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 NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH
CHINA SEA PROGRESSIVELY INTENSIFIED INTO A SEVERE TROPICAL
STORM YESTERDAY AND WAS NAMED CEMPAKA. CEMPAKA BROUGHT
HEAVY SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS TO THE COAST OF
GUANGDONG. LOCALLY, IT WAS CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVY
SHOWERS AND SQUALLS. MORE THAN 50 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL
WERE RECORDED OVER THE TERRITORY, AND RAINFALL EVEN
EXCEEDED 150 MILLIMETRES OVER CHEUNG CHAU, TSEUNG KWAN O
AND KWUN TONG. CEMPAKA IS EXPECTED TO EDGE CLOSER TO THE
VICINITY OF THE AREA TO THE WEST OF THE PEARL RIVER ESTUARY
TODAY, BRINGING SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE
REGION. IT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COAST OF WESTERN GUANGDONG
MIDWEEK THIS WEEK. ITS SUBSEQUENT MOVEMENT STILL REMAINS
UNCERTAIN.

BESIDES, TROPICAL CYCLONE IN-FA INTENSIFIED FROM A TROPICAL
STORM INTO A SEVERE TROPICAL STORM YESTERDAY. AT 11 P.M.
LAST NIGHT, IN-FA WAS CENTRED ABOUT 1010 KILOMETRES EAST OF
TAIBEI. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE WEST-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 10
KILOMETRES PER HOUR IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF THE SEAS
EAST OF TAIWAN AND INTENSIFY GRADUALLY.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021)

FRESH TO STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS, OCCASIONAL
GALES ON HIGH GROUND. SEAS WILL BE ROUGH WITH SWELLS.
CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS AND SQUALLS. SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVY AT
TIMES WITH THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN
25 AND 28 DEGREES.

OUTLOOK : THERE WILL BE SHOWERS, SQUALLS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ON WEDNESDAY. SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVY AT FIRST. SHOWERS WILL
LESSEN WITH SUNNY INTERVALS IN THE LATTER PART OF THIS WEEK.

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: 25 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 28 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 8

CAPTION: SQUALLY SHOWERS

TEMPS: 25 - 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 19.07.2021