SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS

(NOT TO BE ISSUED AFTER 3:30 A.M. TOMORROW, SATURDAY)

WEATHER INFORMATION FOR SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS ISSUED
BY THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 11:30 P.M. ON 8 JUNE 2018

WARNINGS:

STRONG WINDS IN ALL AREAS.

WEATHER SITUATION:

AT 11 P.M., TROPICAL DEPRESSION EWINIAR WITH MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS OF ABOUT 55 KILOMETRES PER HOUR NEAR ITS
CENTRE WAS LOCATED NEAR 23.4 DEGREES NORTH, 112.6 DEGREES
EAST. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH OR NORTH-NORTHEAST
SLOWLY, CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARDS THE INLAND AREAS OF
GUANGDONG AND WEAKEN GRADUALLY. 
 
MEANWHILE, TROPICAL STORM MALIKSI WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS OF ABOUT 65 KILOMETRES PER HOUR NEAR ITS CENTRE WAS
LOCATED NEAR 20.1 DEGREES NORTH, 126.8 DEGREES EAST. IT IS
FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH AT ABOUT 20 KILOMETRES PER HOUR
ACROSS THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC.

AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FORCE 5, FORCE 6 AT FIRST.
SCATTERED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS.

NAN'AO, SHANWEI AND SOUTH OF HONG KONG:
SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FORCE 5, FORCE 6 AT FIRST.
SCATTERED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS.

SHANGCHUAN DAO:
SOUTHWEST FORCE 5, FORCE 6 AT FIRST.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS.

OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS

WEST TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 5 TO 6. SCATTERED
SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

LATEST REPORTS FROM SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WEATHER STATIONS

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SHANTOU            WIND EAST FORCE 2 
                   VISIBILITY 28 KILOMETRES

HUANGMAOZHOU       WIND SOUTH-SOUTHWEST FORCE 5

MACAU              WIND SOUTH FORCE 3 
                   VISIBILITY 6 KILOMETRES

XISHA              WIND SOUTHWEST FORCE 2 
                   VISIBILITY 23 KILOMETRES

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:38 HKT ON 08.06.2018