PRESS WEATHER NO. 146 - 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

THE NORTHEAST MONSOON AFFECTED GUANGDONG YESTERDAY.
LOCALLY, IT WAS SLIGHTLY COOLER YESTERDAY MORNING AND
TEMPERATURES WERE GENERALLY ABOUT ONE TO TWO DEGREES LOWER
THAN THOSE OF THE DAY BEFORE. THERE WERE SUNNY INTERVALS
DURING THE DAY. UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE NORTHEAST
MONSOON, THE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO IMPROVE OVER SOUTHERN
CHINA IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, BUT IT WILL BE SLIGHTLY
COOLER IN THE MORNING AND AT NIGHT.

BESIDES, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM CHAN-HOM INTENSIFIED INTO A
TYPHOON YESTERDAY. AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, CHAN-HOM WAS
CENTRED ABOUT 590 KILOMETRES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF KAGOSHIMA.
IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 15 KILOMETRES PER
HOUR TOWARDS THE VICINITY OF THE NORTHERN PART OF THE
RYUKYU ISLANDS TO KYUSHU OF JAPAN.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020)

MAINLY CLOUDY. ONE OR TWO RAIN PATCHES IN THE MORNING. THE
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WILL BE ABOUT 24 DEGREES. DRY WITH
SUNNY INTERVALS DURING THE DAY. THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE
WILL BE AROUND 28 DEGREES. MODERATE TO FRESH NORTH TO
NORTHEASTERLY WINDS.

OUTLOOK : MAINLY FINE IN THE FOLLOWING COUPLE OF DAYS. DRY
DURING THE DAY, BUT THERE WILL BE ONE OR TWO RAIN PATCHES
IN THE MORNING AND AT NIGHT.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

SUNNY INTERVALS

(PINYIN: JIANYOU YANGGUANG)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 1

CAPTION: SUNNY INTERVALS

MIN TEMP: 24 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 28 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 5

CAPTION: SUNNY INTERVALS

TEMPS: 24 - 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 23:15 HKT ON 07.10.2020