PRESS WEATHER NO. 032 - SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS

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SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS

(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 14 MAY 2017

WEATHER SITUATION:

THE UNSETTLED WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH A TROUGH OF LOW
PRESSURE IS AFFECTING THE SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS.

AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:

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

NAN'AO, SHANWEI, SOUTH OF HONG KONG AND SHANGCHUAN DAO:
SOUTHEAST FORCE 4.
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE SEAS.

OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS

SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 4 TO 5, BECOMING NORTHWESTERLY
WINDS OF UP TO FORCE 6. ISOLATED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.

LATEST REPORTS FROM SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WEATHER STATIONS

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WAGLAN ISLAND      WIND NORTH-NORTHEAST FORCE 1 
                   VISIBILITY 6 KILOMETRES

SHANTOU            WIND CALM 
                   VISIBILITY 7 KILOMETRES

DONGSHA            WIND EAST-SOUTHEAST FORCE 2 
                   VISIBILITY 10 KILOMETRES

HUANGMAOZHOU       WIND EAST-SOUTHEAST FORCE 3

MACAU              WIND EAST-SOUTHEAST FORCE 1 
                   VISIBILITY 3100 METRES IN MIST

XISHA              WIND EAST-SOUTHEAST FORCE 2 
                   VISIBILITY 30 KILOMETRES

WEATHER BULLETIN FOR HONG KONG WATERS

AT 5 A.M. HONG KONG TIME:

KAI TAK:
WIND SOUTHEAST FORCE 1.
 
STAR FERRY KOWLOON:
WIND CALM.
 
GREEN ISLAND:
WIND NORTH-NORTHWEST FORCE 0.
 
CHEUNG CHAU:
WIND NORTHEAST FORCE 1.
 
SEA WAVES NEAR WAGLAN ISLAND WILL BE ABOUT 0.5 METRE DURING
THE NEXT 12 HOURS.
 
THE SEA TEMPERATURE IN VICTORIA HARBOUR IS 25 DEGREES
CELSIUS.
 
THE NEXT HIGH TIDE IN VICTORIA HARBOUR WILL BE 2.1 METRES
AT 10:35 A.M. TODAY AND THE NEXT LOW TIDE WILL BE 0.6 METRE
AT 5:49 P.M. TODAY.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 05:30 HKT ON 14.05.2017