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PRESS WEATHER NO. 072 - LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST
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LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

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


 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE AFFECTING GUANGDONG.


 
TROPICAL STORM LEKIMA HAS INTENSIFIED INTO A SEVERE
TROPICAL STORM. AT 10 A.M., LEKIMA WAS CENTRED ABOUT 860
KILOMETRES SOUTH OF OKINAWA. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE SLOWLY
ACROSS THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND INTENSIFY GRADUALLY.
 
BESIDES, TYPHOON FRANCISCO HAS WEAKENED INTO A SEVERE
TROPICAL STORM. AT 10 A.M., FRANCISCO WAS CENTRED ABOUT 200
KILOMETRES NORTH OF KAGOSHIMA. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE
NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 22 KILOMETRES PER HOUR ACROSS KYUSHU OF
JAPAN.


 
WEATHER FORECAST FOR TODAY


 
SUNNY PERIODS AND A FEW SHOWERS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AT
FIRST. VERY HOT IN THE AFTERNOON. LIGHT TO MODERATE
EASTERLY WINDS.


 
OUTLOOK : MAINLY FINE WITH A FEW SHOWERS IN THE NEXT COUPLE
OF DAYS. VERY HOT AND HAZY IN THE LATTER PART OF THIS WEEK.


DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 09:49 HKT ON 06.08.2019

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