PRESS WEATHER NO. 081 - SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
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SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 12:30 HKT ON 20.10.2017
(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 20 OCTOBER
2017
WARNINGS:
GALE FORCE WINDS IN NAN'AO. STRONG WINDS IN HONG KONG
ADJACENT WATERS, SHANWEI, SOUTH OF HONG KONG AND SHANGCHUAN
DAO.
WEATHER SITUATION:
THE NORTHEAST MONSOON IS AFFECTING THE SOUTH CHINA COASTAL
WATERS.
AT NOON, TYPHOON LAN WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF ABOUT
145 KILOMETRES PER HOUR NEAR ITS CENTRE WAS LOCATED AT 19.3
DEGREES NORTH, 129.9 DEGREES EAST. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE
NORTH AT ABOUT 14 KILOMETRES PER HOUR ACROSS THE SEAS EAST
OF TAIWAN AND INTENSIFY PROGRESSIVELY.
AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:
NORTH TO NORTHEAST FORCE 5 TO 6.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS.
NAN'AO:
NORTH TO NORTHEAST FORCE 6 TO 7, OCCASIONALLY FORCE 8 AT
FIRST.
ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS.
SHANWEI, SOUTH OF HONG KONG AND SHANGCHUAN DAO:
NORTH TO NORTHEAST FORCE 5 TO 6, OCCASIONALLY FORCE 7 AT
FIRST.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS.
OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS
NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 5 TO 6.
LATEST REPORTS FROM SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WEATHER STATIONS
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WAGLAN ISLAND WIND NORTH FORCE 4
VISIBILITY 27 KILOMETRES
SHANTOU WIND WEST FORCE 2
VISIBILITY 30 KILOMETRES
HUANGMAOZHOU WIND NORTH-NORTHWEST FORCE 3
MACAU WIND NORTH FORCE 3
VISIBILITY 19 KILOMETRES
XISHA WIND NORTH-NORTHEAST FORCE 4
VISIBILITY 14 KILOMETRES
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 12:30 HKT ON 20.10.2017