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Bulletin updated at 12:30 HKT 24/Oct/2026

By the Hong Kong Observatory at 12:30 p.m. on 24 Oct 2026 

Warnings:
Strong winds in Hong Kong adjacent waters, Nan'ao, Shanwei
and south of Hong Kong.

Weather Situation:
The northeast monsoon is affecting the coastal waters of
Guangdong.

At noon, Severe Tropical Storm Champi with maximum sustained
winds of about 105 kilometres per hour near its centre was
located at 25.9 degrees north, 123.3 degrees east. It is
forecast to move north-northeast at about 25 kilometres per
hour across the East China Sea and weaken progressively.

Area forecasts for the next 24 hours

Hong Kong Adjacent Waters:
North force 4 to 5, occasionally force 6.
Moderate to rough seas.

Nan'ao, Shanwei and South of Hong Kong:
North force 4 to 5, occasionally force 6.
Moderate to rough seas.

Shangchuan Dao:
North to northwest force 4 to 5.
Moderate seas.

Outlook for the following 48 hours 
North to northeasterly winds of force 4 to 5, becoming
easterly winds of up to force 6 later.

Latest reports from south china coastal weather stations
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Waglan Island       Wind north-northeast force 2 
                    Visibility 34 kilometres 

Shantou             Wind west-southwest force 2 
                    Visibility 30 kilometres 

Huangmaozhou        Wind west-northwest force 6 
                    

Macau               Wind north-northwest force 2 
                    Visibility 25 kilometres 

Xisha               Wind west force 2 
                    Visibility 11 kilometres 



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