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 NORTHEAST MONSOON AFFECTED THE COAST OF SOUTHEASTERN
CHINA YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, IT WAS MAINLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURES OVER THE TERRITORY IN THE AFTERNOON WERE
GENERALLY THREE TO FOUR DEGREES LOWER THAN THOSE OF THE DAY
BEFORE. 
 
UNDER THE COMBINED EFFECT OF THE NORTHEAST MONSOON AND
HAIKUI, IT WILL BE WINDY WITH RAIN OVER THE SOUTH CHINA
COASTAL AREAS TODAY AND TOMORROW.

BESIDES, HAIKU INTENSIFIED FROM A TROPICAL STORM INTO A
SEVERE TROPICAL STORM YESTERDAY MORNING AND THEN WEAKENED
INTO A TROPICAL STORM AT NIGHT. AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT,
HAIKUI WAS CENTRED ABOUT 290 KILOMETRES EAST-NORTHEAST OF
XISHA. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE WEST AT ABOUT 12 KILOMETRES
PER HOUR ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AND
WEAKEN GRADUALLY.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (SUNDAY, 12 NOV 2017)

CLOUDY WITH A FEW RAIN PATCHES. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE
BETWEEN 22 AND 25 DEGREES. MODERATE TO FRESH EASTERLY
WINDS, STRONG OFFSHORE.

OUTLOOK : A FEW RAIN PATCHES IN THE FOLLOWING COUPLE OF
DAYS. WINDY AT FIRST ON MONDAY.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

CLOUDY WITH A FEW RAIN PATCHES

(PINYIN: DUOYUN YOU YU)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 6

CAPTION: CLOUDY WITH A FEW RAIN PATCHES

MIN TEMP: 22 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 25 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 10

CAPTION: CLOUDY WITH A FEW RAIN PATCHES

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. 7

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:45 HKT ON 11.11.2017