PRESS WEATHER NO. 232 - LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

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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 TROPICAL DEPRESSION OVER THE CENTRAL TO NORTHERN PARTS
OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA INTENSIFIED INTO A TROPICAL STORM
YESTERDAY AND WAS NAMED NANGKA. THE OUTER RAINBANDS OF
NANGKA EDGED CLOSER TO THE COAST OF GUANGDONG GRADUALLY AT
NIGHT. LOCALLY, IT WAS MAINLY FINE AND DRY DURING THE DAY
AND BECAME CLOUDY AT NIGHT. UNDER THE COMBINED EFFECT OF
NANGKA AND THE NORTHEAST MONSOON, THERE WILL BE HIGH WINDS,
HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTH CHINA COAST ON
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. SEAS WILL BE VERY ROUGH WITH SWELLS.
BESIDES, TROPICAL CYCLONE LINFA WEAKENED INTO AN AREA OF
LOW PRESSURE INLAND OVER INDO-CHINA YESTERDAY.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020)

STRONG FORCE EAST TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS, WINDS WILL
FURTHER STRENGTHEN. SEAS WILL BE VERY ROUGH WITH SWELLS.
CLOUDY WITH A FEW SQUALLY SHOWERS. SHOWERS WILL BECOME MORE
FREQUENT WITH THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE
BETWEEN 24 AND 28 DEGREES.

OUTLOOK : THERE WILL STILL BE HIGH WINDS ON WEDNESDAY,
HEAVY RAIN AND SQUALLS AT FIRST. SEAS WILL BE VERY ROUGH
WITH SWELLS. RAIN WILL EASE OFF LATER. SUNNY PERIODS IN THE
FOLLOWING FEW DAYS.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

SQUALLY SHOWERS

(PINYIN: KUANGFENG ZHOUYU)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 7

CAPTION: SQUALLY SHOWERS

MIN TEMP: 24 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 28 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 8

CAPTION: SQUALLY SHOWERS

TEMPS: 24 - 28 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 12.10.2020