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

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 23:45 HKT ON 20.08.2016