SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS

(NOT TO BE ISSUED AFTER 12:30 P.M.)

WEATHER INFORMATION FOR SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS ISSUED
BY THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 9:45 A.M. ON 19 JULY 2021

WARNINGS:

GALE FORCE WINDS IN HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS, SOUTH OF
HONG KONG AND SHANGCHUAN DAO. STRONG WINDS IN NAN'AO AND
SHANWEI.

WEATHER SITUATION:

THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH
CHINA SEA HAS INTENSIFIED INTO A TROPICAL STORM AND WAS
NAMED CEMPAKA. 
 
AT 10 A.M., TROPICAL STORM CEMPAKA WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS OF ABOUT 65 KILOMETRES PER HOUR NEAR ITS CENTRE WAS
LOCATED AT 20.8 DEGREES NORTH, 113.1 DEGREES EAST. IT IS
FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH-NORTHWEST SLOWLY AND GRADUALLY
EDGING CLOSER TO THE VICINITY OF THE WEST OF THE PEARL
RIVER ESTUARY.

AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:

EAST TO SOUTHEAST FORCE 6 TO 7, UP TO FORCE 8 LATER.
HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
ROUGH SEAS, BECOMING VERY ROUGH LATER.

NAN'AO AND SHANWEI:
EAST TO SOUTHEAST FORCE 5 TO 6.
SCATTERED HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS.

SOUTH OF HONG KONG:
EAST TO SOUTHEAST FORCE 7 TO 8.
FREQUENT HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS.

SHANGCHUAN DAO:
CYCLONIC FORCE 7 TO 8.
FREQUENT HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS.

OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS

CYCLONIC WINDS OF FORCE 7 TO 8, BECOMING SOUTHWESTERLY
WINDS OF FORCE 7 TO 8 IN WEST, BECOMING EAST TO
NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OF UP TO FORCE 6 IN EAST LATER.
FREQUENT 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 24 KILOMETRES

SHANTOU            WIND EAST-SOUTHEAST FORCE 1 
                   VISIBILITY 10 KILOMETRES IN RAIN

HUANGMAOZHOU       WIND EAST FORCE 5

MACAU              WIND EAST-NORTHEAST FORCE 3 
                   VISIBILITY 11 KILOMETRES IN RAIN

XISHA              WIND SOUTHWEST FORCE 3 
                   VISIBILITY 26 KILOMETRES

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 10:00 HKT ON 19.07.2021