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 DRY NORTHEAST MONSOON CONTINUED TO AFFECT SOUTHERN CHINA
YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, IT WAS MAINLY FINE. THE WEATHER WAS
VERY DRY DURING THE DAY. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY IN MANY
PLACES FELL BELOW 40 PER CENT. UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE
NORTHEAST MONSOON, IT WILL BE WINDIER AND SLIGHTLY COOLER
OVER THE SOUTH CHINA COAST DURING THE WEEKEND.

BESIDES, DAMREY INTENSIFIED FROM A SEVERE TROPICAL STORM
INTO A TYPHOON YESTERDAY. AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, DAMREY WAS
CENTRED ABOUT 530 KILOMETRES EAST-NORTHEAST OF HO CHI MINH
CITY. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE WEST AT ABOUT 22 KILOMETRES
PER HOUR TOWARDS THE SOUTHERN PART OF VIETNAM.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (SATURDAY, 4 NOV 2017)

MAINLY CLOUDY WITH ONE OR TWO LIGHT RAIN PATCHES. SUNNY
INTERVALS DURING THE DAY. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN
21 AND 25 DEGREES. MODERATE TO FRESH EAST TO NORTHEASTERLY
WINDS, OCCASIONALLY STRONG OFFSHORE AND ON HIGH GROUND.

OUTLOOK : WINDIER AND SLIGHTLY COOLER ON SUNDAY. BECOMING
CLOUDIER GRADUALLY IN THE FOLLOWING COUPLE OF DAYS.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

MAINLY CLOUDY WITH RAIN PATCHES

(PINYIN: DAZHI DUOYUN)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 2

CAPTION: MAINLY CLOUDY WITH RAIN PATCHES

MIN TEMP: 21 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 25 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 11

CAPTION: MAINLY CLOUDY WITH RAIN PATCHES

TEMPS: 21 - 25 DEGREES

FOR MING PAO AND TA KUNG PAO:

CARTOON NO. 7

FOR WEN WEI PO:

CARTOON NO. 8

FOR ORIENTAL DAILY:

CARTOON NO. 3

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:51 HKT ON 03.11.2017