PRESS WEATHER NO. 224 - 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

AN INTENSE NORTHEAST MONSOON AFFECTED SOUTHERN CHINA
YESTERDAY. LOCALLY, WINDS WERE STRONG OFFSHORE. THERE WERE
SUNNY INTERVALS DURING THE DAY. TEMPERATURES OVER MOST
PARTS OF THE TERRITORY IN THE AFTERNOON WERE AROUND FOUR TO
FIVE DEGREES LOWER THAN THOSE OF THE DAY BEFORE. BESIDES,
TROPICAL STORM FENGSHEN INTENSIFIED INTO A SEVERE TROPICAL
STORM YESTERDAY AND EDGED CLOSER TO THE COAST OF GUANGDONG
GRADUALLY. ITS OUTER RAINBANDS BEGAN TO AFFECT THE REGION
AT NIGHT. UNDER THE COMBINED EFFECT OF THE INTENSE
NORTHEAST MONSOON AND FENGSHEN, IT WILL BE PERSISTENTLY
WINDY AND APPRECIABLY COOLER WITH RAIN OVER THE COAST OF
SOUTHERN CHINA IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. SEAS WILL BE
ROUGH WITH SWELLS.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HONG KONG (TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2025)

FRESH TO STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS, OCCASIONALLY GALE FORCE
OFFSHORE AND ON HIGH GROUND. CLOUDY WITH A FEW RAIN
PATCHES. RAIN WILL BE MORE FREQUENT AT TIMES. SEAS WILL BE
ROUGH WITH SWELLS. APPRECIABLY COOLER, WITH TEMPERATURES ON
TUESDAY FALLING PROGRESSIVELY FROM ABOUT 24 DEGREES AT
FIRST, TO A MINIMUM OF ABOUT 19 DEGREES IN THE URBAN AREAS
AT NIGHT, AND A COUPLE OF DEGREES LOWER IN THE NEW
TERRITORIES.

OUTLOOK : STILL WINDY WITH A FEW RAIN PATCHES ON WEDNESDAY.
RAIN WILL BE MORE FREQUENT AT FIRST. SEAS WILL BE ROUGH
WITH SWELLS. THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WILL BE ABOUT 19
DEGREES IN THE URBAN AREAS, AND A COUPLE OF DEGREES LOWER
IN THE NEW TERRITORIES ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. FLOODING
MAY OCCUR OVER PARTS OF THE LOW-LYING COASTAL AREAS AT
NIGHT. IT WILL BE BRIGHTER AND DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL
RISE IN THE LATTER PART OF THIS WEEK.

WEATHER CARTOONS AND CAPTIONS:

SUGGESTED CAPTION FOR WEATHER COLUMN IN CHINESE PRESS:

RAIN PATCHES AND APPRECIABLY COOLER

(PINYIN: YOUYU JIAOLIANG)

FOR SCMP PAGE 1 WEATHER:

CARTOON NO. 7

CAPTION: RAIN PATCHES AND APPRECIABLY COOLER

MIN TEMP: 19 DEGREES

MAX TEMP: 24 DEGREES

FOR STANDARD:

CARTOON NO. 8

CAPTION: RAIN PATCHES AND APPRECIABLY COOLER

TEMPS: 19 - 24 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 23:45 HKT ON 20.10.2025