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

UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF TROPICAL STORM WIPHA, THERE WERE
HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS YESTERDAY. MORE
THAN 70 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED OVER MOST
PARTS OF THE TERRITORY. THERE WERE OCCASIONALLY GALE WINDS
OFFSHORE AND ON HIGH GROUND AT FIRST WITH VERY ROUGH SEAS
AND SWELLS. WIPHA MADE LANDFALL OVER ZHANJIANG OF GUANGDONG
YESTERDAY EVENING AND LOCAL WINDS WEAKENED GRADUALLY. WIPHA
IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE COAST OF GUANGXI TO THE
VICINITY OF BEIBU WAN TODAY, BUT THE ASSOCIATED HEAVY
SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT
THE COAST OF GUANGDONG.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019)

CLOUDY WITH SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SHOWERS WILL
BE HEAVY AT TIMES AT FIRST. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN
25 AND 28 DEGREES. FRESH EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS,
OCCASIONALLY STRONG OFFSHORE AND ON HIGH GROUND AT FIRST
AND THERE WILL BE SWELLS.

OUTLOOK : THERE WILL STILL BE SHOWERS OVER THE WEEKEND.
BRIGHTER AND SHOWERS EASING OFF EARLY NEXT WEEK.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

SQUALLY THUNDERY SHOWERS

(PINYIN: KUANGFENG LEIYU)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 7

CAPTION: SQUALLY THUNDERY SHOWERS

MIN TEMP: 25 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 28 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 8

CAPTION: SQUALLY THUNDERY SHOWERS

TEMPS: 25 - 28 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 01.08.2019