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

WINDS WERE LIGHT OVER THE COAST OF GUANGDONG AT FIRST
YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, IT WAS HOT WITH SUNNY PERIODS.
CONVECTIVE ACTIVITIES TRIGGERED BY HIGH TEMPERATURES
BROUGHT HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE TERRITORY IN
THE EVENING. MORE THAN 40 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE
RECORDED OVER MANY PLACES, AND RAINFALL EVEN EXCEEDED 80
MILLIMETRES OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
MORE THAN 5000 CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STROKES WERE
RECORDED IN HONG KONG. BESIDES, THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
OVER THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA BROUGHT
UNSETTLED WEATHER TO THE REGION YESTERDAY. THE AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST TOWARDS THE VICINITY
OF TAIWAN. THE ASSOCIATED UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL AFFECT THE
NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AND THE COAST OF
GUANGDONG IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

SEVERE TYPHOON SOULIK WEAKENED FROM A SEVERE TYPHOON INTO A
TYPHOON YESTERDAY. AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, SOULIK WAS
CENTRED ABOUT 130 KILOMETRES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF JEJU. IT IS
FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH OR NORTH-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 12
KILOMETRES PER HOUR TOWARDS THE VICINITY OF THE KOREAN
PENINSULA.
 
MEANWHILE, SEVERE TYPHOON CIMARON WAS CENTRED ABOUT 740
KILOMETRES SOUTHEAST OF KAGOSHIMA. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE
NORTH-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 32 KILOMETRES PER HOUR IN THE
GENERAL DIRECTION OF JAPAN.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2018)

MAINLY CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND A FEW SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS. SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVY AT FIRST. SUNNY
INTERVALS DURING THE DAY. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN
25 AND 31 DEGREES. LIGHT WINDS.

OUTLOOK : STILL SOME SHOWERS IN THE FOLLOWING FEW OF DAYS.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

OCCASIONAL SHOWERS

(PINYIN: JIANYOU ZHOUYU)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 7

CAPTION: OCCASIONAL SHOWERS

MIN TEMP: 25 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 31 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 11

CAPTION: OCCASIONAL SHOWERS

TEMPS: 25 - 31 DEGREES

FOR MING PAO AND TA KUNG PAO:

CARTOON NO. 7

FOR WEN WEI PO:

CARTOON NO. 13

FOR ORIENTAL DAILY:

CARTOON NO. 8

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:59 HKT ON 22.08.2018