PRESS WEATHER NO. 086 - SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
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SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 12:30 HKT ON 08.11.2017
(NOT TO BE ISSUED AFTER 4:30 P.M.)
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS ISSUED
BY THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 12:30 P.M. ON 8 NOVEMBER
2017
WARNINGS:
GALE FORCE WINDS IN NAN'AO. STRONG WINDS IN HONG KONG
ADJACENT WATERS, SHANWEI, SOUTH OF HONG KONG AND SHANGCHUAN
DAO.
WEATHER SITUATION:
AN EASTERLY AIRSTREAM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE SOUTH CHINA
COASTAL WATERS GRADUALLY.
AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:
NORTH FORCE 5, BECOMING EAST FORCE 6 TO 7.
A FEW RAIN PATCHES.
MODERATE SEAS, BECOMING ROUGH.
NAN'AO:
EAST TO NORTHEAST FORCE 6 TO 7, OCCASIONALLY FORCE 8.
ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS.
SHANWEI, SOUTH OF HONG KONG AND SHANGCHUAN DAO:
EAST TO NORTHEAST FORCE 6 TO 7.
ROUGH SEAS.
OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS
EAST TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 6, FORCE 7 LATER.
LATEST REPORTS FROM SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WEATHER STATIONS
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WAGLAN ISLAND WIND NORTHEAST FORCE 3
VISIBILITY 16 KILOMETRES
SHANTOU WIND EAST FORCE 2
VISIBILITY 16 KILOMETRES
DONGSHA WIND NORTHEAST FORCE 4
VISIBILITY 10 KILOMETRES
HUANGMAOZHOU WIND NORTHEAST FORCE 4
MACAU WIND NORTH FORCE 3
VISIBILITY 12 KILOMETRES
XISHA WIND EAST-NORTHEAST FORCE 2
VISIBILITY 16 KILOMETRES
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 12:30 HKT ON 08.11.2017