
PRESS WEATHER NO. 056 - SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
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SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 09:30 HKT ON 19.09.2016
(NOT TO BE ISSUED AFTER 12:30 P.M.)
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS ISSUED
BY THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 9:30 A.M. ON 19 SEPTEMBER
2016
WARNINGS:
STRONG WINDS IN NAN'AO, SHANWEI, SOUTH OF HONG KONG AND
SHANGCHUAN DAO.
WEATHER SITUATION:
AT 9 A.M., SEVERE TYPHOON MALAKAS WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS OF ABOUT 155 KILOMETRES PER HOUR NEAR ITS CENTRE WAS
LOCATED NEAR 29.5 DEGREES NORTH, 127.2 DEGREES EAST. IT IS
FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 KILOMETRES PER HOUR
IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF JAPAN.
AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:
NORTH FORCE 4, BECOMING EAST TO NORTHEAST FORCE 4 TO 5
LATER.
ISOLATED SHOWERS.
MODERATE SEAS.
NAN'AO, SHANWEI, SOUTH OF HONG KONG AND SHANGCHUAN DAO:
NORTH TO NORTHEAST FORCE 4 TO 5, FORCE 6 LATER.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS.
OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS
EAST TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 5 TO 6. ISOLATED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LATEST REPORTS FROM SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WEATHER STATIONS
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WAGLAN ISLAND WIND NORTH-NORTHEAST FORCE 4
VISIBILITY 11 KILOMETRES
SHANTOU WIND SOUTH-SOUTHEAST FORCE 1
VISIBILITY 17 KILOMETRES
DONGSHA WIND EAST-NORTHEAST FORCE 2
VISIBILITY 9 KILOMETRES
HUANGMAOZHOU WIND NORTH FORCE 3
MACAU WIND NORTH FORCE 3
VISIBILITY 10 KILOMETRES
XISHA WIND NORTH-NORTHWEST FORCE 2
VISIBILITY 29 KILOMETRES
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 09:30 HKT ON 19.09.2016
Ends/Monday, September 19, 2016
Issued at HKT 9:30
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