PRESS WEATHER NO. 034 - SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
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SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 05:30 HKT ON 01.05.2019
(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 1 MAY 2019
WARNINGS:
STRONG WINDS IN ALL AREAS.
WEATHER SITUATION:
A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IS BRINGING UNSETTLED WEATHER TO
THE SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS.
AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:
NORTHEAST FORCE 5 TO 6.
SCATTERED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS.
NAN'AO, SHANWEI, SOUTH OF HONG KONG AND SHANGCHUAN DAO:
NORTHEAST FORCE 5 TO 6.
SCATTERED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS.
OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS
NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 5 TO 6, FORCE 7 LATER.
OCCASIONAL SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LATEST REPORTS FROM SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WEATHER STATIONS
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WAGLAN ISLAND WIND NORTHWEST FORCE 3
VISIBILITY 7 KILOMETRES
SHANTOU WIND WEST FORCE 2
VISIBILITY 13 KILOMETRES
HUANGMAOZHOU WIND NORTHWEST FORCE 5
MACAU WIND SOUTH FORCE 1
VISIBILITY 10 KILOMETRES
XISHA WIND SOUTH FORCE 2
VISIBILITY 30 KILOMETRES
WEATHER BULLETIN FOR HONG KONG WATERS
AT 5 A.M. HONG KONG TIME:
KAI TAK:
WIND WEST-SOUTHWEST FORCE 2.
STAR FERRY KOWLOON:
WIND WEST FORCE 4.
GREEN ISLAND:
WIND WEST-NORTHWEST FORCE 2.
CHEUNG CHAU:
WIND NORTH-NORTHWEST FORCE 3.
SEA WAVES NEAR WAGLAN ISLAND WILL BE ABOUT 0.5 METRE TO 1.0
METRE DURING THE NEXT 12 HOURS.
SWELL OF UP TO 1.0 METRE CAN BE EXPECTED.
THE SEA TEMPERATURE IN VICTORIA HARBOUR IS 25 DEGREES
CELSIUS.
THE NEXT HIGH TIDE IN VICTORIA HARBOUR WILL BE 1.7 METRES
AT 8:20 A.M. TODAY AND THE NEXT LOW TIDE WILL BE 1.2 METRES
AT 1:17 P.M. TODAY.
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 05:30 HKT ON 01.05.2019