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

A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE AFFECTED THE SOUTH CHINA COAST
YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, IT WAS MAINLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS.
THERE WERE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AT FIRST. MORE THAN 10
MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED OVER MOST PARTS OF
THE TERRITORY, AND RAINFALL EVEN EXCEEDED 30 MILLIMETRES
OVER HONG KONG ISLAND. THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL
CONTINUE TO BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SOUTH
CHINA COAST TODAY. UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE SOUTHWESTERLY
AIRSTREAM, THERE WILL STILL BE SHOWERS OVER THE COAST OF
GUANGDONG IN THE LATTER PART OF THIS WEEK.

BESIDES, THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SEAS EAST OF
TAIWAN INTENSIFIED INTO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION YESTERDAY
MORNING AND WAS NAMED MALOU. AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, MALOU
WAS CENTRED ABOUT 390 KILOMETRES SOUTHWEST OF KAGOSHIMA. IT
IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 KILOMETRES PER
HOUR IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF THE SEAS SOUTH OF KYUSHU
OF JAPAN, AND INTENSIFY GRADUALLY.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016)

MAINLY CLOUDY WITH A FEW SHOWERS. SHOWERS WILL BE MORE
FREQUENT WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING.
TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 26 AND 30 DEGREES. LIGHT TO
MODERATE SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS.

OUTLOOK : A FEW SHOWERS IN THE FOLLOWING COUPLE OF DAYS.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS

(PINYIN: DUOYUN ZHOUYU)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 7

CAPTION: CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS

MIN TEMP: 26 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 30 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 8

CAPTION: CLOUDY WITH 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 23:45 HKT ON 06.09.2016