PRESS WEATHER NO. 156 - SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
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SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:30 HKT ON 31.12.2018
(NOT TO BE ISSUED AFTER 3:30 A.M. TOMORROW, TUESDAY)
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS ISSUED
BY THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 11:30 P.M. ON 31 DECEMBER
2018
WARNINGS:
GALE FORCE WINDS IN ALL AREAS.
WEATHER SITUATION:
AN INTENSE NORTHEAST MONSOON PERSISTS OVER THE SOUTH CHINA
COASTAL WATERS.
AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:
NORTH TO NORTHEAST FORCE 6 TO 7, OCCASIONALLY FORCE 8.
A FEW RAIN PATCHES LATER.
ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS.
NAN'AO:
NORTH TO NORTHEAST FORCE 8.
VERY ROUGH SEAS.
SHANWEI, SOUTH OF HONG KONG AND SHANGCHUAN DAO:
NORTH TO NORTHEAST FORCE 7 TO 8.
ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS.
OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS
NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 7 TO 8, BECOMING
EASTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 6 TO 7 LATER.
LATEST REPORTS FROM SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WEATHER STATIONS
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WAGLAN ISLAND WIND NORTH FORCE 4
SHANTOU WIND SOUTH-SOUTHWEST FORCE 1
VISIBILITY 26 KILOMETRES
HUANGMAOZHOU WIND NORTH FORCE 4
XISHA WIND NORTHEAST FORCE 3
VISIBILITY 14 KILOMETRES
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:30 HKT ON 31.12.2018