PRESS WEATHER NO. 146 - SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS

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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 4:30 P.M. ON 28 SEPTEMBER
2016

WARNINGS:

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

WEATHER SITUATION:

AT 4 P.M., TROPICAL STORM MEGI WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
OF ABOUT 85 KILOMETRES PER HOUR NEAR ITS CENTRE WAS LOCATED
AT 25.0 DEGREES NORTH, 116.6 DEGREES EAST. IT IS FORECAST
TO MOVE WEST OR WEST-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 15 KILOMETRES PER
HOUR ACROSS THE INLAND AREAS OF FUJIAN AND WEAKEN GRADUALLY.

AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:

NORTHWEST FORCE 4 TO 5, UP TO FORCE 6 AT FIRST.
A FEW SHOWERS.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS.

NAN'AO:
SOUTHWEST FORCE 7 TO 8, BECOMING FORCE 5 TO 6 LATER.
FREQUENT SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
VERY ROUGH SEAS, BECOMING MODERATE TO ROUGH LATER.

SHANWEI:
SOUTHWEST FORCE 7 TO 8, BECOMING NORTHWEST FORCE 5 TO 6
LATER.
OCCASIONAL SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
VERY ROUGH SEAS, BECOMING MODERATE TO ROUGH LATER.

SOUTH OF HONG KONG:
WEST TO NORTHWEST FORCE 5 TO 6.
ISOLATED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS.

SHANGCHUAN DAO:
NORTHWEST FORCE 4 TO 5.
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE SEAS.

OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS

NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 4 TO 5, SOUTHWESTERLY
WINDS OF FORCE 4 TO 5 IN EAST AT FIRST. ISOLATED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS.

LATEST REPORTS FROM SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WEATHER STATIONS

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WAGLAN ISLAND      WIND WEST-NORTHWEST FORCE 4 
                   VISIBILITY 12 KILOMETRES

SHANTOU            WIND WEST-SOUTHWEST FORCE 4 
                   VISIBILITY 12 KILOMETRES IN SHOWERS

HUANGMAOZHOU       WIND WEST-NORTHWEST FORCE 4

MACAU              WIND NORTHWEST FORCE 3 
                   VISIBILITY 9 KILOMETRES

XISHA              WIND WEST-SOUTHWEST FORCE 4 
                   VISIBILITY 30 KILOMETRES

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 16:39 HKT ON 28.09.2016