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 29 JULY 2017

WARNINGS:

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

WEATHER SITUATION:

AT 7 P.M., TROPICAL STORM HAITANG WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS OF ABOUT 75 KILOMETRES PER HOUR NEAR ITS CENTRE WAS
LOCATED AT 18.8 DEGREES NORTH, 117.6 DEGREES EAST, IT IS
FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 10 KILOMETRES PER HOUR
TOWARDS THE VICINITY OF TAIWAN STRAIT.
 
MEANWHILE, TYPHOON NESAT WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF
ABOUT 145 KILOMETRES PER HOUR NEAR ITS CENTRE WAS LOCATED
AT 24.3 DEGREES NORTH, 122.0 DEGREES EAST. IT IS FORECAST
TO MOVE NORTHWEST OR WEST-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 18 KILOMETRES
PER HOUR TOWARDS TAIWAN.

AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:

WEST TO NORTHWEST FORCE 5 TO 6.
SCATTERED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, SOME HAZE.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS.

NAN'AO:
NORTHWEST FORCE 7 TO 8, BECOMING SOUTHWEST UP TO FORCE 11
LATER.
FREQUENT HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
VERY ROUGH SEAS, BECOMING VERY HIGH SEAS LATER.

SHANWEI:
NORTHWEST FORCE 6 TO 7, BECOMING SOUTHWEST FORCE 7 LATER.
OCCASIONAL SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS.

SOUTH OF HONG KONG AND SHANGCHUAN DAO:
NORTHWEST FORCE 6 TO 7, BECOMING SOUTHWEST FORCE 6 TO 7
LATER.
SCATTERED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS.

OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS

SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 6 TO 7, UP TO FORCE 8 IN EAST.
OCCASIONAL SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

LATEST REPORTS FROM SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WEATHER STATIONS

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WAGLAN ISLAND      WIND WEST-NORTHWEST FORCE 5 
                   VISIBILITY 14 KILOMETRES

SHANTOU            WIND SOUTHEAST FORCE 2 
                   VISIBILITY 30 KILOMETRES

DONGSHA            WIND NORTHEAST FORCE 4 
                   VISIBILITY 10 KILOMETRES

HUANGMAOZHOU       WIND WEST FORCE 4

MACAU              WIND SOUTHWEST FORCE 3 
                   VISIBILITY 14 KILOMETRES

XISHA              WIND WEST-SOUTHWEST FORCE 4 
                   VISIBILITY 25 KILOMETRES

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 19:37 HKT ON 29.07.2017