PRESS WEATHER NO. 039 - SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
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SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 05:30 HKT ON 20.03.2018
(NOT TO BE ISSUED AFTER 9:30 A.M.)
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS ISSUED
BY THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 5:30 A.M. ON 20 MARCH 2018
WARNINGS:
STRONG WINDS IN ALL AREAS. FOG IN ALL AREAS.
WEATHER SITUATION:
A COLD FRONT IS MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTH CHINA COASTAL
WATERS.
AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:
NORTH FORCE 5 TO 6, OCCASIONALLY FORCE 7.
ONE OR TWO SHOWERS. FOG PATCHES AT FIRST.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS.
NAN'AO, SHANWEI AND SOUTH OF HONG KONG:
NORTH FORCE 6 TO 7.
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. FOG PATCHES AT FIRST.
ROUGH SEAS.
SHANGCHUAN DAO:
NORTH FORCE 6 TO 7.
ISOLATED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. FOG PATCHES AT
FIRST.
ROUGH SEAS.
OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS
NORTHERLY WINDS OF FORCE 6 TO 7, BECOMING EASTERLY WINDS OF
FORCE 6 LATER.
LATEST REPORTS FROM SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WEATHER STATIONS
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WAGLAN ISLAND WIND WEST FORCE 3
VISIBILITY 450 METRES
SHANTOU WIND SOUTHWEST FORCE 1
VISIBILITY 2600 METRES IN MIST
DONGSHA WIND SOUTHWEST FORCE 2
VISIBILITY 10 KILOMETRES
HUANGMAOZHOU WIND NORTHWEST FORCE 2
MACAU WIND SOUTHWEST FORCE 1
VISIBILITY 1900 METRES IN MIST
XISHA WIND SOUTHEAST FORCE 1
VISIBILITY 19 KILOMETRES
VISIBILITY REPORTS IN HONG KONG WATERS AT 5 A.M. ON 20
MARCH 2018 HONG KONG TIME (NOT TO BE BROADCAST AFTER 6:30
A.M.)
KOWLOON BAY 5000 METRES
VICTORIA HARBOUR 6 KILOMETRES
WESTERN ANCHORAGE 5000 METRES
MA WAN 5000 METRES
TATHONG POINT 5000 METRES
WEST LAMMA CHANNEL AND CHEUNG CHAU 5000 METRES
EAST LAMMA CHANNEL 7 KILOMETRES
SOUTH LANTAU 3700 METRES
URMSTON ROAD 7 KILOMETRES
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 05:30 HKT ON 20.03.2018