SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS

(NOT TO BE ISSUED AFTER 4:30 P.M.)

WEATHER INFORMATION FOR SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS ISSUED
BY THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 12:30 P.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 NOON, TROPICAL STORM MAWAR WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
OF ABOUT 85 KILOMETRES PER HOUR NEAR ITS CENTRE WAS LOCATED
NEAR 21.3 DEGREES NORTH, 117.1 DEGREES EAST. IT IS FORECAST
TO MOVE NORTH-NORTHWEST SLOWLY IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF
THE COAST OF EASTERN GUANGDONG AND STRENGTHEN GRADUALLY.

AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:

NORTHWEST FORCE 5 TO 6, FORCE 7 LATER.
OCCASIONAL HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS.

NAN'AO:
CYCLONIC FORCE 9 TO 10, BECOMING FORCE 11 LATER.
FREQUENT HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
HIGH SEAS, BECOMING VERY HIGH SEAS LATER.

SHANWEI:
WEST TO NORTHWEST FORCE 8 TO 9, BECOMING CYCLONIC UP TO
FORCE 11 LATER.
FREQUENT HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
HIGH SEAS, BECOMING VERY HIGH SEAS LATER.

SOUTH OF HONG KONG:
WEST TO NORTHWEST FORCE 6 TO 7.
FREQUENT HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS.

SHANGCHUAN DAO:
WEST FORCE 5 TO 6.
OCCASIONAL SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS.

OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS

SOUTHWESTERLY 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 NORTHWEST FORCE 1 
                   VISIBILITY 15 KILOMETRES

SHANTOU            WIND NORTHEAST FORCE 2 
                   VISIBILITY 28 KILOMETRES

DONGSHA            WIND WEST-NORTHWEST FORCE 6 
                   VISIBILITY 9 KILOMETRES IN RAIN

MACAU              WIND EAST-SOUTHEAST FORCE 1 
                   VISIBILITY 10 KILOMETRES

XISHA              WIND SOUTHWEST FORCE 3 
                   VISIBILITY 20 KILOMETRES

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 12:30 HKT ON 02.09.2017