LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

(FOR PRESS ONLY.)

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

GENERAL SITUATION

DIANMU WEAKENED FROM A TROPICAL STORM INTO A TROPICAL
DEPRESSION YESTERDAY MORNING, AND FURTHER WEAKENED INTO AN
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER INDO-CHINA. LOCALLY, THERE WERE
SUNNY PERIODS WITH A FEW SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
YESTERDAY. MORE THAN 20 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE
RECORDED OVER PARTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES IN THE
AFTERNOON. UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN UPPER-AIR ANTICYCLONE,
THE WEATHER OVER SOUTHERN CHINA WILL BECOME FINE AND VERY
HOT GRADUALLY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

LIONROCK INTENSIFIED FROM A TROPICAL DEPRESSION INTO A
TROPICAL STORM YESTERDAY. AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, LIONROCK
WAS CENTRED ABOUT 560 KILOMETRES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF
KAGOSHIMA AND IS FORECAST TO MOVE SOUTHWEST OR
WEST-SOUTHWEST AT ABOUT 20 KILOMETRES PER HOUR, ACROSS THE
SEAS SOUTH OF JAPAN.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (SUNDAY, 21 AUG 2016)

A FEW SHOWERS. THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WILL BE ABOUT 28
DEGREES. HOT WITH SUNNY PERIODS DURING THE DAY WITH A
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF AROUND 32 DEGREES IN THE URBAN
AREAS, AND A COUPLE OF DEGREES HIGHER IN THE NEW
TERRITORIES. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. LIGHT
WINDS.

OUTLOOK : MAINLY FINE AND VERY HOT IN THE FOLLOWING COUPLE
OF DAYS.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

SUNNY PERIODS AND A FEW SHOWERS

(PINYIN: YANGGUANG ZHOUYU)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 2

CAPTION: SUNNY PERIODS AND A FEW SHOWERS

MIN TEMP: 28 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 32 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 11

CAPTION: SUNNY PERIODS AND A FEW SHOWERS

TEMPS: 28 - 32 DEGREES

FOR MING PAO AND TA KUNG PAO:

CARTOON NO. 7

FOR WEN WEI PO:

CARTOON NO. 8

FOR ORIENTAL DAILY:

CARTOON NO. 3

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:15 HKT ON 20.08.2016