDY, AND SEAS
WILL BE ROUGH WITH SWELLS OVER THE REGION.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2019)

STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS, OCCASIONAL GALES
OFFSHORE AND ON HIGH GROUND. CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL SQUALLY
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES.
TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 26 AND 29 DEGREES. SEAS
WILL BE ROUGH WITH SWELLS.

OUTLOOK : THERE WILL STILL BE HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HIGH WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUPLE OF DAYS.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS

(PINYIN: KUANGFENG DA ZHOUYU)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 7

CAPTION: HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS

MIN TEMP: 26 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 29 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 12

CAPTION: HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS

TEMPS: 26 - 29 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 30.07.2019