PRESS WEATHER NO. 276 - 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 MATMO MOVED ACROSS THE VICINITY OF THE NORTHERN
PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA TO LEIZHOU PENINSULA YESTERDAY.
UNDER ITS INFLUENCE, THERE WERE A FEW SQUALLY SHOWERS AND
VIOLENT GUSTS YESTERDAY, MORE SHOWERS AT FIRST. MORE THAN
10 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED OVER MANY PLACES,
AND RAINFALL EVEN EXCEEDED 40 MILLIMETRES OVER PARTS OF
LANTAU ISLAND. BESIDES, WINDS WERE GENERALLY STRONG
YESTERDAY. WINDS OVER OFFSHORE AND ON HIGH GROUND ONCE
REACHED GALE FORCE. THERE WERE SUNNY INTERVALS IN THE
AFTERNOON, WINDS WEAKEN GRADUALLY.

AT 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, MATMO WAS CENTRED ABOUT 160
KILOMETRES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF NANNING. IT IS FORECAST TO
MOVE WEST-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 15 KILOMETRES PER HOUR ACROSS
THE VICINITY OF THE COAST OF GUANGXI. MATMO IS EXPECTED TO
MOVE INTO THE INLAND GUANGXI AND WEAKEN GRADUALLY TODAY.
WITH MATMO DEPARTING, THE WEATHER WILL IMPROVE OVER THE
COAST OF GUANGDONG TODAY. AN ANTICYCLONE ALOFT WILL BRING
GENERALLY FINE AND PERSISTENTLY VERY HOT WEATHER TO
SOUTHERN CHINA IN THE MIDDLE AND LATTER PARTS OF THIS WEEK.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (MONDAY, 6 OCT 2025)

MAINLY CLOUDY WITH ONE OR TWO SHOWERS. THE MINIMUM
TEMPERATURE WILL BE AROUND 27 DEGREES IN THE MORNING. SUNNY
PERIODS DURING THE DAY WITH A MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF ABOUT
32 DEGREES. MODERATE TO FRESH EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS,
OCCASIONALLY STRONG OFFSHORE AND ON HIGH GROUND AT FIRST.

OUTLOOK : MAINLY FINE AND PERSISTENTLY VERY HOT IN THE
FOLLOWING FEW DAYS.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

SUNNY PERIODS AND ONE OR TWO SHOWERS

(PINYIN: YANGGUANG ZHOUYU)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 2

CAPTION: SUNNY PERIODS AND ONE OR TWO SHOWERS

MIN TEMP: 27 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 32 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 11

CAPTION: SUNNY PERIODS AND ONE OR TWO SHOWERS

TEMPS: 27 - 32 DEGREES

FOR MING PAO AND TA KUNG PAO:

CARTOON NO. 7

FOR WEN WEI PO:

CARTOON NO. 8

FOR ORIENTAL DAILY:

CARTOON NO. 3

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:45 HKT ON 05.10.2025