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 PART OF THE SOUTH
CHINA SEA INTENSIFIED INTO A TROPICAL STORM YESTERDAY, AND
WAS NAMED CHABA. ITS OUTER RAINBANDS AFFECTED THE COAST OF
SOUTHERN CHINA. LOCALLY, THERE WERE SQUALLY SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. MORE THAN 20 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE
RECORDED OVER MANY PLACES, AND RAINFALL EVEN EXCEEDED 50
MILLIMETRES OVER HONG KONG ISLAND AND THE EASTERN PART OF
THE NEW TERRITORIES. WINDS INTENSIFIED GRADUALLY AT NIGHT.
CHABA IS EXPECTED TO MOVE IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF THE
COAST OF WESTERN GUANGDONG TODAY AND TOMORROW, AND
INTENSIFY GRADUALLY. ITS ASSOCIATED OUTER RAINBANDS WILL
ALSO CONTINUE TO BRING SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO
THE REGION.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2022)

STRONG EASTERLY WINDS, OCCASIONALLY GALE FORCE OFFSHORE AND
ON HIGH GROUND. CLOUDY WITH 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 SQUALLY SHOWERS DURING THE
WEEKEND AND SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THERE WILL BE
SWELLS. THE WEATHER WILL REMAIN UNSETTLED EARLY TO MIDWEEK
NEXT 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: 26 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 29 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 8

CAPTION: SQUALLY SHOWERS

TEMPS: 26 - 29 DEGREES

FOR MING PAO AND TA KUNG PAO:

CARTOON NO. 13

FOR WEN WEI PO:

CARTOON NO. 13

FOR ORIENTAL DAILY:

CARTOON NO. 7

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:45 HKT ON 30.06.2022