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 BROUGHT THUNDERY SHOWERS TO THE
COASTAL AREAS OF GUANGDONG YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, IT WAS
CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS AND A FEW SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS.
SHOWERS WERE HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE MORNING. MORE THAN 30
MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED OVER WIDESPREAD
AREAS, AND RAINFALL EVEN EXCEEDED 70 MILLIMETRES OVER TSUEN
WAN, YUEN LONG AND SAI KUNG. THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE
WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE
NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AND THE COAST OF
GUANGDONG TODAY.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017)

MAINLY CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS. RELATIVELY LOW
VISIBILITY IN SOME AREAS AND A FEW SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS AT
FIRST. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 23 AND 27 DEGREES.
LIGHT WINDS.

OUTLOOK : SHOWERS WILL EASE OFF WITH SUNNY INTERVALS OVER
THE WEEKEND.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS

(PINYIN: ZHOUYU LEIBAO)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 7

CAPTION: OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS

MIN TEMP: 23 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 27 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 8

CAPTION: OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS

TEMPS: 23 - 27 DEGREES

FOR MING PAO AND TA KUNG PAO:

CARTOON NO. 13

FOR WEN WEI PO:

CARTOON NO. 13

FOR ORIENTAL DAILY:

CARTOON NO. 3

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:45 HKT ON 04.05.2017