Bulletin updated at 23:40 HKT
20/
Aug
/2008
South China Coastal Waters
WARNINGS:HURRICANE FORCE WINDS IN NAN'AO. STORM FORCE WINDS IN SHANWEI. STRONG WINDS IN HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS, SOUTH OF HONG KONG AND SHANGCHUAN DAO.
WEATHER SITUATION:
AT 11 P.M., TYPHOON NURI WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF ABOUT 140 KILOMETRES PER HOUR NEAR ITS CENTRE WAS LOCATED AT 19.8 DEGREES NORTH, 120.0 DEGREES EAST, IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHWEST OR WEST-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 14 KILOMETRES PER HOUR TOWARDS SOUTHERN CHINA. AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:
WEST TO NORTHWEST FORCE 4, NORTH UP TO FORCE 5 TO 6 LATER.
SOME HAZE, ISOLATED SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS LATER.
MODERATE SEAS, BECOMING ROUGH SEAS. NAN'AO:
NORTH TO NORTHWEST FORCE 5 TO 6, CYCLONIC UP TO FORCE 12 LATER.
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, UP TO FORCE 10 LATER.
ISOLATED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, SCATTERED HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATER.
MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS, BECOMING VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS. SOUTH OF HONG KONG:
WEST TO NORTHWEST FORCE 4 TO 5, NORTH UP TO FORCE 7 LATER.
ISOLATED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, SCATTERED SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATER.
MODERATE SEAS, BECOMING ROUGH 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 WEST FORCE 4
VISIBILITY 31 KILOMETRES SHANTOU
WIND EAST FORCE 2
VISIBILITY 12 KILOMETRES DONGSHA
WIND WEST-NORTHWEST FORCE 3
VISIBILITY 10 KILOMETRES MACAU
WIND SOUTHWEST FORCE 2
VISIBILITY 20 KILOMETRES XISHA
WIND SOUTHWEST FORCE 3
VISIBILITY 24 KILOMETRES
