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 CHABA INTENSIFIED INTO A TYPHOON WHEN
EDGING CLOSER TO THE COAST OF WESTERN GUANGDONG YESTERDAY
MORNING. IT MADE LANFALL NEAR DIANBAI DISTRICT, MAOMING
CITY, GUANGDONG IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN WEAKENED INTO A
SEVERE TROPICAL STORM. LOCAL WINDS WERE STRONG TO GALE
FORCE EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLIES, WITH OCCASIONAL STORMS
OFFSHORE AND ON HIGH GROUND, WEAKENED GRADUALLY LATER IN
THE AFTERNOON. UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE OUTER RAINBANDS
OF CHABA, THERE WERE HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE TERRITORY YESTERDAY. MORE THAN 70
MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED OVER MANY PLACES.
CHABA IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO INLAND GUANGXI TODAY AND
WEAKEN GRADUALLY. ITS ASSOCIATED OUTER RAINBANDS WILL
CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE COAST OF GUANGDONG. BESIDES, AT 11
P.M. LAST NIGHT, TROPICAL STORM AERE WAS CENTRED ABOUT 70
KILOMETRES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF OKINAWA. IT IS FORECAST TO
MOVE NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 18 KILOMETRES PER HOUR ACROSS THE
VICINITY OF THE RYUKYU ISLANDS.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (SUNDAY, 3 JUL 2022)

STRONG FORCE SOUTH TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS AT FIRST,
OCCASIONALLY GALE FORCE OFFSHORE AND ON HIGH GROUND. WINDS
WILL MODERATE GRADUALLY LATER. MAINLY CLOUDY. OCCASIONAL
HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AT FIRST. SEAS WILL
BE ROUGH WITH SWELLS. SHOWERS WILL EASE OFF GRADUALLY
DURING THE DAY. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 26 AND 30
DEGREES.

OUTLOOK : THE WEATHER WILL BE UNSETTLED IN THE FOLLOWING
FEW DAYS. IT WILL IMPROVE IN THE LATTER PART OF THIS WEEK.

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: 26 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 30 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 12

CAPTION: SQUALLY SHOWERS

TEMPS: 26 - 30 DEGREES

FOR MING PAO AND TA KUNG PAO:

CARTOON NO. 19

FOR WEN WEI PO:

CARTOON NO. 13

FOR ORIENTAL DAILY:

CARTOON NO. 9

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:45 HKT ON 02.07.2022