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

THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE COVERED SOUTHEASTERN CHINA YESTERDAY.
LOCALLY, THERE WERE SUNNY PERIODS YESTERDAY MORNING, AND
THERE WERE SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
AFTERNOON AND AT NIGHT. MORE THAN 10 MILLIMETRES OF
RAINFALL WERE RECORDED OVER PARTS OF THE TERRITORY.
BESIDES, THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF
THE SOUTH CHINA SEA INTENSIFIED INTO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION
YESTERDAY AND WAS NAMED TALAS. TALAS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE IN
THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF HAINAN ISLAND
AND THEN INTO BEIBU WAN TODAY. UNDER THE COMBINED EFFECT OF
THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE AND TALAS, IT WILL BE WINDIER WITH
SQUALLY SHOWERS OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA
SEA TODAY.

AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, TROPICAL DEPRESSION TALAS WAS
CENTRED ABOUT 190 KILOMETRES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SANYA. IT IS
FORECAST TO MOVE WEST-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 18 KILOMETRES PER
HOUR IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF
HAINAN ISLAND.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (SUNDAY, 16 JUL 2017)

CLOUDY WITH SQUALLY SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS.
TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 26 AND 30 DEGREES. MODERATE
TO FRESH EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS, OCCASIONALLY STRONG
OFFSHORE AT FIRST.

OUTLOOK : STILL SHOWERY WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUPLE OF DAYS. THE WEATHER WILL IMPROVE
GRADUALLY MIDWEEK NEXT WEEK.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

(PINYIN: KUANGFENG ZHOUYU)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 7

CAPTION: SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

MIN TEMP: 26 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 30 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 8

CAPTION: SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

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. 6

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:45 HKT ON 15.07.2017