
PRESS WEATHER NO. 032 - SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
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SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 05:30 HKT ON 24.09.2016
(NOT TO BE ISSUED AFTER 9:30 A.M.)
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS ISSUED
BY THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 5:30 A.M. ON 24 SEPTEMBER
2016
WARNINGS:
STRONG WINDS IN ALL AREAS.
WEATHER SITUATION:
AN EASTERLY AIRSTREAM IS AFFECTING THE COASTAL WATERS OF
GUANGDONG.
AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:
EAST FORCE 4 TO 5, OCCASIONALLY FORCE 6.
A FEW RAIN PATCHES.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS.
NAN'AO AND SHANWEI:
EAST TO NORTHEAST FORCE 5 TO 6.
ISOLATED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS.
SOUTH OF HONG KONG AND SHANGCHUAN DAO:
EAST FORCE 5, OCCASIONALLY FORCE 6.
SCATTERED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS.
OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS
EAST TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 5 TO 6, FORCE 7 IN
EAST LATER. ISOLATED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LATEST REPORTS FROM SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WEATHER STATIONS
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WAGLAN ISLAND WIND EAST-NORTHEAST FORCE 6
VISIBILITY 16 KILOMETRES
SHANTOU WIND EAST FORCE 1
VISIBILITY 29 KILOMETRES
DONGSHA WIND EAST-NORTHEAST FORCE 3
VISIBILITY 10 KILOMETRES
HUANGMAOZHOU WIND EAST-NORTHEAST FORCE 6
MACAU WIND EAST FORCE 3
VISIBILITY 14 KILOMETRES
XISHA WIND EAST FORCE 1
VISIBILITY 30 KILOMETRES
WEATHER BULLETIN FOR HONG KONG WATERS
AT 5 A.M. HONG KONG TIME:
KAI TAK:
WIND EAST FORCE 3.
GREEN ISLAND:
WIND NORTHEAST FORCE 5.
CHEUNG CHAU:
WIND EAST FORCE 4.
SEA WAVES NEAR WAGLAN ISLAND WILL BE ABOUT 1.0 METRE TO 1.5
METRES DURING THE NEXT 12 HOURS.
SWELL OF UP TO 0.5 METRE CAN BE EXPECTED.
THE SEA TEMPERATURE IN VICTORIA HARBOUR IS 28 DEGREES
CELSIUS.
THE NEXT HIGH TIDE IN VICTORIA HARBOUR WILL BE 1.6 METRES
AT 5:37 P.M. TODAY AND THE NEXT LOW TIDE WILL BE 0.9 METRE
AT 10:10 A.M. TODAY.
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 05:30 HKT ON 24.09.2016
Ends/Saturday, September 24, 2016
Issued at HKT 5:30
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