PRESS WEATHER NO. 330 - LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

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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

THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH
CHINA SEA INTENSIFIED INTO A TROPICAL STORM YESTERDAY AND
WAS NAMED LIONROCK. UNDER THE COMBINED EFFECT OF LIONROCK
AND THE NORTHEAST MONSOON, THERE WERE STRONG EASTERLY WINDS
LOCALLY, WITH OCCASIONAL GALE WINDS OFFSHORE AND ON HIGH
GROUND. THERE WERE SQUALLS, HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MORE THAN 200 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE GENERALLY
RECORDED OVER THE TERRITORY. UNTIL 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, THE
RAINFALL RECORDED AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY EXCEEDED 320
MILLIMETRES, THE HIGHEST DAILY RAINFALL ON RECORD FOR
OCTOBER. UNDER THE COMBINED EFFECT OF LIONROCK AND THE
NORTHEAST MONSOON, IT IS STILL EXPECTED TO BE WINDY WITH
SQUALLS AND HEAVY RAIN TODAY. SEAS WILL BE ROUGH WITH
SWELLS. BESIDES, THE BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TO THE EAST
OF THE PHILIPPINES INTENSIFIED INTO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION
YESTERDAY AND WAS NAMED KOMPASU. KOMPASU WILL DEVELOP
PROGRESSIVELY AND MOVE TOWARDS THE VICINITY OF THE LUZON
STRAIT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (SATURDAY, 9 OCT 2021)

STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS, OCCASIONALLY GALE
OFFSHORE AND ON HIGH GROUND. CLOUDY TO OVERCAST WITH
SQUALLS, HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES WILL
RANGE BETWEEN 24 AND 27 DEGREES. SEAS WILL BE ROUGH WITH
SWELLS.

OUTLOOK : IT WILL STILL BE WINDY WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS,
SQUALLS AND THUNDERSTORMS AT FIRST ON SUNDAY. SEAS WILL BE
ROUGH WITH SWELLS. SHOWERS WILL EASE OFF LATER. THE WEATHER
WILL IMPROVE IN THE FOLLOWING COUPLE OF DAYS, SLIGHTLY
COOLER IN THE MORNING AND IT WILL BE DRY.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

SQUALLY SHOWERS

(PINYIN: KUANGFENG ZHOUYU)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 7

CAPTION: SQUALLY SHOWERS

MIN TEMP: 24 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 27 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 15

CAPTION: SQUALLY SHOWERS

TEMPS: 24 - 27 DEGREES

FOR MING PAO AND TA KUNG PAO:

CARTOON NO. 14

FOR WEN WEI PO:

CARTOON NO. 13

FOR ORIENTAL DAILY:

CARTOON NO. 10

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:45 HKT ON 08.10.2021