PRESS WEATHER NO. 230 - SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
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SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 18:00 HKT ON 25.08.2022
(NOT TO BE ISSUED AFTER 7:45 P.M.)
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS ISSUED
BY THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 6 P.M. ON 25 AUGUST 2022
WARNINGS:
GALE FORCE WINDS IN SHANGCHUAN DAO. STRONG WINDS IN HONG
KONG ADJACENT WATERS, NAN'AO, SHANWEI AND SOUTH OF HONG
KONG.
WEATHER SITUATION:
SEVERE TROPICAL STORM MA-ON HAS WEAKENED INTO A TROPICAL
STORM.
AT 6 P.M., MA-ON WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF ABOUT 75
KILOMETRES PER HOUR NEAR ITS CENTRE WAS LOCATED AT 21.8
DEGREES NORTH, 109.1 DEGREES EAST. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE
WEST AT ABOUT 35 KILOMETRES PER HOUR INTO INLAND GUANGXI
AND WEAKEN GRADUALLY.
AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:
SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST FORCE 4 TO 5, UP TO FORCE 6 AT FIRST.
SCATTERED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE SEAS, ROUGH AT FIRST.
NAN'AO, SHANWEI AND SOUTH OF HONG KONG:
SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST FORCE 4 TO 5, UP TO FORCE 6 AT FIRST.
SCATTERED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE SEAS, ROUGH AT FIRST.
SHANGCHUAN DAO:
SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST FORCE 6 TO 7, UP TO FORCE 8 AT FIRST.
FREQUENT HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
ROUGH SEAS, VERY ROUGH AT FIRST.
OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS
SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 4 TO 5, UP TO FORCE 6
AT FIRST. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LATEST REPORTS FROM SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WEATHER STATIONS
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WAGLAN ISLAND WIND EAST FORCE 3
SHANTOU WIND WEST-NORTHWEST FORCE 2
VISIBILITY 21 KILOMETRES IN RAIN
DONGSHA WIND SOUTH-SOUTHEAST FORCE 3
VISIBILITY 10 KILOMETRES
MACAU WIND SOUTH-SOUTHWEST FORCE 3
VISIBILITY 2000 METRES IN SHOWERS
XISHA WIND SOUTH-SOUTHWEST FORCE 3
VISIBILITY 12 KILOMETRES
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 18:00 HKT ON 25.08.2022