PRESS WEATHER NO. 238 - LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

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LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

(FOR PRESS ONLY.)

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

GENERAL SITUATION

UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF TROPICAL CYCLONE NURI, LOCAL WINDS
WERE FRESH TO STRONG SOUTHEASTERLIES YESTERDAY MORNING,
OCCASIONALLY GALE ON HIGH GROUND. SEAS WERE ROUGH WITH
SWELLS. AS NURI MADE LANDFALL OVER YANGJIANG OF GUANGDONG
AND WEAKENED INTO AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE GRADUALLY, WINDS
OVER HONG KONG MODERATED WITH SUNNY INTERVALS IN THE
AFTERNOON. RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH NURI BROUGHT SQUALLY
SHOWERS TO HONG KONG, MORE THAN 20 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL
WERE RECORDED OVER MOST PARTS OF THE TERRITORY. UNDER THE
INFLUENCE OF A SOUTHERLY AIRSTREAM, THERE WILL STILL BE
SHOWERS OVER GUANGDONG ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. WITH THE
STRENGTHENING OF AN ANTICYCLONE ALOFT, IT WILL BE HOT AND
THE WEATHER WILL IMPROVE OVER THE SOUTH CHINA COAST IN THE
MIDDLE AND LATTER PARTS OF THIS WEEK.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020)

MAINLY CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL SQUALLY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 26 AND 32
DEGREES. MODERATE SOUTHERLY WINDS, FRESH AT TIMES.

OUTLOOK : THERE WILL STILL BE SHOWERS ON TUESDAY. THE
WEATHER WILL IMPROVE IN THE MIDDLE AND LATTER PARTS OF THIS
WEEK.

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: 32 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 8

CAPTION: SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

TEMPS: 26 - 32 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 23:20 HKT ON 14.06.2020