PRESS WEATHER NO. 219 - LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

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LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

(FOR PRESS ONLY.)

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

GENERAL SITUATION

THE SOUTHWEST MONSOON BROUGHT SHOWERS TO THE COAST OF
GUANGDONG YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, IT WAS MAINLY CLOUDY WITH
SUNNY INTERVALS IN THE MORNING. THERE WERE HEAVY SHOWERS
AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS AROUND NOON. MORE THAN 30
MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED OVER THE NEW
TERRITORIES EAST, KWAI TSING AND TSUEN WAN. THE SOUTHWEST
MONSOON WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO
SOUTHERN CHINA TODAY AND TOMORROW.

BESIDES, PRAPIROON INTENSIFIED FROM A SEVERE TROPICAL STORM
INTO A TYPHOON YESTERDAY. AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, PRAPIROON
WAS CENTRED ABOUT 430 KILOMETRES NORTH OF OKINAWA. IT IS
FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 KILOMETRES PER
HOUR ACROSS THE EAST CHINA SEA.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2018)

MAINLY CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND A FEW SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 27 AND 31
DEGREES. MODERATE TO FRESH SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS.

OUTLOOK : STILL A FEW SHOWERS ON WEDNESDAY. SUNNY PERIODS
IN THE LATTER PART OF THIS WEEK.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

(PINYIN: ZHOUYU LEIBAO)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 7

CAPTION: SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

MIN TEMP: 27 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 31 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 8

CAPTION: SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

TEMPS: 27 - 31 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 02.07.2018