PRESS WEATHER NO. 167 - LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

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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

SHOWERS CONTINUED TO AFFECT THE COAST OF GUANGDONG
YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, IT WAS MAINLY CLOUDY WITH A FEW
SHOWERS. THE WEATHER WAS HOT WITH SUNNY INTERVALS DURING
THE DAY. ABOUT 30 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED
OVER PARTS OF LANTAU ISLAND. BESIDES, A TROUGH OF LOW
PRESSURE FORMED OVER CENTRAL CHINA LAST NIGHT, AND MOVED
SOUTHWARDS GRADUALLY. THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IS
EXPECTED TO BRING HEAVY RAIN AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS TO
SOUTHERN CHINA TODAY AND TOMORROW.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (MONDAY, 15 MAY 2017)

CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS. SHOWERS WILL
BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATER. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 24
AND 27 DEGREES. MODERATE SOUTHERLY WINDS, FRESH AT TIMES
LATER.

OUTLOOK : HEAVY SHOWERS AT FIRST ON TUESDAY. WEATHER
IMPROVING LATER. SUNNY PERIODS IN THE FOLLOWING COUPLE OF
DAYS.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS

(PINYIN: ZHOUYU LEIBAO)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 8

CAPTION: SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS

MIN TEMP: 24 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 27 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 6

CAPTION: SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS

TEMPS: 24 - 27 DEGREES

FOR MING PAO AND TA KUNG PAO:

CARTOON NO. 15

FOR WEN WEI PO:

CARTOON NO. 13

FOR ORIENTAL DAILY:

CARTOON NO. 6

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:45 HKT ON 14.05.2017