PRESS WEATHER NO. 040 - SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
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SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 05:30 HKT ON 14.12.2025
(NOT TO BE ISSUED AFTER 9:45 A.M.)
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS ISSUED
BY THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 5:30 A.M. ON 14 DECEMBER
2025
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.
AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:
NORTH TO NORTHEAST FORCE 5 TO 6, OCCASIONALLY FORCE 7.
A FEW RAIN PATCHES AT FIRST.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS.
NAN'AO:
NORTH TO NORTHEAST FORCE 6 TO 7, OCCASIONALLY FORCE 8.
ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS.
SHANWEI, SOUTH OF HONG KONG AND SHANGCHUAN DAO:
NORTH TO NORTHEAST FORCE 6 TO 7.
ROUGH SEAS.
OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS
EAST TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 6 TO 7.
LATEST REPORTS FROM SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WEATHER STATIONS
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WAGLAN ISLAND WIND NORTH FORCE 5
VISIBILITY OVER 50 KILOMETRES
SHANTOU WIND WEST FORCE 2
VISIBILITY 30 KILOMETRES
HUANGMAOZHOU WIND NORTH-NORTHEAST FORCE 5
MACAU WIND NORTH FORCE 4
XISHA WIND NORTHEAST FORCE 3
VISIBILITY 13 KILOMETRES
WEATHER BULLETIN FOR HONG KONG WATERS
AT 5 A.M. HONG KONG TIME:
KAI TAK:
WIND WEST-NORTHWEST FORCE 3.
STAR FERRY KOWLOON:
WIND WEST-NORTHWEST FORCE 1.
GREEN ISLAND:
WIND NORTH FORCE 5.
CHEUNG CHAU:
WIND NORTH FORCE 5 WITH GUSTS TO FORCE 7.
SEA WAVES NEAR WAGLAN ISLAND WILL BE ABOUT 1.0 METRE TO 2.0
METRES DURING THE NEXT 12 HOURS.
SWELL OF UP TO 0.5 METRE CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO THE
NORTHEAST MONSOON.
THE SEA TEMPERATURE IN VICTORIA HARBOUR IS 22 DEGREES
CELSIUS.
THE NEXT HIGH TIDE IN VICTORIA HARBOUR WILL BE 2.0 METRES
AT 6:16 P.M. TODAY AND THE NEXT LOW TIDE WILL BE 1.2 METRES
AT 10:39 A.M. TODAY.
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 05:30 HKT ON 14.12.2025
