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 SOUTHERLY AIRSTREAM BROUGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO
THE SOUTH CHINA COAST YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, IT WAS MAINLY
CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS AND A FEW SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS. MORE
THAN 20 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED OVER MANY
PLACES OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, AND RAINFALL EVEN EXCEEDED
40 MILLIMETRES OVER TSUEN WAN AND NORTH DISTRICT. THE
SOUTHERLY AIRSTREAM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SHOWERS TO THE
COAST OF GUANGDONG IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

BESIDES, AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN NORTH
PACIFIC INTENSIFIED INTO A TROPICAL STORM PROGRESSIVELY
YESTERDAY, AND WAS NAMED NANMADOL. AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT,
NANMADOL WAS CENTRED ABOUT 300 KILOMETRES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF
TAIBEI. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 30
KILOMETRES PER HOUR ACROSS THE SEAS EAST OF TAIWAN.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017)

MAINLY CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 26 AND 30
DEGREES. MODERATE SOUTHERLY WINDS, FRESH AT TIMES.

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

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

OCCASIONAL SHOWERS

(PINYIN: DUOYUN ZHOUYU)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 7

CAPTION: OCCASIONAL SHOWERS

MIN TEMP: 26 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 30 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 8

CAPTION: OCCASIONAL 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 02.07.2017