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PRESS WEATHER NO. 122 - SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
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SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS

(NOT TO BE ISSUED AFTER 11:30 P.M.)


WEATHER INFORMATION FOR SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS ISSUED
BY THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 7:30 P.M. ON 4 OCTOBER 2018



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.



AT 7 P.M., TYPHOON KONG-REY WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF
ABOUT 130 KILOMETRES PER HOUR NEAR ITS CENTRE WAS LOCATED
NEAR 25.3 DEGREES NORTH, 126.7 DEGREES EAST. IT IS FORECAST
TO MOVE NORTH-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 22 KILOMETRES PER HOUR
ACROSS THE VICINITY OF THE RYUKYU ISLANDS.


AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS



HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:

NORTH FORCE 5 TO 6.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS.



NAN'AO:
NORTH FORCE 6 TO 7, OCCASIONALLY FORCE 8.
ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS.

SHANWEI:
NORTH FORCE 6 TO 7.
ROUGH SEAS.

SOUTH OF HONG KONG:
NORTH FORCE 5 TO 6, OCCASIONALLY FORCE 7.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS.

SHANGCHUAN DAO:
NORTH FORCE 5 TO 6.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS.


OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS

NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 5 TO 6, BECOMING
EASTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 6 LATER.




LATEST REPORTS FROM SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WEATHER STATIONS

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SHANTOU            WIND SOUTHEAST FORCE 2 
VISIBILITY 30 KILOMETRES



DONGSHA            WIND NORTH FORCE 2 
VISIBILITY 10 KILOMETRES



HUANGMAOZHOU       WIND SOUTHEAST FORCE 1



MACAU              WIND NORTH FORCE 3 
VISIBILITY 26 KILOMETRES



XISHA              WIND NORTHEAST FORCE 2 
VISIBILITY 20 KILOMETRES


DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 19:30 HKT ON 04.10.2018

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