SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS

(NOT TO BE ISSUED AFTER 11:30 P.M.)

WEATHER INFORMATION FOR SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS ISSUED
BY THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 8:55 P.M. ON 1 SEPTEMBER
2017

WARNINGS:

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

WEATHER SITUATION:

AT 8 P.M., TROPICAL DEPRESSION MAWAR WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS OF ABOUT 55 KILOMETRES PER HOUR NEAR ITS CENTRE WAS
LOCATED NEAR 21.0 DEGREES NORTH, 118.4 DEGREES EAST. IT IS
FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH-NORTHWEST SLOWLY IN THE GENERAL
DIRECTION OF THE COAST OF EASTERN GUANGDONG.

AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:

NORTH FORCE 4 TO 5, FORCE 6 LATER.
ISOLATED HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME HAZE.
MODERATE SEAS, BECOMING ROUGH SEAS LATER.

NAN'AO:
NORTH TO NORTHEAST FORCE 7 TO 8, BECOMING CYCLONIC UP TO
FORCE 10.
FREQUENT HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS, BECOMING HIGH SEAS.

SHANWEI:
NORTH TO NORTHEAST FORCE 7 TO 8, BECOMING FORCE 9 TO 10
LATER.
FREQUENT HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS, BECOMING HIGH SEAS LATER.

SOUTH OF HONG KONG:
NORTH TO NORTHWEST FORCE 6 TO 7.
SCATTERED HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
ROUGH SEAS.

SHANGCHUAN DAO:
NORTHWEST FORCE 5 TO 6.
SCATTERED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS.

OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS

WESTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 7 TO 8, CYCLONIC WINDS UP TO FORCE
12 IN EAST AT FIRST. FREQUENT HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.

LATEST REPORTS FROM SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WEATHER STATIONS

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WAGLAN ISLAND      WIND WEST-NORTHWEST FORCE 3 
                   VISIBILITY 5000 METRES

SHANTOU            WIND NORTHEAST FORCE 2 
                   VISIBILITY 26 KILOMETRES

DONGSHA            WIND NORTH FORCE 4 
                   VISIBILITY 8 KILOMETRES

MACAU              WIND SOUTH FORCE 2 
                   VISIBILITY 7 KILOMETRES IN THUNDERSTORMS

XISHA              WIND WEST-SOUTHWEST FORCE 2 
                   VISIBILITY 30 KILOMETRES

VISIBILITY REPORTS IN HONG KONG WATERS AT 8 P.M. ON 1
SEPTEMBER 2017 HONG KONG TIME (NOT TO BE BROADCAST AFTER
9:55 P.M.)
 
KOWLOON BAY                         5000 METRES
VICTORIA HARBOUR                    5000 METRES
WESTERN ANCHORAGE                   7 KILOMETRES
MA WAN                              4600 METRES
TATHONG POINT                       5000 METRES
WEST LAMMA CHANNEL AND CHEUNG CHAU  5000 METRES
EAST LAMMA CHANNEL                  5000 METRES
SOUTH LANTAU                        11 KILOMETRES
URMSTON ROAD                        9 KILOMETRES

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 20:55 HKT ON 01.09.2017