PRESS WEATHER NO. 044 - SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
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SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 06:30 HKT ON 21.02.2017
(NOT TO BE ISSUED AFTER 9:30 A.M.)
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS ISSUED
BY THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 6:30 A.M. ON 21 FEBRUARY
2017
WARNINGS:
STRONG WINDS IN HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS, NAN'AO, SHANWEI
AND SOUTH OF HONG KONG. FOG IN ALL AREAS.
WEATHER SITUATION:
A STRONG EASTERLY AIRSTREAM IS AFFECTING THE COASTAL WATERS
OF GUANGDONG GRADUALLY.
AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:
EAST FORCE 4 TO 5, OCCASIONALLY FORCE 6.
A FEW RAIN PATCHES. FOGGY AT FIRST.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS.
NAN'AO:
EAST FORCE 5 TO 6.
SQUALLY ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS.
SHANWEI AND SOUTH OF HONG KONG:
EAST FORCE 5 TO 6.
FOG PATCHES AT FIRST.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS.
SHANGCHUAN DAO:
EAST TO SOUTHEAST FORCE 4, FORCE 5 LATER.
FOG PATCHES.
MODERATE SEAS.
OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS
EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 5 TO 6, BECOMING NORTH
TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 6 LATER.
LATEST REPORTS FROM SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WEATHER STATIONS
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WAGLAN ISLAND WIND EAST-NORTHEAST FORCE 5
VISIBILITY 3500 METRES
SHANTOU WIND EAST FORCE 3
VISIBILITY 18 KILOMETRES
DONGSHA WIND EAST FORCE 2
VISIBILITY 8 KILOMETRES
HUANGMAOZHOU WIND EAST-NORTHEAST FORCE 5
MACAU WIND EAST-SOUTHEAST FORCE 2
VISIBILITY 800 METRES IN FOG
XISHA WIND EAST-NORTHEAST FORCE 1
VISIBILITY 19 KILOMETRES
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 06:30 HKT ON 21.02.2017