PRESS WEATHER NO. 022 - SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS

**************************************************

SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS

(NOT TO BE ISSUED AFTER 5:30 A.M.)

WEATHER INFORMATION FOR SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS ISSUED
BY THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 3:30 A.M. ON 18 NOVEMBER
2019

WARNINGS:

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

WEATHER SITUATION:

THE NORTHEAST MONSOON IS AFFECTING THE SOUTH CHINA COASTAL
WATERS. BESIDES, A COLD FRONT OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF
SOUTHERN CHINA IS MOVING SOUTHWARDS GRADUALLY. IT IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE COASTAL AREAS TONIGHT.

AT 3 A.M., TROPICAL STORM KALMAEGI WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS OF ABOUT 75 KILOMETRES PER HOUR NEAR ITS CENTRE WAS
LOCATED AT 17.4 DEGREES NORTH, 123.8 DEGREES EAST. IT IS
FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 10 KILOMETRES PER
HOUR TOWARDS LUZON.

AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:

NORTH TO NORTHEAST FORCE 4 TO 5, OCCASIONALLY FORCE 6 LATER.
MODERATE SEAS, BECOMING MODERATE TO ROUGH LATER.

NAN'AO:
NORTH TO NORTHEAST FORCE 5 TO 6, FORCE 7 TO 8 LATER.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS, BECOMING ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH LATER.

SHANWEI AND SOUTH OF HONG KONG:
NORTH TO NORTHEAST FORCE 4 TO 5, FORCE 6 TO 7 LATER.
MODERATE SEAS, BECOMING ROUGH LATER.

SHANGCHUAN DAO:
EAST TO NORTHEAST FORCE 4 TO 5, BECOMING NORTH TO NORTHEAST
FORCE 5 TO 6, OCCASIONALLY UP TO FORCE 7.
MODERATE SEAS, BECOMING MODERATE TO ROUGH.

OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS

NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 7 TO 8.

LATEST REPORTS FROM SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WEATHER STATIONS

--------------------------------------------------------

WAGLAN ISLAND      WIND NORTH FORCE 1 
                   VISIBILITY 21 KILOMETRES

SHANTOU            WIND EAST FORCE 1 
                   VISIBILITY 6 KILOMETRES IN MIST

DONGSHA            WIND NORTH-NORTHEAST FORCE 2 
                   VISIBILITY 10 KILOMETRES

HUANGMAOZHOU       WIND NORTH FORCE 2

MACAU              WIND WEST-SOUTHWEST FORCE 2 
                   VISIBILITY 6 KILOMETRES

XISHA              WIND NORTHEAST FORCE 1 
                   VISIBILITY 24 KILOMETRES

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 03:30 HKT ON 18.11.2019