Weather Report

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

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