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

TROPICAL CYCLONE CEMPAKA INTENSIFIED INTO A TYPHOON
YESTERDAY MORNING, AND THEN WEAKENED INTO A SEVERE TROPICAL
STORM AND MADE LANDFALL NEAR YANGJIANG AT NIGHT. CEMPAKA
BROUGHT HEAVY SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS TO THE
COAST OF GUANGDONG YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, THERE WERE
OCCASIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS AND SQUALLS. MORE THAN 100
MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED OVER MOST PARTS OF
THE TERRITORY, AND RAINFALL EVEN EXCEEDED 150 MILLIMETRES
OVER SAI KUNG, SHA TIN AND TAI PO. CEMPAKA IS EXPECTED TO
MOVE ACROSS THE COAST OF WESTERN GUANGDONG TODAY AND
TOMORROW, AND CONTINUE TO BRING SQUALLY SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE COAST OF GUANGDONG.

AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM CEMPAKA WAS
CENTRED ABOUT 170 KILOMETRES EAST-NORTHEAST OF ZHANJIANG.
IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE WEST-NORTHWEST SLOWLY ACROSS THE
COAST OF WESTERN GUANGDONG.
 
BESIDES, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM IN-FA INTENSIFIED INTO A
TYPHOON LAST NIGHT. AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, IN-FA WAS
CENTRED ABOUT 700 KILOMETRES EAST OF TAIBEI. IT IS FORECAST
TO MOVE WEST AT ABOUT 15 KILOMETRES PER HOUR TOWARDS THE
SEAS EAST OF TAIWAN AND INTENSIFY GRADUALLY.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021)

CLOUDY WITH SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SHOWERS WILL
BE HEAVY AT TIMES AT FIRST. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN
25 AND 28 DEGREES. MODERATE EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS,
FRESH OFFSHORE AND ON HIGH GROUND AT FIRST.

OUTLOOK : SHOWERS WILL LESSEN IN THE FOLLOWING COUPLE OF
DAYS WITH SUNNY PERIODS. VERY HOT ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS

(PINYIN: DUOYUN ZHOUYU)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 7

CAPTION: CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS

MIN TEMP: 25 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 28 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 8

CAPTION: CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS

TEMPS: 25 - 28 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 23:45 HKT ON 20.07.2021