
PRESS WEATHER NO. 022 - SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
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SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 03:30 HKT ON 29.09.2016
(NOT TO BE ISSUED AFTER 5:30 A.M.)
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS ISSUED
BY THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 3:30 A.M. ON 29 SEPTEMBER
2016
WARNINGS:
STRONG WINDS IN HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS, NAN'AO AND
SHANWEI.
WEATHER SITUATION:
AT 3 A.M., TROPICAL DEPRESSION MEGI WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS OF ABOUT 45 KILOMETRES PER HOUR NEAR ITS CENTRE WAS
LOCATED AT 25.7 DEGREES NORTH, 115.9 DEGREES EAST, IT IS
FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 12 KILOMETRES PER HOUR
ACROSS THE INLAND AREAS OF JIANGXI AND DISSIPATE 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 5 TO 6, UP TO FORCE 7 AT FIRST.
SCATTERED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS.
SHANWEI:
SOUTHWEST FORCE 6 TO 7, BECOMING NORTHWEST FORCE 5 TO 6
LATER.
SCATTERED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS.
SOUTH OF HONG KONG AND SHANGCHUAN DAO:
NORTHWEST FORCE 4 TO 5.
MODERATE SEAS.
OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS
NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 5 TO 6, SOUTHWESTERLY
WINDS OF FORCE 5 TO 6 IN EAST AT FIRST. ISOLATED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LATEST REPORTS FROM SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WEATHER STATIONS
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WAGLAN ISLAND WIND NORTHWEST FORCE 4
VISIBILITY 20 KILOMETRES
SHANTOU WIND WEST-SOUTHWEST FORCE 3
VISIBILITY 21 KILOMETRES
DONGSHA WIND SOUTHWEST FORCE 3
VISIBILITY 10 KILOMETRES
HUANGMAOZHOU WIND WEST-NORTHWEST FORCE 4
MACAU WIND NORTHWEST FORCE 3
VISIBILITY 11 KILOMETRES
XISHA WIND SOUTHWEST FORCE 4
VISIBILITY 29 KILOMETRES
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 03:30 HKT ON 29.09.2016
Ends/Thursday, September 29, 2016
Issued at HKT 3:30
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