PRESS WEATHER NO. 239 - SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS

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SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS

(NOT TO BE ISSUED AFTER 3:30 A.M. TOMORROW, TUESDAY)

WEATHER INFORMATION FOR SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS ISSUED
BY THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 11:30 P.M. ON 1 AUGUST 2016

WARNINGS:

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

WEATHER SITUATION:

AT 11 P.M., TYPHOON NIDA WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF
ABOUT 120 KILOMETRES PER HOUR NEAR ITS CENTRE WAS LOCATED
AT 22.0 DEGREES NORTH, 115.8 DEGREES EAST, IT IS FORECAST
TO MOVE WEST-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 25 KILOMETRES PER HOUR
TOWARDS THE VICINITY OF THE PEARL RIVER ESTUARY.

AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:

NORTHWEST FORCE 7 TO 8, BECOMING CYCLONIC UP TO FORCE 12.
FREQUENT HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS, BECOMING PHENOMENAL.

NAN'AO:
SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST FORCE 9 TO 10, FORCE 11 AT FIRST.
FREQUENT HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
HIGH SEAS, PHENOMENAL AT FIRST.

SHANWEI:
CYCLONIC FORCE 12, BECOMING SOUTH FORCE 10 TO 11.
FREQUENT HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS.

SOUTH OF HONG KONG:
WEST TO NORTHWEST FORCE 9 TO 10, BECOMING FORCE 11 TO 12.
FREQUENT HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS, BECOMING PHENOMENAL.

SHANGCHUAN DAO:
WEST TO NORTHWEST FORCE 7 TO 8, BECOMING SOUTHWEST FORCE 9
TO 10.
FREQUENT HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
VERY ROUGH SEAS, BECOMING HIGH TO VERY HIGH LATER.

OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS

SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 8 TO 9, BECOMING SOUTHERLY
WINDS OF FORCE 6 TO 7. SCATTERED HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.

LATEST REPORTS FROM SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WEATHER STATIONS

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WAGLAN ISLAND      WIND NORTH-NORTHWEST FORCE 7 
                   VISIBILITY 7 KILOMETRES

SHANTOU            WIND EAST FORCE 4 
                   VISIBILITY 1400 METRES IN SHOWERS

DONGSHA            WIND SOUTHWEST FORCE 7 
                   VISIBILITY 6 KILOMETRES IN RAIN

HUANGMAOZHOU       WIND WEST-NORTHWEST FORCE 7

MACAU              WIND NORTHWEST FORCE 4 
                   VISIBILITY 12 KILOMETRES

XISHA              WIND SOUTHWEST FORCE 2 
                   VISIBILITY 30 KILOMETRES

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:30 HKT ON 01.08.2016