PRESS WEATHER NO. 195 - SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
(NOT TO BE ISSUED AFTER 11:30 P.M.)
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS ISSUED
BY THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 7:30 P.M. ON 18 JULY 2009
WARNINGS:
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS IN HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS AND
SHANWEI. STORM FORCE WINDS IN NAN'AO AND SOUTH OF HONG
KONG. GALE FORCE WINDS IN SHANGCHUAN DAO.
WEATHER SITUATION:
AT 7 P.M., TYPHOON MOLAVE WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF
ABOUT 130 KILOMETRES PER HOUR NEAR ITS CENTRE WAS LOCATED
AT 22.1 DEGREES NORTH, 116.3 DEGREES EAST. IT IS FORECAST
TO MOVE WEST-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 22 KILOMETRES PER HOUR
TOWARDS THE PEARL RIVER EATUARY.
AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:
WEST TO NORTHWEST FORCE 5 TO 6, BECOMING SOUTHWEST UP TO
FORCE 12 LATER.
SQUALLY SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS.
ROUGH SEAS, BECOMING PHENOMENAL SEAS LATER.
NAN'AO:
SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST FORCE 7 TO 8, UP TO FORCE 10 AT FIRST.
FREQUENT HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
HIGH SEAS, BECOMING ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS LATER.
SHANWEI:
CYCLONIC FORCE 12, BECOMING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FORCE 8 TO 9
LATER.
FREQUENT HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
PHENOMENAL SEAS, BECOMING VERY ROUGH SEAS LATER.
SOUTH OF HONG KONG:
WEST TO SOUTHWEST FORCE 9 TO 10 IN NORTH, WEST TO SOUTHWEST
FORCE 7 TO 8 IN SOUTH.
HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS.
SHANGCHUAN DAO:
WEST TO SOUTHWEST FORCE 5 TO 6, UP TO FORCE 8 IN NORTH
LATER.
SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
ROUGH SEAS, BECOMING VERY ROUGH SEAS LATER.
OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS
SOUTHERLY WINDS OF FORCE 5 TO 6, OCCASIONALLY FORCE 7 AT
FIRST. SCATTERED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AT FIRST.
LATEST REPORTS FROM SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WEATHER STATIONS
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WAGLAN ISLAND WIND NORTH-NORTHWEST FORCE 5
VISIBILITY 23 KILOMETRES
SHANTOU WIND EAST-NORTHEAST FORCE 4
VISIBILITY 13 KILOMETRES IN SHOWERS
DONGSHA WIND SOUTHWEST FORCE 5
VISIBILITY 8 KILOMETRES IN RAIN
MACAU WIND NORTH-NORTHEAST FORCE 4
VISIBILITY 9 KILOMETRES IN SHOWERS
XISHA WIND WEST FORCE 3
VISIBILITY 30 KILOMETRES
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 19:30 HKT ON 18.07.2009