PRESS WEATHER NO. 245 - 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

TYPHOON NESAT MOVED TOWARDS THE SEAS SOUTH OF HAINAN ISLAND
YESTERDAY. MEANWHILE, THE COAST OF GUANGDONG WAS AFFECTED
BY AN INTENSE NORTHEAST MONSOON. LOCALLY, WINDS WERE STRONG
NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLIES AND OCCASIONALLY GALE FORCE ON
HIGH GROUND. IT WAS CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL RAIN PATCHES.
MORE THAN 10 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED OVER
MOST PARTS OF THE TERRITORY. TEMPERATURES FELL APPRECIABLY.
TEMPERATURES IN THE AFTERNOON WERE GENERALLY ABOUT TEN
DEGREES LOWER THAN THOSE OF THE DAY BEFORE. UNDER THE
INFLUENCE OF THE INTENSE NORTHEAST MONSOON, IT IS EXPECTED
TO BE WINDY AND COOLER OVER THE COAST OF GUANGDONG TODAY
AND TOMORROW.

AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, TYPHOON NESAT WAS CENTRED ABOUT 320
KILOMETRES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF HAIKOU. IT IS FORECAST TO
MOVE WEST-SOUTHWEST AT ABOUT 12 KILOMETRES PER HOUR TOWARDS
THE SEAS SOUTH OF HAINAN ISLAND.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2022)

CLOUDY WITH A FEW RAIN PATCHES. COOL IN THE MORNING WITH A
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF ABOUT 17 DEGREES. THE MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURE WILL BE AROUND 24 DEGREES DURING THE DAY. FRESH
NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS, STRONG OFFSHORE, OCCASIONALLY
GALE FORCE ON HIGH GROUND. SEAS WILL BE ROUGH WITH SWELLS.

OUTLOOK : REMAINING WINDY ON THURSDAY. WEATHER WILL IMPROVE
IN THE LATTER PART OF THIS WEEK AND TEMPERATURES WILL RISE
GRADUALLY.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

A FEW RAIN PATCHES

(PINYIN: YOU JIZHEN YU)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 6

CAPTION: A FEW RAIN PATCHES

MIN TEMP: 17 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 24 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 8

CAPTION: A FEW RAIN PATCHES

TEMPS: 17 - 24 DEGREES

FOR MING PAO AND TA KUNG PAO:

CARTOON NO. 13

FOR WEN WEI PO:

CARTOON NO. 17

FOR ORIENTAL DAILY:

CARTOON NO. 7

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:45 HKT ON 18.10.2022