
PRESS WEATHER NO. 093 - SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
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SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 12:30 HKT ON 05.01.2019
(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 5 JANUARY 2019
WARNINGS:
STRONG WINDS IN ALL AREAS.
WEATHER SITUATION:
THE NORTHEAST MONSOON IS AFFECTING THE SOUTH CHINA COASTAL
WATERS.
AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:
NORTH FORCE 4 TO 5, UP TO FORCE 6 LATER.
A FEW LIGHT RAIN AND MIST PATCHES.
MODERATE SEAS, BECOMING ROUGH LATER.
NAN'AO AND SHANWEI:
NORTH TO NORTHEAST FORCE 5 TO 6, BECOMING FORCE 7 LATER.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS.
SOUTH OF HONG KONG AND SHANGCHUAN DAO:
NORTH TO NORTHEAST FORCE 4 TO 5, OCCASIONALLY FORCE 6.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS.
OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS
NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 6 TO 7.
LATEST REPORTS FROM SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WEATHER STATIONS
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WAGLAN ISLAND WIND CALM
SHANTOU WIND EAST-NORTHEAST FORCE 1
VISIBILITY 3400 METRES IN DRIZZLE
DONGSHA WIND EAST FORCE 1
VISIBILITY 10 KILOMETRES
HUANGMAOZHOU WIND NORTH-NORTHEAST FORCE 3
MACAU WIND NORTH FORCE 1
VISIBILITY 3200 METRES IN MIST
XISHA WIND EAST FORCE 1
VISIBILITY 24 KILOMETRES
VISIBILITY REPORTS IN HONG KONG WATERS AT NOON ON 5 JANUARY
2019 HONG KONG TIME (NOT TO BE BROADCAST AFTER 1:30 P.M.)
KOWLOON BAY 3700 METRES
VICTORIA HARBOUR 4600 METRES
WESTERN ANCHORAGE 2700 METRES
MA WAN 2700 METRES
WEST LAMMA CHANNEL AND CHEUNG CHAU 2700 METRES
EAST LAMMA CHANNEL 1800 METRES
SOUTH LANTAU 3700 METRES
URMSTON ROAD 1200 METRES
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 12:30 HKT ON 05.01.2019
Ends/Saturday, January 5, 2019
Issued at HKT 12:30
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