SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS

(NOT TO BE ISSUED AFTER 7:30 P.M.)

WEATHER INFORMATION FOR SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS ISSUED
BY THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 6:50 P.M. ON 6 SEPTEMBER
2016

WEATHER SITUATION:

A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IS BRINGING UNSETTLED WEATHER TO
THE SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS.

AT 4 P.M., TROPICAL DEPRESSION MALOU WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS OF ABOUT 55 KILOMETRES PER HOUR NEAR ITS CENTRE WAS
LOCATED AT 27.0 DEGREES NORTH, 127.2 DEGREES EAST. IT IS
FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 KILOMETRES PER HOUR
IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF THE SEAS SOUTH OF KYUSHU OF
JAPAN, AND INTENSIFY GRADUALLY.

AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FORCE 3 TO 4.
ISOLATED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
SLIGHT TO MODERATE SEAS.

NAN'AO, SHANWEI, SOUTH OF HONG KONG AND SHANGCHUAN DAO:
SOUTHWEST FORCE 4 TO 5.
SCATTERED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE SEAS.

OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS

SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 4 TO 5. SQUALLY SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.

LATEST REPORTS FROM SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WEATHER STATIONS

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WAGLAN ISLAND      WIND SOUTH FORCE 2 
                   VISIBILITY 38 KILOMETRES

SHANTOU            WIND EAST-SOUTHEAST FORCE 2 
                   VISIBILITY 26 KILOMETRES

DONGSHA            WIND SOUTH-SOUTHWEST FORCE 2 
                   VISIBILITY 10 KILOMETRES

HUANGMAOZHOU       WIND SOUTH FORCE 3

XISHA              WIND SOUTH-SOUTHWEST FORCE 4 
                   VISIBILITY 23 KILOMETRES

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 18:50 HKT ON 06.09.2016