PRESS WEATHER NO. 166 - SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
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SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:30 HKT ON 16.10.2020
(NOT TO BE ISSUED AFTER 3:30 A.M. TOMORROW, SATURDAY)
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS ISSUED
BY THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 11:30 P.M. ON 16 OCTOBER
2020
WARNINGS:
GALE FORCE WINDS IN NAN'AO, SHANWEI, SOUTH OF HONG KONG AND
SHANGCHUAN DAO. STRONG WINDS IN HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS.
WEATHER SITUATION:
THE NORTHEAST MONSOON IS AFFECTING THE SOUTH CHINA COASTAL
WATERS.
AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:
NORTH TO NORTHEAST FORCE 6 TO 7.
A FEW RAIN PATCHES.
ROUGH SEAS.
NAN'AO AND SHANWEI:
NORTHEAST FORCE 7 TO 8.
ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS.
SOUTH OF HONG KONG:
NORTH TO NORTHEAST FORCE 7 TO 8.
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS.
SHANGCHUAN DAO:
NORTH TO NORTHEAST FORCE 7 TO 8.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS.
ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS.
OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS
NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 7 TO 8.
LATEST REPORTS FROM SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WEATHER STATIONS
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WAGLAN ISLAND WIND EAST-NORTHEAST FORCE 6
VISIBILITY 16 KILOMETRES
SHANTOU WIND EAST FORCE 2
VISIBILITY 30 KILOMETRES
DONGSHA WIND NORTHEAST FORCE 4
VISIBILITY 10 KILOMETRES
HUANGMAOZHOU WIND EAST-NORTHEAST FORCE 4
MACAU WIND EAST FORCE 2
VISIBILITY 11 KILOMETRES
XISHA WIND EAST FORCE 3
VISIBILITY 21 KILOMETRES
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:30 HKT ON 16.10.2020