Weather Report

PRESS WEATHER NO. 028 - SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS

SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS

(NOT TO BE ISSUED AFTER 3:30 A.M. TOMORROW, MONDAY)

WEATHER INFORMATION FOR SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS ISSUED
BY THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 2:20 A.M. ON 5 OCTOBER 2008

WARNINGS:
STRONG WINDS IN HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS, SHANWEI, SOUTH
OF HONG KONG AND SHANGCHUAN DAO.

WEATHER SITUATION:
RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL DEPRESSION HIGOS IS
AFFECTING THE SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS.

AT 2 A.M, TROPICAL DEPRESSION HIGOS WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS OF ABOUT 45 KILOMETRES PER HOUR NEAR ITS CENTRE WAS
LOCATED AT 21.8 DEGREES NORTH, 111.0 DEGREES EAST. IT IS
FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH OR NORTH-NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 8
KILOMETRES PER HOUR INTO INLAND GUANGDONG.

AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:
SOUTHEAST FORCE 5, OCCASIONALLY FORCE 6.
SCATTERED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, HEAVY AT TIMES
LATER.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS.

NAN'AO:
EAST FORCE 5.
ISOLATED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE SEAS.

SHANWEI:
EAST TO SOUTHEAST FORCE 5, OCCASIONALLY FORCE 6 AT FIRST.
SCATTERED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS.

SOUTH OF HONG KONG:
SOUTHEAST FORCE 5 TO 6, UP TO FORCE 7 IN SOUTH AT FIRST.
SCATTERED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS.

SHANGCHUAN DAO:
SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST FORCE 6 TO 7.
FREQUENT SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
ROUGH SEAS.

OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS
EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 5 TO 6, SOUTHWESTERLY
WINDS OF  UP TO FORCE 6 IN WEST AT FIRST. FREQUENT HEAVY
SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.





LATEST REPORTS FROM SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WEATHER STATIONS
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WAGLAN ISLAND      WIND SOUTHEAST FORCE 5
                   VISIBILITY 13 KILOMETRES

SHANTOU            WIND EAST FORCE 2
                   VISIBILITY 10 KILOMETRES

DONGSHA            WIND SOUTHEAST FORCE 2
                   VISIBILITY 10 KILOMETRES

MACAU              WIND SOUTH FORCE 4
                   VISIBILITY 4600 METRES

XISHA              WIND SOUTH-SOUTHEAST FORCE 4
                   VISIBILITY 20 KILOMETRES

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 02:24 HKT ON 05.10.2008