Issue Time (HKT): 23:30 05/Jul/2025
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS
(NOT TO BE ISSUED AFTER 3:30 A.M. TOMORROW, SUNDAY)
BY THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 11:30 P.M. ON 5 JULY 2025
WARNINGS:
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS IN NAN'AO. GALE FORCE WINDS IN
SHANWEI. STRONG WINDS IN HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS AND
SOUTH OF HONG KONG.
WEATHER SITUATION:
AT 11 P.M., SEVERE TROPICAL STORM DANAS WITH MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS OF ABOUT 110 KILOMETRES PER HOUR NEAR ITS
CENTRE WAS LOCATED AT 20.8 DEGREES NORTH, 117.9 DEGREES
EAST. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH-NORTHEAST SLOWLY,
LINGERING OVER THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
AND INTENSIFYING GRADUALLY.
AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
HONG KONG ADJACENT WATERS:
NORTHEAST FORCE 4 TO 5, OCCASIONALLY FORCE 6 AT FIRST,
BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST UP TO FORCE 5.
A FEW SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE SEAS, ROUGH AT FIRST.
NAN'AO:
EAST TO NORTHEAST FORCE 10 TO 11, BECOMING CYCLONIC UP TO
FORCE 12.
FREQUENT HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS, BECOMING PHENOMENAL.
SHANWEI:
NORTH TO NORTHEAST FORCE 6 TO 7, OCCASIONALLY FORCE 8 AT
FIRST, BECOMING NORTHWEST UP TO FORCE 7.
FREQUENT HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
ROUGH SEAS, VERY ROUGH AT FIRST.
SOUTH OF HONG KONG:
NORTH TO NORTHWEST FORCE 4 TO 5, OCCASIONALLY FORCE 6 AT
FIRST, BECOMING SOUTHWEST UP TO FORCE 5 LATER.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE SEAS, ROUGH AT FIRST.
SHANGCHUAN DAO:
NORTH TO NORTHWEST FORCE 4 TO 5, BECOMING SOUTHWEST UP TO
FORCE 5 LATER.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS.
MODERATE SEAS.
OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS
SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF FORCE 5 TO 6, NORTH TO NORTHWESTERLY
WINDS OF UP TO FORCE 9 IN EAST AT FIRST. SCATTERED HEAVY
SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LATEST REPORTS FROM SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WEATHER STATIONS:
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WAGLAN ISLANDWIND EAST-NORTHEAST FORCE 5
VISIBILITY OVER 50 KILOMETRES
SHANTOUWIND EAST-SOUTHEAST FORCE 2
VISIBILITY 30 KILOMETRES
HUANGMAOZHOUWIND EAST FORCE 5
MACAUWIND EAST FORCE 3
XISHAWIND WEST FORCE 1
VISIBILITY 27 KILOMETRES
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