PRESS WEATHER NO. 156 - SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS

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SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS

(NOT TO BE ISSUED AFTER 3:30 A.M. TOMORROW, TUESDAY)

WEATHER INFORMATION FOR SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS ISSUED
BY THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 11:30 P.M. ON 21 AUGUST 2017

WARNINGS:

STORM FORCE WINDS IN NAN'AO. STRONG WINDS IN SHANWEI, SOUTH
OF HONG KONG AND SHANGCHUAN DAO.

WEATHER SITUATION:

AT 11 P.M., TROPICAL STORM HATO WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS OF ABOUT 75 KILOMETRES PER HOUR NEAR ITS CENTRE WAS
LOCATED NEAR 20.3 DEGREES NORTH, 122.4 DEGREES EAST. IT IS
FORECAST TO MOVE WEST-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 22 KILOMETRES PER
HOUR TOWARDS LUZON STRAIT.

AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:

WEST TO NORTHWEST FORCE 4 TO 5.
SOME HAZE AT FIRST. ISOLATED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS LATER.
MODERATE SEAS.

NAN'AO:
NORTH TO NORTHWEST FORCE 5 TO 6, BECOMING CYCLONIC UP TO
FORCE 10 LATER.
FREQUENT HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
ROUGH SEAS, BECOMING VERY ROUGH TO HIGH LATER.

SHANWEI:
NORTH TO NORTHWEST FORCE 4 TO 5, BECOMING FORCE 6 TO 7.
SCATTERED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE SEAS, BECOMING ROUGH.

SOUTH OF HONG KONG AND SHANGCHUAN DAO:
NORTHWEST FORCE 4 TO 5, BECOMING FORCE 6 LATER.
ISOLATED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATER.
MODERATE SEAS, BECOMING ROUGH LATER.

OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS

WEST TO NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 7 TO 8, CYCLONIC WINDS
OF FORCE 9 TO 10 IN EAST. FREQUENT HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS.

LATEST REPORTS FROM SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WEATHER STATIONS

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WAGLAN ISLAND      WIND NORTH FORCE 2 
                   VISIBILITY 7 KILOMETRES

SHANTOU            WIND EAST-NORTHEAST FORCE 1 
                   VISIBILITY 23 KILOMETRES

DONGSHA            WIND NORTH-NORTHWEST FORCE 3 
                   VISIBILITY 10 KILOMETRES

HUANGMAOZHOU       WIND WEST FORCE 4

MACAU              WIND SOUTH-SOUTHWEST FORCE 2 
                   VISIBILITY 16 KILOMETRES

XISHA              WIND NORTH-NORTHEAST FORCE 2 
                   VISIBILITY 30 KILOMETRES

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:30 HKT ON 21.08.2017