PRESS WEATHER NO. 043 - SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS

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SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS

(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 16 AUGUST 2020

WEATHER SITUATION:

A SOUTHEASTERLY AIRSTREAM IS BRINGING UNSETTLED WEATHER TO
THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AND THE COASTAL
WATERS OF GUANGDONG.

AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:

SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST FORCE 3 TO 4.
A FEW SHOWERS, ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
SLIGHT TO MODERATE SEAS.

NAN'AO AND SHANWEI:
EAST TO SOUTHEAST FORCE 4.
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE SEAS.

SOUTH OF HONG KONG AND SHANGCHUAN DAO:
SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST FORCE 4.
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE SEAS.

OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS

EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 4 TO 5, UP TO FORCE 6
LATER. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS.

LATEST REPORTS FROM SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WEATHER STATIONS

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WAGLAN ISLAND      WIND EAST-SOUTHEAST FORCE 1 
                   VISIBILITY 17 KILOMETRES

SHANTOU            WIND WEST FORCE 1 
                   VISIBILITY 30 KILOMETRES

DONGSHA            WIND EAST FORCE 2 
                   VISIBILITY 10 KILOMETRES

MACAU              WIND SOUTH FORCE 2 
                   VISIBILITY 45 KILOMETRES

XISHA              WIND SOUTH FORCE 1 
                   VISIBILITY 30 KILOMETRES

WEATHER BULLETIN FOR HONG KONG WATERS

AT 5 A.M. HONG KONG TIME:

KAI TAK:
WIND EAST-SOUTHEAST FORCE 4.
 
STAR FERRY KOWLOON:
WIND EAST FORCE 1.
 
GREEN ISLAND:
WIND CALM.
 
CHEUNG CHAU:
WIND EAST-SOUTHEAST FORCE 3.
 
SEA WAVES NEAR WAGLAN ISLAND WILL BE ABOUT 0.5 METRE DURING
THE NEXT 12 HOURS.
 
SWELL OF UP TO 1.0 METRE CAN BE EXPECTED.
 
THE SEA TEMPERATURE IN VICTORIA HARBOUR IS 29 DEGREES
CELSIUS.
 
THE NEXT HIGH TIDE IN VICTORIA HARBOUR WILL BE 2.2 METRES
AT 6:18 A.M. TODAY AND THE NEXT LOW TIDE WILL BE 0.6 METRE
AT 2:26 P.M. TODAY.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 05:33 HKT ON 16.08.2020