Weather Report

PRESS WEATHER NO. 152 - 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 10 P.M. ON 9 AUGUST 2009

WARNINGS:
GALE FORCE WINDS IN NAN'AO AND SHANWEI. STRONG WINDS IN
HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS, SOUTH OF HONG KONG AND
SHANGCHUAN DAO.

WEATHER SITUATION:
TYPHOON MORAKOT HAS WEAKENED INTO A SEVERE TROPICAL STORM.
AT 10 P.M., MORAKOT WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF ABOUT
110 KILOMETRES PER HOUR NEAR ITS CENTRE WAS LOCATED NEAR
26.9 DEGREES NORTH, 119.8 DEGREES EAST. IT IS FORECAST TO
MOVE NORTH AT ABOUT 12 KILOMETRES PER HOUR ACROSS THE
VICINITY OF FUJIAN AND ZHEJIANG.

TROPICAL DEPRESSION GONI HAS WEAKENED INTO AN AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE.
AT 10 P.M., GONI WAS LOCATED NEAR 20 DEGREES NORTH, 114
DEGREES EAST. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE EAST-NORTHEAST AT
ABOUT 25 KILOMETRES PER HOUR ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF
THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.

AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:
WEST TO SOUTHWEST FORCE 5, OCCASIONALLY FORCE 6.
A FEW SHOWERS, SOME HAZE TOMORROW.
ROUGH SEAS.

NAN'AO:
WEST TO SOUTHWEST FORCE 7 TO 8.
FREQUENT HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS.

SHANWEI:
WEST TO SOUTHWEST FORCE 6 TO 7, OCCASIONALLY FORCE 8.
OCCASIONAL HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS.

SOUTH OF HONG KONG AND SHANGCHUAN DAO:
WEST TO SOUTHWEST FORCE 5 TO 6, UP TO FORCE 7 IN SOUTH AT
FIRST.
SCATTERED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
ROUGH SEAS.

OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS
SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 5 TO 6. SCATTERED SQUALLY
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.


LATEST REPORTS FROM SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WEATHER STATIONS
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WAGLAN ISLAND      WIND SOUTHWEST FORCE 4
                   VISIBILITY 17 KILOMETRES

SHANTOU            WIND WEST FORCE 2
                   VISIBILITY 12 KILOMETRES IN SHOWERS

DONGSHA            WIND SOUTHWEST FORCE 4
                   VISIBILITY 12 KILOMETRES

HUANGMAOZHOU       WIND SOUTHWEST FORCE 3

MACAU              WIND SOUTH FORCE 2
                   VISIBILITY 9 KILOMETRES

XISHA              WIND WEST-SOUTHWEST FORCE 6
                   VISIBILITY 30 KILOMETRES

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 22:30 HKT ON 09.08.2009