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PRESS WEATHER NO. 034 - SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
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SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS

(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 2 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 3 A.M., TROPICAL STORM MAWAR WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS OF ABOUT 75 KILOMETRES PER HOUR NEAR ITS CENTRE WAS
LOCATED AT 21.3 DEGREES NORTH, 117.9 DEGREES EAST. IT IS
FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHWEST OR 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 LATER.

NAN'AO:
CYCLONIC FORCE 8 TO 9, BECOMING CYCLONIC UP TO FORCE 10.
FREQUENT HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS.

SHANWEI:
NORTH TO NORTHEAST FORCE 8 TO 9, BECOMING FORCE 9 TO 10
LATER.
FREQUENT HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
VERY ROUGH SEAS, BECOMING HIGH 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 SOUTH-SOUTHEAST FORCE 1 
VISIBILITY 10 KILOMETRES

SHANTOU            WIND NORTH FORCE 2 
VISIBILITY 24 KILOMETRES

DONGSHA            WIND NORTH-NORTHWEST FORCE 5 
VISIBILITY 8 KILOMETRES IN RAIN

MACAU              WIND WEST FORCE 1 
VISIBILITY 45 KILOMETRES

XISHA              WIND SOUTHWEST FORCE 3 
VISIBILITY 30 KILOMETRES

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 03:32 HKT ON 02.09.2017
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