PRESS WEATHER NO. 138 - SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS

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

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 7:30 P.M. ON 15 MARCH 2018

WARNINGS:

STRONG WINDS IN NAN'AO. FOG IN ALL AREAS.

WEATHER SITUATION:

AN EASTERLY AIRSTREAM IS AFFECTING THE SOUTH CHINA COASTAL
WATERS.

AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:

EAST FORCE 3 TO 4.
FOG PATCHES.
SLIGHT TO MODERATE SEAS.

NAN'AO:
EAST TO NORTHEAST FORCE 4 TO 5, FORCE 6 LATER.
FOG PATCHES, ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AT FIRST.
MODERATE SEAS, BECOMING ROUGH LATER.

SHANWEI, SOUTH OF HONG KONG AND SHANGCHUAN DAO:
EAST FORCE 4 TO 5.
FOG PATCHES.
MODERATE SEAS.

OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS

EASTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 5 TO 6, OCCASIONALLY FORCE 7 IN
EAST. FOG PATCHES AT FIRST.

LATEST REPORTS FROM SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WEATHER STATIONS

--------------------------------------------------------

WAGLAN ISLAND      WIND SOUTHEAST FORCE 2 
                   VISIBILITY 8 KILOMETRES

SHANTOU            WIND EAST-NORTHEAST FORCE 2 
                   VISIBILITY 16 KILOMETRES

DONGSHA            WIND SOUTH-SOUTHWEST FORCE 2 
                   VISIBILITY 10 KILOMETRES

HUANGMAOZHOU       WIND SOUTH-SOUTHEAST FORCE 2

MACAU              WIND NORTH FORCE 2 
                   VISIBILITY 11 KILOMETRES

XISHA              WIND SOUTH-SOUTHEAST FORCE 1 
                   VISIBILITY 22 KILOMETRES

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 19:30 HKT ON 15.03.2018