PRESS WEATHER NO. 034 - SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
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SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 05:30 HKT ON 06.09.2019
(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 6 SEPTEMBER
2019
WARNINGS:
STRONG WINDS IN ALL AREAS.
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 5 A.M., SUPER TYPHOON LINGLING WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS OF ABOUT 205 KILOMETRES PER HOUR NEAR ITS CENTRE WAS
LOCATED AT 27.4 DEGREES NORTH, 125.1 DEGREES EAST. IT IS
FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH AT ABOUT 30 KILOMETRES PER HOUR
ACROSS THE EAST CHINA SEA.
AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:
EAST TO NORTHEAST FORCE 4 TO 5, OCCASIONALLY FORCE 6.
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS.
NAN'AO, SHANWEI, SOUTH OF HONG KONG AND SHANGCHUAN DAO:
EAST TO NORTHEAST FORCE 5 TO 6.
SCATTERED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS.
OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS
EAST TO 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 NORTHEAST FORCE 4
VISIBILITY 44 KILOMETRES
SHANTOU WIND WEST FORCE 1
VISIBILITY 13 KILOMETRES
DONGSHA WIND SOUTHEAST FORCE 2
VISIBILITY 10 KILOMETRES
HUANGMAOZHOU WIND EAST-NORTHEAST FORCE 4
MACAU WIND EAST-SOUTHEAST FORCE 2
VISIBILITY 8 KILOMETRES
XISHA WIND SOUTHWEST FORCE 4
VISIBILITY 9 KILOMETRES
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 05:30 HKT ON 06.09.2019