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 -------------------------------------------------------- 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