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PRESS WEATHER NO. 257 - LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST
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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


TROPICAL CYCLONE BARIJAT MOVED ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF
THE SOUTH CHINA SEA YESTERDAY, BRINGING UNSETTLED WEATHER
TO GUANGDONG. LOCALLY, IT WAS MAINLY CLOUDY WITH A FEW
SQUALLY SHOWERS. THERE WERE SUNNY INTERVALS AT FIRST. WINDS
STRENGTHENED IN THE AFTERNOON. BARIJAT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
ACROSS THE VICINITY OF LEIZHOU PENINSULA, AND ENTER BEIBU
WAN TODAY.


WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018)


STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS, OCCASIONALLY GALE
OFFSHORE AT FIRST, MODERATING GRADUALLY LATER. MAINLY
CLOUDY WITH A FEW SQUALLY SHOWERS. SHOWERS WILL BE MORE
FREQUENT WITH THUNDERSTORMS AT FIRST. TEMPERATURES WILL
RANGE BETWEEN 26 AND 30 DEGREES. SEAS WILL BE ROUGH WITH
SWELLS.


OUTLOOK : VERY HOT ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. WEATHER WILL
DETERIORATE SIGNIFICANTLY WITH FREQUENT HEAVY RAIN AND
SQUALLS ON SUNDAY. SEAS WILL BE VERY ROUGH WITH SWELLS.



WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:


SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

SQUALLY SHOWERS

(PINYIN: KUANGFENG ZHOUYU)


FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 2

CAPTION: SQUALLY SHOWERS

MIN TEMP: 26 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 30 DEGREES


FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 11

CAPTION: SQUALLY SHOWERS

TEMPS: 26 - 30 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 12.09.2018

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