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

TROPICAL CYCLONE KHANUN EDGED CLOSER TO THE SOUTH CHINA
COAST YESTERDAY AND INTENSIFIED FROM A TROPICAL STORM INTO
A SEVERE TROPICAL STORM, THE OBSERVATORY ISSUED THE NO. 1
STANDBY SIGNAL YESTERDAY MORNING. WITH THE COMBINED EFFECT
OF KHANUN AND THE NORTHEAST MONSOON, WINDS STRENGTHENED
GRADUALLY WITH ONE OR TWO RAIN PATCHES LAST NIGHT AND THE
OBSERVATORY ISSUED THE NO. 3 STRONG WIND SIGNAL. KHANUN IS
EXPECTED TO CROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
AND INTENSIFY TODAY AND TOMORROW, MOVING IN THE GENERAL
DIRECTION OF LEIZHOU PENINSULA TO HAINAN ISLAND. IT WILL BE
WINDY WITH HEAVY SHOWERS OVER THE SOUTH CHINA COASTAL AREAS.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (SUNDAY, 15 OCT 2017)

STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS, OCCASIONALLY GALES OFFSHORE AND ON
HIGH GROUND. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY TURN EAST TO
NORTHEASTERLIES LATER. CLOUDY TO OVERCAST WITH HEAVY
SQUALLY SHOWERS. SEAS WILL BE ROUGH WITH SWELLS.
TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 22 AND 25 DEGREES.

OUTLOOK : WINDY WITH HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AT FIRST ON
MONDAY. WEATHER WILL IMPROVE MIDWEEK THIS WEEK.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS

(PINYIN: KUANGFENG ZHOUYU)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 7

CAPTION: HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS

MIN TEMP: 22 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 25 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 8

CAPTION: HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS

TEMPS: 22 - 25 DEGREES

FOR MING PAO AND TA KUNG PAO:

CARTOON NO. 12

FOR WEN WEI PO:

CARTOON NO. 13

FOR ORIENTAL DAILY:

CARTOON NO. 9

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:46 HKT ON 14.10.2017