PRESS WEATHER NO. 150 - SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS

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SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS

(NOT TO BE ISSUED AFTER 11:30 P.M.)

WEATHER INFORMATION FOR SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS ISSUED
BY THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 9:45 P.M. ON 22 AUGUST 2019

WARNINGS:

STRONG WINDS IN NAN'AO.

WEATHER SITUATION:

TROPICAL STORM BAILU HAS INTENSIFIED INTO A SEVERE TROPICAL
STORM.
 
AT 10 P.M., BAILU WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF ABOUT 90
KILOMETRES PER HOUR NEAR ITS CENTRE WAS LOCATED AT 15.9
DEGREES NORTH, 127.9 DEGREES EAST. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE
NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 18 KILOMETRES PER HOUR ACROSS THE
WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC TOWARDS THE VICINITY OF TAIWAN.

AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:

SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST FORCE 4, BECOMING NORTHWEST FORCE 4
LATER.
ISOLATED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, SOME HAZE.
MODERATE SEAS.

NAN'AO:
NORTH TO NORTHWEST FORCE 4 TO 5, BECOMING FORCE 6 LATER.
SCATTERED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE SEAS, BECOMING ROUGH LATER.

SHANWEI:
NORTH TO NORTHWEST FORCE 4 TO 5.
ISOLATED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE SEAS.

SOUTH OF HONG KONG AND SHANGCHUAN DAO:
SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST FORCE 4 TO 5, BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST
FORCE 4 TO 5 LATER.
ISOLATED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE SEAS.

OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS

WEST TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 5 TO 6, 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 SOUTH-SOUTHWEST FORCE 1 
                   VISIBILITY 24 KILOMETRES

SHANTOU            WIND EAST-SOUTHEAST FORCE 1 
                   VISIBILITY 28 KILOMETRES

DONGSHA            WIND NORTH-NORTHWEST FORCE 2 
                   VISIBILITY 10 KILOMETRES

HUANGMAOZHOU       WIND SOUTH FORCE 2

XISHA              WIND NORTHEAST FORCE 1 
                   VISIBILITY 30 KILOMETRES

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 21:45 HKT ON 22.08.2019