LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

(FOR PRESS ONLY.)

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

GENERAL SITUATION

TROPICAL CYCLONE CHABA INTENSIFIED INTO A SEVERE TROPICAL
STORM YESTERDAY, AND MOVED ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE
SOUTH CHINA SEA. LOCALLY, WINDS STRENGTHENED GRADUALLY AND
THERE WERE HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MORE
THAN 40 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED OVER MANY
PLACES. THE OBSERVATORY ISSUED IN THE EVENING THE FIRST NO.
8 GALE OR STORM SIGNAL THIS YEAR. CHABA IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF THE COAST OF WESTERN GUANGDONG
TODAY, AND INTENSIFY GRADUALLY. ITS ASSOCIATED OUTER
RAINBANDS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE REGION. BESIDES, THE
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC
INTENSIFIED PROGRESSIVELY INTO A TROPICAL STORM AND WAS
NAMED AERE YESTERDAY. AERE WILL MOVE IN THE GENERAL
DIRECTION OF THE VICINITY OF THE RYUKYU ISLANDS TODAY AND
TOMORROW.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (SATURDAY, 2 JUL 2022)

STRONG TO GALE FORCE EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS,
OCCASIONALLY STORM FORCE ON HIGH GROUND. WINDS WILL
MODERATE GRADUALLY LATER. CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL SQUALLY
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES.
SEAS WILL BE VERY ROUGH WITH SWELLS. TEMPERATURES WILL
RANGE BETWEEN 25 AND 28 DEGREES.

OUTLOOK : THERE WILL STILL BE SQUALLY SHOWERS ON SUNDAY AND
SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES AT FIRST. 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: 25 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 28 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 12

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 23:21 HKT ON 01.07.2022