PRESS WEATHER NO. 084 - SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
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SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 12:30 HKT ON 19.03.2018
(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 19 MARCH 2018
WARNINGS:
STRONG WINDS IN ALL AREAS. FOG IN ALL AREAS.
WEATHER SITUATION:
THE COLD FRONT OVER INLAND GUANGDONG IS MOVING SOUTHWARDS
GRADUALLY. THE ASSOCIATED THUNDERY SHOWERS WILL AFFECT THE
COASTAL WATERS OF GUANGDONG TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.
AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:
EAST TO SOUTHEAST FORCE 4, BECOMING NORTH UP TO FORCE 7
LATER.
ISOLATED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, FOG PATCHES AT
FIRST.
MODERATE SEAS, BECOMING ROUGH SEAS LATER.
NAN'AO, SHANWEI AND SOUTH OF HONG KONG:
EAST TO SOUTHEAST FORCE 4 TO 5, BECOMING NORTH FORCE 6 TO 7
LATER.
ISOLATED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, FOG PATCHES AT
FIRST.
MODERATE SEAS, BECOMING ROUGH SEAS LATER.
SHANGCHUAN DAO:
SOUTHEAST FORCE 4 TO 5, BECOMING NORTH FORCE 6 TO 7 LATER.
ISOLATED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, FOG PATCHES AT
FIRST.
MODERATE SEAS, BECOMING ROUGH SEAS LATER.
OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS
NORTHERLY WINDS OF FORCE 6 TO 7.
LATEST REPORTS FROM SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WEATHER STATIONS
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WAGLAN ISLAND WIND NORTH-NORTHEAST FORCE 2
VISIBILITY 8 KILOMETRES
SHANTOU WIND WEST FORCE 1
VISIBILITY 12 KILOMETRES
DONGSHA WIND EAST-SOUTHEAST FORCE 2
VISIBILITY 10 KILOMETRES
HUANGMAOZHOU WIND EAST-SOUTHEAST FORCE 2
MACAU WIND EAST-SOUTHEAST FORCE 1
VISIBILITY 4100 METRES IN MIST
XISHA WIND SOUTH-SOUTHWEST FORCE 1
VISIBILITY 24 KILOMETRES
VISIBILITY REPORTS IN HONG KONG WATERS AT NOON ON 19 MARCH
2018 HONG KONG TIME (NOT TO BE BROADCAST AFTER 1:30 P.M.)
KOWLOON BAY 5000 METRES
VICTORIA HARBOUR 5000 METRES
WESTERN ANCHORAGE 5000 METRES
MA WAN 5000 METRES
TATHONG POINT 4600 METRES
EAST LAMMA CHANNEL 9 KILOMETRES
SOUTH LANTAU 3700 METRES
URMSTON ROAD 6 KILOMETRES
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 12:30 HKT ON 19.03.2018