PRESS WEATHER NO. 030 - SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
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SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 05:30 HKT ON 01.01.2019
(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 1 JANUARY 2019
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 5
SHANTOU WIND WEST-SOUTHWEST FORCE 1
VISIBILITY 30 KILOMETRES
DONGSHA WIND NORTH-NORTHEAST FORCE 4
VISIBILITY 10 KILOMETRES
HUANGMAOZHOU WIND NORTH-NORTHEAST FORCE 4
MACAU WIND NORTH FORCE 3
VISIBILITY 11 KILOMETRES
XISHA WIND NORTHEAST FORCE 4
VISIBILITY 6 KILOMETRES
WEATHER BULLETIN FOR HONG KONG WATERS
AT 5 A.M. HONG KONG TIME:
KAI TAK:
WIND NORTHWEST FORCE 2.
STAR FERRY KOWLOON:
WIND NORTHWEST FORCE 2.
GREEN ISLAND:
WIND NORTH-NORTHWEST FORCE 5.
CHEUNG CHAU:
WIND NORTH-NORTHWEST FORCE 4.
SEA WAVES NEAR WAGLAN ISLAND WILL BE ABOUT 0.5 METRE DURING
THE NEXT 12 HOURS.
SWELL OF UP TO 2.0 METRES CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO THE
NORTHEAST MONSOON.
THE SEA TEMPERATURE IN VICTORIA HARBOUR IS 20 DEGREES
CELSIUS.
THE NEXT HIGH TIDE IN VICTORIA HARBOUR WILL BE 1.6 METRES
AT 6:22 A.M. TODAY AND THE NEXT LOW TIDE WILL BE 1.1 METRES
AT 11:14 A.M. TODAY.
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 05:30 HKT ON 01.01.2019
Ends/Tuesday, January 1, 2019
Issued at HKT 5:30
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