PRESS WEATHER NO. 038 - SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
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SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 05:30 HKT ON 21.12.2018
(NOT TO BE ISSUED AFTER 9:30 A.M.)
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS ISSUED
BY THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 5:30 A.M. ON 21 DECEMBER
2018
WARNINGS:
STRONG WINDS IN NAN'AO, SHANWEI AND SOUTH OF HONG KONG. FOG
IN ALL AREAS.
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 4, OCCASIONALLY FORCE 5.
FOG PATCHES IN THE MORNING.
MODERATE SEAS.
NAN'AO, SHANWEI AND SOUTH OF HONG KONG:
EAST FORCE 4 TO 5, BECOMING FORCE 6.
FOG PATCHES IN THE MORNING.
MODERATE SEAS, BECOMING ROUGH.
SHANGCHUAN DAO:
EAST FORCE 4 TO 5.
FOG PATCHES IN THE MORNING.
MODERATE SEAS.
OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS
EAST TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 5 TO 6, BECOMING
NORTHERLY WINDS OF FORCE 6 TO 7 LATER.
LATEST REPORTS FROM SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WEATHER STATIONS
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WAGLAN ISLAND WIND EAST-NORTHEAST FORCE 3
VISIBILITY 3100 METRES
SHANTOU WIND CALM
VISIBILITY 5000 METRES
DONGSHA WIND EAST-NORTHEAST FORCE 3
VISIBILITY 10 KILOMETRES
HUANGMAOZHOU WIND EAST FORCE 4
MACAU WIND SOUTH-SOUTHEAST FORCE 1
VISIBILITY 7 KILOMETRES
XISHA WIND CALM
VISIBILITY 19 KILOMETRES
VISIBILITY REPORTS IN HONG KONG WATERS AT 5 A.M. ON 21
DECEMBER 2018 HONG KONG TIME (NOT TO BE BROADCAST AFTER
6:30 A.M.)
VICTORIA HARBOUR 3700 METRES
WESTERN ANCHORAGE 3700 METRES
MA WAN 3700 METRES
WEST LAMMA CHANNEL AND CHEUNG CHAU 9 KILOMETRES
EAST LAMMA CHANNEL 3700 METRES
SOUTH LANTAU 5000 METRES
URMSTON ROAD 3700 METRES
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 05:30 HKT ON 21.12.2018
Ends/Friday, December 21, 2018
Issued at HKT 5:30
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