PRESS WEATHER NO. 152 - SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
**************************************************
SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 21:45 HKT ON 27.03.2020
(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 27 MARCH 2020
WARNINGS:
STRONG WINDS IN HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS, NAN'AO, SHANWEI
AND SOUTH OF HONG KONG.
WEATHER SITUATION:
A BAND OF INTENSE THUNDERY SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD
FRONT IS AFFECTING GUANGDONG. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO
MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS TOMORROW MORNING.
AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:
SOUTHEAST FORCE 3 TO 4, BECOMING EAST TO NORTHEAST FORCE 5
TO 6.
SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS. VISIBILITY RATHER LOW.
SLIGHT TO MODERATE SEAS, BECOMING ROUGH.
NAN'AO:
SOUTHEAST FORCE 3 TO 4, BECOMING EAST TO NORTHEAST FORCE 6
TO 7.
SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS.
SLIGHT TO MODERATE SEAS, BECOMING ROUGH.
SHANWEI AND SOUTH OF HONG KONG:
SOUTHEAST FORCE 3 TO 4, BECOMING EAST TO NORTHEAST FORCE 5
TO 6.
SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS.
SLIGHT TO MODERATE SEAS, BECOMING ROUGH.
SHANGCHUAN DAO:
SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST FORCE 3 TO 4, BECOMING EAST TO NORTHEAST
FORCE 4 TO 5.
SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS.
SLIGHT TO MODERATE SEAS.
OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS
EAST TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 5 TO 6, OCCASIONALLY
FORCE 7 AT FIRST.
LATEST REPORTS FROM SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WEATHER STATIONS
--------------------------------------------------------
WAGLAN ISLAND WIND NORTH-NORTHEAST FORCE 4
VISIBILITY 5000 METRES
SHANTOU WIND SOUTH-SOUTHEAST FORCE 1
VISIBILITY 18 KILOMETRES
DONGSHA WIND EAST-NORTHEAST FORCE 1
VISIBILITY 10 KILOMETRES
HUANGMAOZHOU WIND EAST-NORTHEAST FORCE 3
MACAU WIND SOUTHEAST FORCE 1
VISIBILITY 4900 METRES IN MIST
XISHA WIND SOUTH-SOUTHEAST FORCE 2
VISIBILITY 30 KILOMETRES
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 21:45 HKT ON 27.03.2020