LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

(FOR PRESS ONLY.)

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

GENERAL SITUATION

THE WEATHER WAS GENERALLY FINE AND WINDS WERE LIGHT OVER
GUANGDONG YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, IT WAS VERY HOT WITH SUNNY
PERIODS AND HAZE. THERE WERE ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES OVER THE TERRITORY GENERALLY
ROSE TO ABOVE 34 DEGREES IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE
LIGHT AND IT WILL BE VERY HOT OVER SOUTHERN CHINA TODAY AND
TOMORROW.

AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, TROPICAL DEPRESSION SONGDA WAS
CENTRED ABOUT 460 KILOMETRES SOUTHWEST OF SEOUL. IT IS
FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH-NORTHEAST SLOWLY ACROSS THE YELLOW
SEA.
 
BESIDES, THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE RYUKYU ISLANDS
INTENSIFIED INTO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION YESTERDAY, AND WAS
NAMED TRASES. AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, TRASES WAS CENTRED
ABOUT 390 KILOMETRES SOUTH OF JEJU. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE
NORTH AT ABOUT 30 KILOMETRES PER HOUR ACROSS THE EAST CHINA
SEA TOWARDS THE VICINITY OF THE KOREAN PENINSULA.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (MONDAY, 1 AUG 2022)

MAINLY FINE APART FROM ISOLATED SHOWERS. THE MINIMUM
TEMPERATURE WILL BE AROUND 28 DEGREES. VERY HOT DURING THE
DAY WITH A MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF ABOUT 34 DEGREES IN THE
URBAN AREAS, AND A COUPLE OF DEGREES HIGHER IN THE NEW
TERRITORIES. LIGHT TO MODERATE SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS.

OUTLOOK : VERY HOT ON TUESDAY. THERE WILL BE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MIDDLE AND LATTER PARTS OF THIS WEEK.
SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

VERY HOT AND SUNNY

(PINYIN: TIANQING KURE)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 1

CAPTION: VERY HOT AND SUNNY

MIN TEMP: 28 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 34 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 13

CAPTION: VERY HOT AND SUNNY

TEMPS: 28 - 34 DEGREES

FOR MING PAO AND TA KUNG PAO:

CARTOON NO. 1

FOR WEN WEI PO:

CARTOON NO. 2

FOR ORIENTAL DAILY:

CARTOON NO. 16

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:22 HKT ON 31.07.2022