SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS

(NOT TO BE ISSUED AFTER 9:30 A.M.)

WEATHER INFORMATION FOR SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS ISSUED
BY THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 5:30 A.M. ON 11 JULY 2018

WARNINGS:

GALE FORCE WINDS IN NAN'AO. STRONG WINDS IN SHANWEI.

WEATHER SITUATION:

A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS BRINGING UNSETTLED WEATHER
TO THE SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS.

AT 5 A.M., SEVERE TYPHOON MARIA WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS OF ABOUT 165 KILOMETRES PER HOUR NEAR ITS CENTRE WAS
LOCATED NEAR 26.3 DEGREES NORTH, 121.2 DEGREES EAST. IT IS
FORECAST TO MOVE WEST-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 30 KILOMETRES PER
HOUR TOWARDS THE VICINITY OF FUJIAN AND ZHEJIANG.

AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:

EAST TO NORTHEAST FORCE 4, BECOMING SOUTHEAST FORCE 3 TO 4.
ISOLATED SHOWERS. SOME HAZE LATER.
SLIGHT TO MODERATE SEAS.

NAN'AO:
EAST TO NORTHEAST FORCE 6 TO 7, BECOMING SOUTHWEST FORCE 8.
ISOLATED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
ROUGH SEAS, BECOMING VERY ROUGH.

SHANWEI:
EAST TO NORTHEAST FORCE 6 TO 7, BECOMING SOUTHWEST FORCE 6
TO 7.
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
ROUGH SEAS.

SOUTH OF HONG KONG AND SHANGCHUAN DAO:
EAST TO SOUTHEAST FORCE 4 TO 5.
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS.

OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS

SOUTH TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 6 TO 7. ISOLATED
SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

LATEST REPORTS FROM SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WEATHER STATIONS

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WAGLAN ISLAND      WIND CALM 
                   VISIBILITY 12 KILOMETRES

SHANTOU            WIND WEST FORCE 2 
                   VISIBILITY 30 KILOMETRES

DONGSHA            WIND SOUTH FORCE 1 
                   VISIBILITY 10 KILOMETRES

HUANGMAOZHOU       WIND EAST FORCE 2

MACAU              WIND SOUTHEAST FORCE 1 
                   VISIBILITY 12 KILOMETRES

XISHA              WIND SOUTHWEST FORCE 4 
                   VISIBILITY 27 KILOMETRES

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 05:31 HKT ON 11.07.2018