PRESS WEATHER NO. 160 - SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
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SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:30 HKT ON 05.01.2018
(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 5 JANUARY 2018
WARNINGS:
STRONG WINDS IN ALL AREAS.
WEATHER SITUATION:
AN EASTERLY AIRSTREAM IS AFFECTING THE SOUTH CHINA COASTAL
WATERS. MEANWHILE, A RAINBAND IS AFFECTING THE REGION.
AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:
EAST FORCE 5 TO 6, OCCASIONALLY FORCE 7.
VISIBILITY RATHER LOW IN SOME AREAS. A FEW RAIN PATCHES.
MORE RAIN LATER.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS.
NAN'AO, SHANWEI AND SOUTH OF HONG KONG:
EAST FORCE 6 TO 7.
ROUGH SEAS.
SHANGCHUAN DAO:
EAST FORCE 5 TO 6.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS.
OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS
EASTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 5 TO 6, BECOMING NORTHERLY WINDS OF
FORCE 7 LATER.
LATEST REPORTS FROM SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WEATHER STATIONS
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WAGLAN ISLAND WIND EAST-NORTHEAST FORCE 6
VISIBILITY 6 KILOMETRES
SHANTOU WIND EAST-NORTHEAST FORCE 2
VISIBILITY 30 KILOMETRES
DONGSHA WIND EAST-NORTHEAST FORCE 4
VISIBILITY 9 KILOMETRES IN RAIN
HUANGMAOZHOU WIND EAST-NORTHEAST FORCE 5
MACAU WIND NORTH-NORTHEAST FORCE 2
VISIBILITY 8 KILOMETRES
XISHA WIND EAST-NORTHEAST FORCE 1
VISIBILITY 12 KILOMETRES
VISIBILITY REPORTS IN HONG KONG WATERS AT 11 P.M. ON 5
JANUARY 2018 HONG KONG TIME (NOT TO BE BROADCAST AFTER 0:30
A.M.)
KOWLOON BAY 4600 METRES
VICTORIA HARBOUR 3700 METRES
WESTERN ANCHORAGE 5000 METRES
MA WAN 5000 METRES
TATHONG POINT 3700 METRES
WEST LAMMA CHANNEL AND CHEUNG CHAU 5000 METRES
EAST LAMMA CHANNEL 3700 METRES
SOUTH LANTAU 5000 METRES
URMSTON ROAD 1800 METRES
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:30 HKT ON 05.01.2018