PRESS WEATHER NO. 152 - SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS

**************************************************

SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS

(NOT TO BE ISSUED AFTER 11:30 P.M.)

WEATHER INFORMATION FOR SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS ISSUED
BY THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 7:30 P.M. ON 31 JULY 2016

WARNINGS:

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

WEATHER SITUATION:

AT 7 P.M., SEVERE TROPICAL STORM NIDA WITH MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS OF ABOUT 110 KILOMETRES PER HOUR NEAR ITS
CENTRE WAS LOCATED AT 18.7 DEGREES NORTH, 121.4 DEGREES
EAST, IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHWEST OR WEST-NORTHWEST AT
ABOUT 22 KILOMETRES PER HOUR INTO THE NORTHERN PART OF THE
SOUTH CHINA SEA AND INTENSIFY GRADUALLY.

AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:

NORTHEAST FORCE 5, NORTH TO NORTHWEST FORCE 7 LATER,
OCCASIONALLY FORCE 8 IN SOUTH.
SCATTERED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, HAZY TOMORROW.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS, BECOMING VERY ROUGH LATER.

NAN'AO AND SHANWEI:
NORTHEAST FORCE 5 TO 6, BECOMING CYCLONIC UP TO FORCE 12
LATER.
FREQUENT HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
ROUGH SEAS, BECOMING PHENOMENAL LATER.

SOUTH OF HONG KONG:
NORTHEAST FORCE 5 TO 6, NORTH TO NORTHWEST UP TO FORCE 9
LATER.
OCCASIONAL  SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS, BECOMING VERY ROUGH LATER.

SHANGCHUAN DAO:
NORTHEAST FORCE 4 TO 5, NORTHWEST UP TO FORCE 7 LATER.
SCATTERED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE SEAS, BECOMING ROUGH LATER.

OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS

NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 8 TO 9, CYCLONIC WINDS OF  UP
TO FORCE 12 IN EAST. FREQUENT HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.

LATEST REPORTS FROM SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WEATHER STATIONS

--------------------------------------------------------

WAGLAN ISLAND      WIND EAST FORCE 3 
                   VISIBILITY 15 KILOMETRES

SHANTOU            WIND SOUTHEAST FORCE 2 
                   VISIBILITY 28 KILOMETRES

DONGSHA            WIND NORTH-NORTHEAST FORCE 3 
                   VISIBILITY 10 KILOMETRES

HUANGMAOZHOU       WIND EAST FORCE 4

MACAU              WIND SOUTHEAST FORCE 2 
                   VISIBILITY 10 KILOMETRES

XISHA              WIND NORTHWEST FORCE 3 
                   VISIBILITY 30 KILOMETRES

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 19:33 HKT ON 31.07.2016