PRESS WEATHER NO. 126 - SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
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SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 16:31 HKT ON 11.07.2018
(NOT TO BE ISSUED AFTER 7:30 P.M.)
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS ISSUED
BY THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 4:30 P.M. ON 11 JULY 2018
WARNINGS:
STRONG WINDS IN NAN'AO AND SHANWEI.
WEATHER SITUATION:
A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS BRINGING UNSETTLED WEATHER
TO THE SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS.
TYPHOON MARIA HAS WEAKENED INTO A SEVERE TROPICAL STORM.
AT 4 P.M., MARIA WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF ABOUT 90
KILOMETRES PER HOUR NEAR ITS CENTRE WAS LOCATED NEAR 26.7
DEGREES NORTH, 118.1 DEGREES EAST. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE
WEST-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 25 KILOMETRES PER HOUR ACROSS
INLAND FUJIAN AND WEAKEN.
AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:
SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST FORCE 3 TO 4, OCCASIONALLY FORCE 5.
A FEW SHOWERS LATER.
SLIGHT TO MODERATE SEAS.
NAN'AO:
SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FORCE 6 TO 7.
SCATTERED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
ROUGH SEAS.
SHANWEI:
SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FORCE 5 TO 6.
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS.
SOUTH OF HONG KONG AND SHANGCHUAN DAO:
SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST FORCE 4 TO 5.
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE 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 SOUTHWEST FORCE 4
VISIBILITY 24 KILOMETRES
SHANTOU WIND WEST-SOUTHWEST FORCE 2
VISIBILITY 30 KILOMETRES
DONGSHA WIND SOUTH-SOUTHWEST FORCE 3
VISIBILITY 10 KILOMETRES
HUANGMAOZHOU WIND SOUTH-SOUTHWEST FORCE 3
MACAU WIND SOUTH FORCE 2
VISIBILITY 20 KILOMETRES
XISHA WIND SOUTHWEST FORCE 3
VISIBILITY 22 KILOMETRES
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 16:31 HKT ON 11.07.2018