LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

(FOR PRESS ONLY.)

HERE IS THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETIN ISSUED BY THE HONG KONG
OBSERVATORY.

GENERAL SITUATION

TYPHOON KHANUN INTENSIFIED INTO A SEVERE TYPHOON YESTERDAY
MORNING AND THEN WEAKENED INTO A TYPHOON IN THE AFTERNOON.
UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ITS OUTER RAINBANDS, THE LOCAL
WEATHER WAS CLOUDY TO OVERCAST WITH SQUALLY SHOWERS. OVER
20 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE GENERALLY RECORDED OVER THE
TERRITORY AND RAINFALL EVEN EXCEEDED 50 MILLIMETRES OVER
MANY PLACES OF THE NEW TERRITORIES AND LANTAU ISLAND.
BESIDES, AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS BRINGING UNSETTLED
WEATHER TO THE SEA EAST OF THE PHILIPPINES. KHANUN WILL
ENTER BEIBU WAN AND WEAKEN GRADUALLY TODAY. ITS OUTER
RAINBANDS WILL STILL AFFECT THE COAST OF GUANGDONG AND
WINDS WILL BE RATHER STRONG AT FIRST.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017)

CLOUDY WITH SQUALLY SHOWERS. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE
BETWEEN 24 AND 27 DEGREES. FRESH EAST TO NORTHEASTERLY
WINDS, STRONG OFFSHORE AND ON HIGH GROUND AT FIRST. SEAS
WILL BE ROUGH WITH SWELLS.

OUTLOOK : WEATHER WILL IMPROVE GRADUALLY IN THE FOLLOWING
FEW DAYS.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS

(PINYIN: DUOYUN ZHOUYU)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 7

CAPTION: CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS

MIN TEMP: 24 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 27 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 8

CAPTION: CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS

TEMPS: 24 - 27 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 23:15 HKT ON 15.10.2017