PRESS WEATHER NO. 118 - SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS

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SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS

(NOT TO BE ISSUED AFTER 12:30 P.M.)

WEATHER INFORMATION FOR SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS ISSUED
BY THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 9:30 A.M. ON 3 SEPTEMBER
2019

WARNINGS:

STRONG WINDS IN ALL AREAS.

WEATHER SITUATION:

TROPICAL STORM LINGLING HAS INTENSIFIED INTO A SEVERE
TROPICAL STORM.
 
AT 9 A.M., LINGLING WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF ABOUT
90 KILOMETRES PER HOUR NEAR ITS CENTRE WAS LOCATED AT 20.2
DEGREES NORTH, 123.9 DEGREES EAST. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE
NORTH AT ABOUT 14 KILOMETRES PER HOUR ACROSS THE SEAS EAST
OF TAIWAN. 
 
MEANWHILE, TROPICAL DEPRESSION KAJIKI WITH MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS OF ABOUT 55 KILOMETRES PER HOUR NEAR ITS
CENTRE WAS LOCATED AT 16.1 DEGREES NORTH, 107.4 DEGREES
EAST. IT IS FORECAST TO BE SLOW MOVING, LINGERING OVER THE
VICINITY OF THE COAST OF CENTRAL VIETNAM.

AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:

EAST TO NORTHEAST FORCE 6 TO 7.
SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS.
ROUGH SEAS.

NAN'AO, SHANWEI AND SOUTH OF HONG KONG:
EAST TO NORTHEAST FORCE 6 TO 7, BECOMING SOUTHEAST FORCE 6
TO 7 LATER.
SCATTERED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
ROUGH SEAS.

SHANGCHUAN DAO:
EAST TO NORTHEAST FORCE 6 TO 7.
FREQUENT HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
ROUGH SEAS.

OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS

EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 6 TO 7, CYCLONIC WINDS
OF FORCE 6 TO 7 IN WEST. FREQUENT HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.

LATEST REPORTS FROM SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WEATHER STATIONS

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WAGLAN ISLAND      WIND EAST-NORTHEAST FORCE 5 
                   VISIBILITY 18 KILOMETRES

SHANTOU            WIND NORTH FORCE 1 
                   VISIBILITY 20 KILOMETRES IN RAIN

DONGSHA            WIND EAST-SOUTHEAST FORCE 4 
                   VISIBILITY 10 KILOMETRES

HUANGMAOZHOU       WIND EAST-NORTHEAST FORCE 7

MACAU              WIND NORTH-NORTHEAST FORCE 4 
                   VISIBILITY 20 KILOMETRES

XISHA              WIND SOUTHWEST FORCE 5 
                   VISIBILITY 14 KILOMETRES

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 09:33 HKT ON 03.09.2019