PRESS WEATHER NO. 159 - 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

THE NORTHEAST MONSOON CONTINUED TO BRING GENERALLY FINE
WEATHER TO SOUTHERN CHINA YESTERDAY. A COLD FRONT FORMED
OVER CENTRAL CHINA YESTERDAY AND MOVED SOUTHWARDS
GRADUALLY. LOCALLY, THE WEATHER WAS FINE. IT WAS DRY DURING
THE DAY. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE
SOUTH CHINA COAST TONIGHT. THE ASSOCIATED INTENSE NORTHEAST
MONSOON WILL BRING COOL WEATHER TO SOUTHERN CHINA IN THE
NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

BESIDES, TROPICAL DEPRESSION KALMAEGI INTENSIFIED INTO A
TROPICAL STORM YESTERDAY MORNING. AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT,
KALMAEGI WAS CENTRED ABOUT 420 KILOMETRES NORTHEAST OF
MANILA. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHWEST OR NORTH-NORTHWEST
AT ABOUT 10 KILOMETRES PER HOUR TOWARDS LUZON.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (MONDAY, 18 NOV 2019)

MAINLY FINE. THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WILL BE ABOUT 22
DEGREES IN THE MORNING. DRY DURING THE DAY WITH A MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURE OF AROUND 28 DEGREES. MODERATE NORTHERLY WINDS,
STRENGTHENING LATER. THE WEATHER WILL BE APPRECIABLY COOLER
WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING TO AROUND 19 DEGREES AT MIDNIGHT.

OUTLOOK : COOLER IN THE FOLLOWING COUPLE OF DAYS.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

MAINLY FINE

(PINYIN: DAZHI TIANQING)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 1

CAPTION: MAINLY FINE

MIN TEMP: 19 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 28 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 5

CAPTION: MAINLY FINE

TEMPS: 19 - 28 DEGREES

FOR MING PAO AND TA KUNG PAO:

CARTOON NO. 3

FOR WEN WEI PO:

CARTOON NO. 8

FOR ORIENTAL DAILY:

CARTOON NO. 2

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:45 HKT ON 17.11.2019