PRESS WEATHER NO. 215 - 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

AN UNSTABLE SOUTHWESTERLY AIRSTREAM BROUGHT THUNDERY
SHOWERS TO THE COAST OF GUANGDONG AND THE NORTHERN PART OF
THE SOUTH CHINA SEA YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, THERE WERE SUNNY
INTERVALS YESTERDAY MORNING, AND THE WEATHER GRADUALLY
BECAME CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS.
SHOWERS WERE HEAVIER IN THE AFTERNOON. MORE THAN 10
MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE GENERALLY RECORDED OVER THE
TERRITORY. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO BRING
HEAVY SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SOUTH CHINA
COAST IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019)

CLOUDY WITH A FEW SHOWERS. SHOWERS WILL BECOME MORE
FREQUENT WITH THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE
BETWEEN 26 AND 30 DEGREES. MODERATE SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY
WINDS.

OUTLOOK : THERE WILL STILL BE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
THE FOLLOWING COUPLE OF DAYS. THE WEATHER WILL IMPROVE AND
IT WILL BE VERY HOT TOWARDS THE WEEKEND.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

(PINYIN: ZHOUYU LEIBAO)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 7

CAPTION: SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

MIN TEMP: 26 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 30 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 8

CAPTION: SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

TEMPS: 26 - 30 DEGREES

FOR MING PAO AND TA KUNG PAO:

CARTOON NO. 12

FOR WEN WEI PO:

CARTOON NO. 13

FOR ORIENTAL DAILY:

CARTOON NO. 8

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:45 HKT ON 18.08.2019