PRESS WEATHER NO. 179 - SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
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SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:30 HKT ON 23.09.2018
(NOT TO BE ISSUED AFTER 3:30 A.M. TOMORROW, MONDAY)
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS ISSUED
BY THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 11:30 P.M. ON 23 SEPTEMBER
2018
WARNINGS:
GALE FORCE WINDS IN NAN'AO. STRONG WINDS IN SHANWEI.
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.
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
SLIGHT TO MODERATE SEAS.
NAN'AO:
EAST TO NORTHEAST FORCE 4 TO 5, BECOMING FORCE 7 TO 8 LATER.
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE SEAS, BECOMING ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH LATER.
SHANWEI:
EAST FORCE 4 TO 5, BECOMING FORCE 6 LATER.
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE SEAS, BECOMING ROUGH LATER.
SOUTH OF HONG KONG AND SHANGCHUAN DAO:
EAST FORCE 4.
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE SEAS.
OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS
EAST TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 4 TO 5, NORTH TO
NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 7 TO 8 IN EAST. ISOLATED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LATEST REPORTS FROM SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WEATHER STATIONS
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WAGLAN ISLAND WIND VARIABLE FORCE 1
SHANTOU WIND CALM
VISIBILITY 12 KILOMETRES IN RAIN
HUANGMAOZHOU WIND EAST FORCE 3
MACAU WIND SOUTH FORCE 2
VISIBILITY 40 KILOMETRES
XISHA WIND NORTHEAST FORCE 2
VISIBILITY 30 KILOMETRES
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:30 HKT ON 23.09.2018