LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

(FOR PRESS ONLY.)

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

GENERAL SITUATION

A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE AFFECTED THE SOUTH CHINA COASTAL
AREAS YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, IT WAS MAINLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS
AND A FEW SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS. MORE THAN 10 MILLIMETRES
OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED OVER MANY PLACES, AND RAINFALL
EVEN EXCEEDED 30 MILLIMETRES OVER LANTAU ISLAND, THE
EASTERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES AND THE SOUTHERN PART
OF HONG KONG ISLAND. THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED
TO LINGER AROUND THE SOUTH CHINA COASTAL AREAS IN THE NEXT
FEW DAYS. IT WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION.

BESIDES, NAMTHEUN INTENSIFIED GRADUALLY FROM A SEVERE
TROPICAL STORM INTO A SEVERE TYPHOON YESTERDAY. AT 11 P.M.
LAST NIGHT, NAMTHEUN WAS CENTRED ABOUT 390 KILOMETRES SOUTH
OF KAGOSHIMA. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH AT ABOUT 12
KILOMETRES PER HOUR IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF KYUSHU OF
JAPAN.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (SATURDAY, 3 SEP 2016)

MAINLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. SHOWERS
WILL EASE OFF WITH SUNNY INTERVALS LATER. TEMPERATURES WILL
RANGE BETWEEN 27 AND 31 DEGREES. LIGHT TO MODERATE
SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS.

OUTLOOK : WEATHER REMAINING UNSETTLED EARLY NEXT WEEK.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

MAINLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS

(PINYIN: DUOYUN ZHOUYU)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 7

CAPTION: MAINLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS

MIN TEMP: 27 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 31 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 8

CAPTION: MAINLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS

TEMPS: 27 - 31 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 23:15 HKT ON 02.09.2016