PRESS WEATHER NO. 121 - TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING BULLETIN (SIGNAL NO. 1)

***************************************************************

TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING BULLETIN (SIGNAL NO. 1)

 

TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING BULLETIN
 
HERE IS THE LATEST TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING BULLETIN ISSUED
BY THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY.
 
THE STANDBY SIGNAL, NO. 1 IS IN FORCE.
 
THIS MEANS THAT A TROPICAL CYCLONE NOW CENTRED WITHIN ABOUT
800 KILOMETRES OF HONG KONG MAY AFFECT US.
 
TROPICAL STORM MAWAR HAS INTENSIFIED INTO A SEVERE TROPICAL
STORM.
 
AT 1 P.M., MAWAR WAS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 320 KILOMETRES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF HONG KONG (NEAR 21.3 DEGREES NORTH 117.1
DEGREES EAST) AND IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH-NORTHWEST
SLOWLY IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF THE COAST OF EASTERN
GUANGDONG AND STRENGTHEN GRADUALLY.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 12:45 HKT ON 02.09.2017