PRESS WEATHER NO. 160 - 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

LOCALLY, THE WEATHER WAS FINE YESTERDAY. IT WAS DRY DURING
THE DAY APART FROM SOME HAZE. A COLD FRONT MOVED ACROSS THE
SOUTH CHINA COAST LAST NIGHT. THE ASSOCIATED INTENSE
NORTHEAST MONSOON WILL BRING COOL WEATHER TO SOUTHERN CHINA
TODAY AND TOMORROW.

BESIDES, TROPICAL STORM KALMAEGI INTENSIFIED INTO A SEVERE
TROPICAL STORM YESTERDAY. AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, KALMAEGI
WAS CENTRED ABOUT 510 KILOMETRES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF MANILA.
IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE WEST AT ABOUT 10 KILOMETRES PER HOUR
TOWARDS THE VICINITY OF LUZON STRAIT.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019)

MAINLY FINE AND DRY. COOL IN THE MORNING WITH A MINIMUM
TEMPERATURE OF AROUND 17 DEGREES IN THE URBAN AREAS, AND A
COUPLE OF DEGREES LOWER IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. THE MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURE WILL BE ABOUT 23 DEGREES DURING THE DAY.
MODERATE TO FRESH NORTHERLY WINDS, OCCASIONALLY STRONG
OFFSHORE.

OUTLOOK : DRY WITH SUNNY PERIODS IN THE FOLLOWING COUPLE OF
DAYS. COOLER ON WEDNESDAY MORNING.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

COOL MORNING

(PINYIN: ZAOSHANG QINGLIANG)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 1

CAPTION: COOL MORNING

MIN TEMP: 17 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 23 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 5

CAPTION: COOL MORNING

TEMPS: 17 - 23 DEGREES

FOR MING PAO AND TA KUNG PAO:

CARTOON NO. 9

FOR WEN WEI PO:

CARTOON NO. 8

FOR ORIENTAL DAILY:

CARTOON NO. 17

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:45 HKT ON 18.11.2019