LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

(FOR PRESS ONLY.)

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

GENERAL SITUATION

A DRY NORTHEAST MONSOON BROUGHT GENERALLY FINE WEATHER TO
GUANGDONG YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, IT WAS MAINLY FINE AND DRY
DURING THE DAY. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY OVER MOST PARTS OF
THE TERRITORY FELL BELOW 60 PER CENT. THE DRY NORTHEAST
MONSOON WILL PERSISTENTLY BRING GENERALLY FINE WEATHER TO
GUANGDONG THIS WEEK. THE TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DAY
AND NIGHT WILL BE RELATIVELY LARGE OVER INLAND AREAS. IT
WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER IN THE MORNING AND AT NIGHT.

BESIDES, THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SEAS EAST OF THE
PHILIPPINES INTENSIFIED INTO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION
YESTERDAY AND WILL MOVE ACROSS LUZON AND ENTER THE CENTRAL
PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA TODAY AND TOMORROW. AT 11 P.M.
LAST NIGHT, THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION WAS CENTRED ABOUT 600
KILOMETRES EAST OF MANILA. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE
WEST-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 25 KILOMETRES PER HOUR TOWARDS
LUZON.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020)

CLOUDY PERIODS IN THE MORNING. MAINLY FINE AND DRY DURING
THE DAY. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 22 AND 29 DEGREES.
MODERATE NORTHEASTERLY WINDS, OCCASIONALLY FRESH OFFSHORE
AT FIRST.

OUTLOOK : MAINLY FINE AND DRY IN THE FOLLOWING COUPLE OF
DAYS. THE TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DAY AND NIGHT WILL
BE RELATIVELY LARGE OVER INLAND AREAS. SLIGHTLY COOLER IN
THE MORNING AND AT NIGHT. CLOUDIER AND WINDIER TOWARDS THE
WEEKEND.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

MAINLY FINE AND DRY

(PINYIN: TIANQING GANZAO)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 1

CAPTION: MAINLY FINE AND DRY

MIN TEMP: 22 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 29 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 5

CAPTION: MAINLY FINE AND DRY

TEMPS: 22 - 29 DEGREES

FOR MING PAO AND TA KUNG PAO:

CARTOON NO. 4

FOR WEN WEI PO:

CARTOON NO. 8

FOR ORIENTAL DAILY:

CARTOON NO. 11

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:23 HKT ON 19.10.2020