PRESS WEATHER NO. 138 - SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
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SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 13:40 HKT ON 30.07.2019
(NOT TO BE ISSUED AFTER 4:30 P.M.)
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS ISSUED
BY THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 1:40 P.M. ON 30 JULY 2019
WARNINGS:
GALE FORCE WINDS IN NAN'AO, SHANWEI AND SOUTH OF HONG KONG.
STRONG WINDS IN HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS AND SHANGCHUAN
DAO.
WEATHER SITUATION:
AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LOCATED NEAR 18 DEGREES NORTH, 115
DEGREES EAST IS STRENGTHENING GRADUALLY. A TROPICAL CYCLONE
APPEARS TO BE FORMING.
AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:
EAST TO SOUTHEAST FORCE 6 TO 7.
HEAVY SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS.
ROUGH SEAS.
NAN'AO, SHANWEI AND SOUTH OF HONG KONG:
EAST TO SOUTHEAST FORCE 7 TO 8.
SCATTERED HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS.
SHANGCHUAN DAO:
EAST TO NORTHEAST FORCE 4 TO 5, UP TO FORCE 6 LATER.
SCATTERED HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE SEAS, BECOMING ROUGH LATER.
OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS
EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 7 TO 8. SCATTERED
HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LATEST REPORTS FROM SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WEATHER STATIONS
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WAGLAN ISLAND WIND EAST-NORTHEAST FORCE 6
VISIBILITY 28 KILOMETRES
SHANTOU WIND EAST FORCE 2
VISIBILITY 30 KILOMETRES
DONGSHA WIND EAST-SOUTHEAST FORCE 4
VISIBILITY 10 KILOMETRES
HUANGMAOZHOU WIND EAST FORCE 7
MACAU WIND EAST-NORTHEAST FORCE 2
VISIBILITY 23 KILOMETRES
XISHA WIND NORTHWEST FORCE 2
VISIBILITY 11 KILOMETRES IN RAIN
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 13:40 HKT ON 30.07.2019