LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

(FOR PRESS ONLY.)

HERE IS THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETIN ISSUED BY THE HONG KONG
OBSERVATORY.

GENERAL SITUATION

THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE
SOUTH CHINA SEA INTENSIFIED INTO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION
YESTERDAY AND MOVED ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH
CHINA SEA. LOCALLY, THERE WERE SUNNY INTERVALS YESTERDAY
MORNING. THE WEATHER THEN BECAME CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL
SQUALLY SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. MORE THAN 10 MILLIMETRES
OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED OVER KOWLOON AND THE EASTERN PART
OF THE NEW TERRITORIES. UNDER THE COMBINED EFFECT OF THE
TROPICAL CYCLONE AND THE CONTINENTAL ANTICYCLONE, IT WILL
BE WINDY WITH HEAVY SHOWERS AND SWELLS OVER THE SOUTH CHINA
COAST AND THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA MIDWEEK
THIS WEEK.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (MONDAY, 2 SEP 2019)

FRESH TO STRONG EASTERLY WINDS. MAINLY CLOUDY WITH
OCCASIONAL SQUALLY SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS.
TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 26 AND 29 DEGREES. THERE
WILL BE ROUGH SEAS AND SWELLS.

OUTLOOK : THE WEATHER WILL BE UNSETTLED WITH OCCASIONAL
SQUALLY SHOWERS AND SWELLS IN THE FOLLOWING FEW DAYS.
SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVY MIDWEEK THIS WEEK.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

(PINYIN: ZHOUYU LEIBAO)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 7

CAPTION: SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

MIN TEMP: 26 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 29 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 8

CAPTION: SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

TEMPS: 26 - 29 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 23:15 HKT ON 01.09.2019