PRESS WEATHER NO. 174 - 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 AND THUNDERSTORMS TO
THE COAST OF GUANGDONG YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, IT WAS MAINLY
CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS.
MORE THAN 20 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED OVER
MANY PLACES, AND RAINFALL EVEN EXCEEDED 50 MILLIMETRES OVER
TSUEN WAN, SHATIN, AND TAI PO. THE SOUTHWEST MONSOON IS
EXPECTED TO MODERATE GRADUALLY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS,
SHOWERS WILL EASE OFF WITH SUNNY PERIODS OVER THE COAST OF
GUANGDONG.

BESIDES, PRAPIROON WEAKENED FROM A TYPHOON INTO A SEVERE
TROPICAL STORM YESTERDAY. AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, PRAPIROON
WAS CENTRED ABOUT 140 KILOMETRES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BUSAN.
IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 KILOMETRES PER
HOUR TOWARDS THE SEA OF JAPAN, AND GRADUALLY EVOLVE INTO AN
EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018)

MAINLY CLOUDY WITH A FEW SHOWERS. THERE WILL BE ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS AT FIRST. SUNNY INTERVALS IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 27 AND 32 DEGREES. MODERATE
SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS, FRESH AT TIMES.

OUTLOOK : SHOWERS WILL EASE OFF IN THE FOLLOWING COUPLE OF
DAYS AND THE WEATHER WILL BE HOT WITH SUNNY PERIODS.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

A FEW SHOWERS

(PINYIN: JIZHEN ZHOUYU)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 6

CAPTION: A FEW SHOWERS

MIN TEMP: 27 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 32 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 2

CAPTION: A FEW SHOWERS

TEMPS: 27 - 32 DEGREES

FOR MING PAO AND TA KUNG PAO:

CARTOON NO. 13

FOR WEN WEI PO:

CARTOON NO. 17

FOR ORIENTAL DAILY:

CARTOON NO. 7

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:15 HKT ON 03.07.2018