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PRESS WEATHER NO. 168 - 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 7:30 P.M. ON 4 SEPTEMBER
2019



WARNINGS:

STRONG WINDS IN NAN'AO, SHANWEI, SOUTH OF HONG KONG AND
SHANGCHUAN DAO.



WEATHER SITUATION:

THE BROAD TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF
THE SOUTH CHINA SEA IS BRINGING UNSETTLED WEATHER TO THE
SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS.



AT 7 P.M., TYPHOON LINGLING WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF
ABOUT 130 KILOMETRES PER HOUR NEAR ITS CENTRE WAS LOCATED
AT 22.7 DEGREES NORTH, 125.3 DEGREES EAST. IT IS FORECAST
TO MOVE NORTH AT ABOUT 12 KILOMETRES PER HOUR ACROSS THE
SEAS EAST OF TAIWAN.


AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS



HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:

EAST FORCE 4 TO 5.
OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE SEAS.



NAN'AO:
EAST TO NORTHEAST FORCE 5 TO 6.
SCATTERED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS.

SHANWEI:
EAST FORCE 5 TO 6.
SCATTERED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS.

SOUTH OF HONG KONG AND SHANGCHUAN DAO:
EAST TO SOUTHEAST FORCE 5 TO 6.
SCATTERED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS.


OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS

EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 5 TO 6, BECOMING
NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 5 TO 6. SCATTERED SQUALLY
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.




LATEST REPORTS FROM SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WEATHER STATIONS

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WAGLAN ISLAND      WIND EAST FORCE 5 
VISIBILITY 12 KILOMETRES



SHANTOU            WIND SOUTH FORCE 2 
VISIBILITY 30 KILOMETRES



DONGSHA            WIND NORTH-NORTHWEST FORCE 2 
VISIBILITY 9 KILOMETRES IN RAIN



HUANGMAOZHOU       WIND NORTHEAST FORCE 2



MACAU              WIND EAST FORCE 3 
VISIBILITY 25 KILOMETRES



XISHA              WIND SOUTH-SOUTHWEST FORCE 4 
VISIBILITY 8 KILOMETRES


DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 19:34 HKT ON 04.09.2019

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