LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

(FOR PRESS ONLY.)

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

GENERAL SITUATION

TROPICAL CYCLONE NIDA MADE LANDFALL NEAR DAPANG PENINSULA
YESTERDAY MORNING AND MOVED ACROSS INLAND GUANGDONG.
LOCALLY, WINDS STRENGTHENED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE MORNING.
AS NIDA WEAKENED FROM A TYPHOON TO A TROPICAL STORM AND
MOVED AWAY FROM HONG KONG, LOCAL WINDS MODERATED GRADUALLY
DURING THE DAY. UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE RAINBANDS OF
NIDA, THE WEATHER WAS CLOUDY TO OVERCAST WITH HEAVY SQUALLY
SHOWERS. MORE THAN 100 METRES OF RAINFALL WERE GENERALLY
RECORDED OVER THE TERRITORY, AND RAINFALL EVEN EXCEEDED 200
MILLIMETRES OVER SOME PARTS OF LANTAU ISLAND. NIDA IS
EXPECTED TO ACROSS GUANGXI AND DISSIPATED GRADUALLY TODAY.
AN ACTIVE SOUTHERLY AIRSTREAM WILL BRING SHOWERS TO THE
SOUTH CHINA COAST IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, NIDA WAS CENTRED ABOUT 240
KILOMETRES NORTHEAST OF NANNING AND IS FORECAST TO MOVE
WEST-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 22 KILOMETRES PER HOUR ACROSS
GUANGXI AND DISSIPATE GRADUALLY.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016)

CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL SQUALLY SHOWERS. TEMPERATURES WILL
RANGE BETWEEN 26 AND 30 DEGREES. FRESH SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS,
OCCASIONALLY STRONG OFFSHORE AND ON HIGH GROUND AT FIRST.
THERE WILL BE ROUGH SEAS AND SWELLS AT FIRST.

OUTLOOK : OCCASIONAL SHOWERS ON THURSDAY. THE WEATHER WILL
IMPROVE GRADUALLY TOWARDS THE WEEKEND.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

OCCASIONAL SQUALLY SHOWERS

(PINYIN: KUANGFENG ZHOUYU)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 7

CAPTION: OCCASIONAL SQUALLY SHOWERS

MIN TEMP: 26 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 30 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 10

CAPTION: OCCASIONAL SQUALLY SHOWERS

TEMPS: 26 - 30 DEGREES

FOR MING PAO AND TA KUNG PAO:

CARTOON NO. 12

FOR WEN WEI PO:

CARTOON NO. 13

FOR ORIENTAL DAILY:

CARTOON NO. 8

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:44 HKT ON 02.08.2016