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

A WEAK CONTINENTAL AIRSTREAM BROUGHT GENERALLY FINE WEATHER
TO GUANGDONG YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, IT WAS VERY HOT WITH SUNNY
PERIODS. TEMPERATURES OVER MANY PLACES ROSE TO 34 DEGREES
OR ABOVE. THUNDERY SHOWERS TRIGGERED BY HIGH TEMPERATURES
IN THE AFTERNOON BROUGHT MORE THAN 20 MILLIMETRES OF
RAINFALL TO THE EASTERN PART OF THE TERRITORY, AND RAINFALL
EVEN EXCEEDED 70 MILLIMETRES OVER SHA TIN. MORE THAN 2000
STROKES OF CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING WERE ALSO RECORDED
WITHIN HONG KONG. VERY HOT WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST
OVER GUANGDONG TODAY AND TOMORROW, BUT THERE WILL BE
ISOLATED SHOWERS.

BESIDES, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM HAISHEN INTENSIFIED
PROGRESSIVELY INTO A SEVERE TYPHOON YESTERDAY. AT 11 P.M.
LAST NIGHT, HAISHEN WAS CENTRED ABOUT 1280 KILOMETRES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF KAGOSHIMA. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE
WEST-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 16 KILOMETRES PER HOUR ACROSS THE
WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020)

MAINLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS. VERY HOT WITH SUNNY
PERIODS DURING THE DAY. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 28
AND 33 DEGREES. THERE WILL BE ONE OR TWO THUNDERSTORMS IN
THE AFTERNOON. LIGHT WINDS.

OUTLOOK : HOT WITH SUNNY INTERVALS DURING THE WEEKEND AND
EARLY NEXT WEEK. THERE WILL ALSO BE A FEW SHOWERS.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

SUNNY PERIODS, ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

(PINYIN: YANGGUANG ZHOUYU)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 2

CAPTION: SUNNY PERIODS, ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

MIN TEMP: 28 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 33 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 11

CAPTION: SUNNY PERIODS, ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

TEMPS: 28 - 33 DEGREES

FOR MING PAO AND TA KUNG PAO:

CARTOON NO. 7

FOR WEN WEI PO:

CARTOON NO. 8

FOR ORIENTAL DAILY:

CARTOON NO. 3

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:45 HKT ON 03.09.2020