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South China Coastal Waters

Bulletin updated at 05:40 HKT 21/Aug/2008
BY THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 5:30 A.M. ON 21 AUGUST 2008

WARNINGS:
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS IN NAN'AO AND SHANWEI. GALE FORCE
WINDS IN SOUTH OF HONG KONG. STRONG WINDS IN HONG KONG
ADJACENT WATERS AND SHANGCHUAN DAO.

WEATHER SITUATION:
AT 5 A.M., TYPHOON NURI WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF
ABOUT 150 KILOMETRES PER HOUR NEAR ITS CENTRE WAS LOCATED
AT 20.0 DEGREES NORTH, 118.7 DEGREES EAST, IT IS FORECAST
TO MOVE NORTHWEST OR WEST-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 14 KILOMETRES
PER HOUR IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF THE COASTAL AREAS OF
GUANGDONG.

AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:
NORTH TO NORTHWEST FORCE 4, UP TO FORCE 5 TO 6 LATER.
SOME HAZE, ISOLATED SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE SEAS, BECOMING ROUGH SEAS.

NAN'AO:
NORTH TO NORTHWEST FORCE 5 TO 6, CYCLONIC UP TO FORCE 12
LATER.
ISOLATED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, FREQUENT HEAVY
SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATER.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS, BECOMING HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS.

SHANWEI:
NORTH TO NORTHWEST FORCE 5 TO 6, BECOMING CYCLONIC UP TO
FORCE 12 LATER.
ISOLATED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, SCATTERED HEAVY
SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATER.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS, BECOMING HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS.

SOUTH OF HONG KONG:
WEST TO NORTHWEST FORCE 4 TO 5, NORTH UP TO FORCE 8 TO 9
LATER.
ISOLATED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, SCATTERED
SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATER.
MODERATE SEAS, BECOMING VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS.

SHANGCHUAN DAO:
WEST TO SOUTHWEST FORCE 4, OCCASIONALLY FORCE 6 IN EAST
LATER.
ISOLATED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATER.
MODERATE SEAS, BECOMING ROUGH SEAS.

OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS
SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 5 TO 6, CYCLONIC WINDS OF  UP
TO FORCE 12 IN EAST AT FIRST. FREQUENT HEAVY SQUALLY
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN EAST.

LATEST REPORTS FROM SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WEATHER STATIONS
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WAGLAN ISLAND      WIND EAST-NORTHEAST FORCE 4
VISIBILITY 19 KILOMETRES

SHANTOU            WIND EAST-SOUTHEAST FORCE 2
VISIBILITY 12 KILOMETRES

DONGSHA            WIND NORTHWEST FORCE 4
VISIBILITY 10 KILOMETRES

MACAU              WIND SOUTH-SOUTHWEST FORCE 2
VISIBILITY 15 KILOMETRES

XISHA              WIND SOUTHWEST FORCE 3
VISIBILITY 20 KILOMETRES


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