PRESS WEATHER NO. 271 - SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
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SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:44 HKT ON 15.07.2023
(NOT TO BE ISSUED AFTER 3:30 A.M. TOMORROW, SUNDAY)
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS ISSUED
BY THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 11:30 P.M. ON 15 JULY 2023
WARNINGS:
SEVERE SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS IN HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS.
STORM FORCE WINDS IN SHANWEI AND SOUTH OF HONG KONG. GALE
FORCE WINDS IN HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS, NAN'AO AND
SHANGCHUAN DAO.
WEATHER SITUATION:
SEVERE SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS ARE AFFECTING THE VICINITY OF
THE PEARL RIVER ESTUARY.
AT 11 P.M., TROPICAL STORM TALIM WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS OF ABOUT 75 KILOMETRES PER HOUR NEAR ITS CENTRE WAS
LOCATED AT 18.5 DEGREES NORTH, 117.2 DEGREES EAST. IT IS
FORECAST TO MOVE WEST-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 10 KILOMETRES PER
HOUR IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF WESTERN GUANGDONG AND
HAINAN ISLAND, AND INTENSIFY GRADUALLY.
AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:
NORTHEAST FORCE 4, UP TO FORCE 8 LATER, GUSTS OCCASIONALLY
UP TO FORCE 10.
OCCASIONAL HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND SEVERE SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS.
ROUGH SEAS, BECOMING VERY ROUGH LATER.
NAN'AO:
SOUTHEAST FORCE 7 TO 8, BECOMING UP TO FORCE 9.
FREQUENT HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS, BECOMING HIGH.
SHANWEI:
EAST TO NORTHEAST FORCE 7 TO 8, BECOMING SOUTHEAST UP TO
FORCE 10.
FREQUENT HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS, BECOMING HIGH.
SOUTH OF HONG KONG:
NORTH TO NORTHEAST FORCE 7 TO 8, UP TO FORCE 10 LATER.
FREQUENT HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS, BECOMING HIGH LATER.
SHANGCHUAN DAO:
NORTH TO NORTHWEST FORCE 5 TO 6, UP TO FORCE 8 LATER.
FREQUENT HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS, BECOMING VERY ROUGH LATER.
OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS
NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 9 TO 10, BECOMING CYCLONIC
WINDS OF UP TO FORCE 12. FREQUENT HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LATEST REPORTS FROM SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WEATHER STATIONS
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WAGLAN ISLAND WIND NORTH-NORTHEAST FORCE 1
SHANTOU WIND EAST-SOUTHEAST FORCE 2
VISIBILITY 30 KILOMETRES
HUANGMAOZHOU WIND NORTH FORCE 2
MACAU WIND SOUTHWEST FORCE 2
VISIBILITY 18 KILOMETRES
XISHA WIND WEST-NORTHWEST FORCE 2
VISIBILITY 24 KILOMETRES
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:44 HKT ON 15.07.2023