SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS

(NOT TO BE ISSUED AFTER 4:30 P.M.)

WEATHER INFORMATION FOR SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS ISSUED
BY THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 12:30 P.M. ON 3 JULY 2022

WARNINGS:

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

WEATHER SITUATION:

AT NOON, TROPICAL STORM CHABA WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
OF ABOUT 75 KILOMETRES PER HOUR NEAR ITS CENTRE WAS LOCATED
AT 23.8 DEGREES NORTH, 110.5 DEGREES EAST. IT IS FORECAST
TO MOVE NORTH AT ABOUT 14 KILOMETRES PER HOUR ACROSS INLAND
GUANGXI AND WEAKEN GRADUALLY.
 
MEANWHILE, TROPICAL STORM AERE WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
OF ABOUT 65 KILOMETRES PER HOUR NEAR ITS CENTRE WAS LOCATED
AT 28.0 DEGREES NORTH, 126.9 DEGREES EAST. IT IS FORECAST
TO MOVE NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 16 KILOMETRES PER HOUR ACROSS
EAST CHINA SEA.

AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:

SOUTH FORCE 6 TO 7, FORCE 8 AT FIRST.
OCCASIONAL HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
ROUGH SEAS, VERY ROUGH AT FIRST.

NAN'AO AND SHANWEI:
SOUTH FORCE 5 TO 6.
OCCASIONAL HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS.

SOUTH OF HONG KONG:
SOUTH FORCE 6 TO 7, FORCE 8 AT FIRST.
OCCASIONAL HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
ROUGH SEAS, VERY ROUGH AT FIRST.

SHANGCHUAN DAO:
SOUTH FORCE 6 TO 7, FORCE 8 AT FIRST.
FREQUENT HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
ROUGH SEAS, VERY ROUGH AT FIRST.

OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS

SOUTHERLY WINDS OF FORCE 5 TO 6. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS.

LATEST REPORTS FROM SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WEATHER STATIONS

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WAGLAN ISLAND      WIND SOUTH FORCE 6

SHANTOU            WIND SOUTH-SOUTHEAST FORCE 2 
                   VISIBILITY 25 KILOMETRES

XISHA              WIND SOUTH-SOUTHWEST FORCE 4 
                   VISIBILITY 9 KILOMETRES

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 12:30 HKT ON 03.07.2022