LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

(FOR PRESS ONLY.)

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

GENERAL SITUATION

AN ANTICYCLONE ALOFT BROUGHT FINE WEATHER TO SOUTHERN CHINA
YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, IT WAS FINE YESTERDAY AND THE WEATHER
WAS HOT AND DRY DURING THE DAY. TEMPERATURES ROSE TO AROUND
32 DEGREES IN THE URBAN AREAS, AND A COUPLE OF DEGREES
HIGHER IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. THE ANTICYCLONE ALOFT WILL
CONTINUE TO BRING GENERALLY FINE AND HOT WEATHER TO
GUANGDONG IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

BESIDES, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM MITAG WEAKENED INTO A
TROPICAL STORM YESTERDAY. AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, MITAG WAS
CENTRED ABOUT 200 KILOMETRES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF JEJU. IT IS
FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 KILOMETRES PER HOUR
ACROSS THE KOREAN PENINSULA.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2019)

MAINLY FINE. THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WILL BE ABOUT 28
DEGREES. HOT DURING THE DAY. THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WILL
BE AROUND 32 DEGREES IN THE URBAN AREAS, AND A COUPLE OF
DEGREES HIGHER IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. LIGHT TO MODERATE
WEST TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS.

OUTLOOK : MAINLY FINE AND HOT IN THE FOLLOWING COUPLE OF
DAYS. IT WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER, WINDIER WITH SOME SHOWERS
EARLY NEXT WEEK.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

FINE AND HOT

(PINYIN: TIANQING YANRE)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 0

CAPTION: FINE AND HOT

MIN TEMP: 28 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 32 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 1

CAPTION: FINE AND HOT

TEMPS: 28 - 32 DEGREES

FOR MING PAO AND TA KUNG PAO:

CARTOON NO. 6

FOR WEN WEI PO:

CARTOON NO. 6

FOR ORIENTAL DAILY:

CARTOON NO. 1

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:15 HKT ON 02.10.2019