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 SOUTHWESTERLY AIRSTREAM BROUGHT SHOWERS TO THE COAST OF
GUANGDONG AND THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, THERE WERE SUNNY INTERVALS, A FEW
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. MORE THAN 5 MILLIMETRES
OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED IN MANY PLACES, AND RAINFALL EVEN
EXCEEDED 20 MILLIMETRES OVER KOWLOON AND PARTS OF THE NEW
TERRITORIES. THE SOUTHWESTERLY AIRSTREAM WILL CONTINUE TO
BRING SHOWERS TO THE SOUTH CHINA COAST TODAY AND TOMORROW.

BESIDES, TROPICAL CYCLONE RUMBIA WEAKENED FROM A TROPICAL
STORM INTO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION YESTERDAY MORNING, AND
WEAKENED INTO AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER HENAN LAST NIGHT.
 
TROPICAL CYCLONE SOULIK INTENSIFIED PROGRESSIVELY FROM A
SEVERE TROPICAL STORM INTO A SEVERE TYPHOON YESTERDAY. AT
11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, SOULIK WAS CENTRED ABOUT 150 KILOMETRES
WEST OF IWO JIMA. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE WEST-NORTHWEST AT
ABOUT 10 KILOMETRES PER HOUR ACROSS THE WESTERN NORTH
PACIFIC.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (SUNDAY, 19 AUG 2018)

MAINLY CLOUDY WITH A FEW SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS. SUNNY INTERVALS IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 27 AND 31 DEGREES. MODERATE
SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS.

OUTLOOK : A FEW SHOWERS AND SUNNY INTERVALS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUPLE OF DAYS.

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. 2

CAPTION: A FEW SHOWERS

MIN TEMP: 27 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 31 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 11

CAPTION: A FEW SHOWERS

TEMPS: 27 - 31 DEGREES

FOR MING PAO AND TA KUNG PAO:

CARTOON NO. 7

FOR WEN WEI PO:

CARTOON NO. 13

FOR ORIENTAL DAILY:

CARTOON NO. 3

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:45 HKT ON 18.08.2018