PRESS WEATHER NO. 082 - SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
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SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 08:04 HKT ON 24.07.2018
(NOT TO BE ISSUED AFTER 9:30 A.M.)
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS ISSUED
BY THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 7:55 A.M. ON 24 JULY 2018
WARNINGS:
STRONG WINDS IN HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS, SOUTH OF HONG
KONG AND SHANGCHUAN DAO.
WEATHER SITUATION:
AT 8 A.M., THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION NEAR ZHANJIANG WITH
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF ABOUT 45 KILOMETRES PER HOUR
NEAR ITS CENTRE WAS LOCATED NEAR 21.7 DEGREES NORTH, 110.3
DEGREES EAST. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH SLOWLY AT FIRST,
AND MOVE NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 18 KILOMETRES PER HOUR LATER
TOWARDS GUANGXI.
AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:
SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST FORCE 4 TO 5, FORCE 6 AT FIRST.
SCATTERED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE SEAS, ROUGH AT FIRST.
NAN'AO AND SHANWEI:
SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST FORCE 4 TO 5.
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE SEAS.
SOUTH OF HONG KONG:
SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST FORCE 5 TO 6.
SCATTERED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS.
SHANGCHUAN DAO:
SOUTH FORCE 5 TO 6, FORCE 7 AT FIRST.
SCATTERED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS, VERY ROUGH AT FIRST.
OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS
SOUTH TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 4 TO 5. SCATTERED
SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LATEST REPORTS FROM SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WEATHER STATIONS
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WAGLAN ISLAND WIND SOUTHEAST FORCE 5
VISIBILITY 12 KILOMETRES
SHANTOU WIND EAST-SOUTHEAST FORCE 1
VISIBILITY 26 KILOMETRES
DONGSHA WIND SOUTH FORCE 3
VISIBILITY 10 KILOMETRES
HUANGMAOZHOU WIND SOUTH-SOUTHEAST FORCE 6
MACAU WIND SOUTH-SOUTHEAST FORCE 3
VISIBILITY 9 KILOMETRES
XISHA WIND SOUTHWEST FORCE 4
VISIBILITY 8 KILOMETRES
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 08:04 HKT ON 24.07.2018