PRESS WEATHER NO. 177 - LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

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
AN INTENSE NORTHEAST MONSOON REACHED THE COAST OF GUANGDONG
YESTERDAY MORNING. LOCALLY, IT WAS MAINLY FINE AND WINDS
STRENGTHENED GRADUALLY FROM THE NORTH. THE WEATHER BECAME
COOLER LAST NIGHT. TEMPERATURES OVER THE TERRITORY WERE
FOUR TO FIVE DEGREES LOWER THAN THOSE OF THE NIGHT BEFORE
YESTERDAY. THE INTENSE NORTHEAST MONSOON IS EXPECTED TO
BRING SIGNIFICANTLY COOLER WEATHER TO THE SOUTH CHINA
COASTAL AREAS TODAY AND TOMORROW.

BESIDES, IN-FA WEAKENED FROM TYPHOON INTO A TROPICAL STORM
GRADUALLY YESTERDAY. AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, IN-FA WAS
CENTRED ABOUT 600 KILOMETRES SOUTHWEST OF IWO JIMA. IT IS
FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 KILOMETRES PER HOUR
ACROSS THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015)

MAINLY CLOUDY AND DRY. IT WILL BECOME APPRECIABLY COOLER.
THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE TOMORROW WILL BE ABOUT 16 DEGREES
IN THE URBAN AREAS, AND A COUPLE OF DEGREES LOWER IN THE
NEW TERRITORIES. SUNNY PERIODS DURING THE DAY. THE MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURE WILL BE AROUND 20 DEGREES. FRESH NORTH TO
NORTHEASTERLY WINDS, STRONG OFFSHORE.

OUTLOOK : REMAINING COOL ON FRIDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES
RISING SLIGHTLY IN THE FOLLOWING COUPLE OF DAYS.


WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:
SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:
SIGNIFICANTLY COOLER
(PINYIN: XIANZHU ZHUANLIANG)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:
CARTOON NO. 1
CAPTION: SIGNIFICANTLY COOLER
MIN TEMP: 16 DEGREES
MAX TEMP: 20 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:
CARTOON NO. 5
CAPTION: SIGNIFICANTLY COOLER
TEMPS: 16 - 20 DEGREES

FOR MING PAO AND TA KUNG PAO:
CARTOON NO. 9

FOR WEN WEI PO:
CARTOON NO. 8

FOR ORIENTAL DAILY:
CARTOON NO. 17

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:45 HKT ON 25.11.2015