PRESS WEATHER NO. 242 - LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST (CORRECTION)

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LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST


CORRECTION TO PRESS WEATHER NO. 240

(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 YINXING INTENSIFIED INTO A SUPER TYPHOON
AGAIN IN THE MORNING AND CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS THE
NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, IT
WAS MAINLY CLOUDY. THERE WERE BRIGHT PERIODS DURING THE DAY
AND A FEW SQUALLY SHOWERS IN THE MORNING AND AT NIGHT. WITH
YINXING EDGING CLOSER TO THE COAST OF SOUTHERN CHINA, WINDS
OVER THE TERRITORY GENERALLY STRENGTHENED GRADUALLY IN THE
AFTERNOON, AND STRONG WINDS WERE RECORDED OVER MANY PLACES
AT NIGHT. UNDER THE COMBINED EFFECT OF YINXING AND THE
NORTHEAST MONSOON, IT IS EXPECTED TO BE WINDY WITH A FEW
SQUALLY SHOWERS OVER THE COAST OF GUANGDONG TODAY. SEAS
WILL BE ROUGH WITH SWELLS.

BESIDES, THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SEAS EAST OF THE
PHILIPPINES GRADUALLY DEVELOPED INTO A TROPICAL STORM
YESTERDAY AND WAS NAMED TORAJI. AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT,
TORAJI WAS CENTRED ABOUT 930 KILOMETRES EAST OF MANILA. IT
IS FORECAST TO MOVE WEST AT ABOUT 25 KILOMETRES PER HOUR
TOWARDS THE VICINITY OF LUZON AND INTENSIFY GRADUALLY.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (SUNDAY, 10 NOV 2024)

FRESH TO STRONG EAST TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS, OCCASIONALLY
REACHING GALE FORCE OFFSHORE AND ON HIGH GROUND AT FIRST.
WINDS WILL WEAKEN GRADUALLY LATER. MAINLY CLOUDY WITH A FEW
SQUALLY SHOWERS. SHOWERS WILL BE MORE FREQUENT AT FIRST.
TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 24 AND 27 DEGREES. SEAS
WILL BE ROUGH WITH SWELLS.

OUTLOOK : SUNNY PERIODS IN THE FOLLOWING COUPLE OF DAYS.
THE WEATHER WILL BECOME UNSETTLED MIDWEEK THIS WEEK.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

CLOUDY WITH A FEW SQUALLY SHOWERS

(PINYIN: KUANGFENG ZHOUYU)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 7

CAPTION: CLOUDY WITH A FEW SQUALLY SHOWERS

MIN TEMP: 24 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 27 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 8

CAPTION: CLOUDY WITH A FEW SQUALLY SHOWERS

TEMPS: 24 - 27 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 23:51 HKT ON 09.11.2024