PRESS WEATHER NO. 112 - SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS

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SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS

(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 1 NOVEMBER
2018

WARNINGS:

STORM FORCE WINDS IN NAN'AO AND SHANWEI. GALE FORCE WINDS
IN HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS, SOUTH OF HONG KONG AND
SHANGCHUAN DAO.

WEATHER SITUATION:

THE NORTHEAST MONSOON IS AFFECTING THE SOUTH CHINA COASTAL
WATERS.

AT NOON, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM YUTU WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS OF ABOUT 105 KILOMETRES PER HOUR NEAR ITS CENTRE WAS
LOCATED NEAR 19.8 DEGREES NORTH, 116.7 DEGREES EAST. IT IS
FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH OR NORTH-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 12
KILOMETRES PER HOUR ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE
SOUTH CHINA SEA.

AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:

NORTH FORCE 6 TO 7, OCCASIONALLY FORCE 8.
OCCASIONAL SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS.

NAN'AO AND SHANWEI:
NORTH TO NORTHEAST FORCE 9 TO 10, CYCLONIC FORCE 11 LATER.
FREQUENT HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
HIGH SEAS, BECOMING VERY HIGH LATER.

SOUTH OF HONG KONG:
NORTH FORCE 7 TO 8, OCCASIONALLY FORCE 9.
FREQUENT HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS.

SHANGCHUAN DAO:
NORTH FORCE 7 TO 8, UP TO FORCE 9 AT FIRST.
SCATTERED HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
VERY ROUGH SEAS, HIGH AT FIRST.

OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS

NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 7 TO 8, CYCLONIC
WINDS OF UP TO FORCE 10 IN EAST. SCATTERED HEAVY SQUALLY
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

LATEST REPORTS FROM SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WEATHER STATIONS

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WAGLAN ISLAND      WIND NORTH FORCE 5 
                   VISIBILITY 18 KILOMETRES

SHANTOU            WIND EAST-NORTHEAST FORCE 2 
                   VISIBILITY 21 KILOMETRES IN RAIN

HUANGMAOZHOU       WIND NORTH-NORTHWEST FORCE 4

MACAU              WIND NORTH FORCE 4 
                   VISIBILITY 20 KILOMETRES

XISHA              WIND NORTH FORCE 3 
                   VISIBILITY 17 KILOMETRES

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 12:30 HKT ON 01.11.2018