PRESS WEATHER NO. 241 - SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
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SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 17:15 HKT ON 16.09.2018
(NOT TO BE ISSUED AFTER 7:30 P.M.)
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS ISSUED
BY THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 5:15 P.M. ON 16 SEPTEMBER
2018
WARNINGS:
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS IN HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS,
SHANWEI, SOUTH OF HONG KONG AND SHANGCHUAN DAO. STORM FORCE
WINDS IN NAN'AO.
WEATHER SITUATION:
AT 5 P.M., SEVERE TYPHOON MANGKHUT WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS OF ABOUT 175 KILOMETRES PER HOUR NEAR ITS CENTRE WAS
LOCATED NEAR 22.0 DEGREES NORTH, 113.0 DEGREES EAST. IT IS
FORECAST TO MOVE WEST-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 30 KILOMETRES PER
HOUR INTO THE INLAND AREA OF WESTERN GUANGDONG.
AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:
EAST TO SOUTHEAST FORCE 11 TO 12.
FREQUENT HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
PHENOMENAL SEAS.
NAN'AO:
SOUTHEAST FORCE 8 TO 9, UP TO FORCE 10 AT FIRST.
FREQUENT HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
PHENOMENAL SEAS.
SHANWEI:
SOUTHEAST FORCE 11 TO 12, FORCE 9 TO 10 LATER.
FREQUENT HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
PHENOMENAL SEAS.
SOUTH OF HONG KONG AND SHANGCHUAN DAO:
CYCLONIC FORCE 12, BECOMING SOUTHEAST FORCE 11 TO 12.
FREQUENT HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
PHENOMENAL SEAS.
OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS
SOUTH TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 6 TO 7. FREQUENT
HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LATEST REPORTS FROM SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WEATHER STATIONS
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WAGLAN ISLAND WIND EAST-SOUTHEAST FORCE 10
SHANTOU WIND EAST FORCE 3
VISIBILITY 4300 METRES IN RAIN
DONGSHA WIND SOUTH-SOUTHEAST FORCE 7
VISIBILITY 9 KILOMETRES IN RAIN
HUANGMAOZHOU WIND SOUTH-SOUTHEAST FORCE 11
MACAU WIND EAST-NORTHEAST FORCE 9
VISIBILITY 1100 METRES IN RAIN
XISHA WIND WEST-SOUTHWEST FORCE 4
VISIBILITY 6 KILOMETRES IN SHOWERS
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 17:15 HKT ON 16.09.2018