Bulletin updated at 16:30 HKT 07/Aug/2026
By the Hong Kong Observatory at 4:30 p.m. on 07 Aug 2026
Warnings:
Strong winds in Nan'ao.
Weather Situation:
The area of low pressure over Beibu Wan is bringing
unsettled weather to the south China coastal waters.
At 4 p.m., Severe Typhoon Dolphin with maximum sustained
winds of about 175 kilometres per hour near its centre was
located at 26.8 degrees north, 128.0 degrees east. It is
forecast to move west at about 12 kilometres per hour across
the vicinity of the Ryukyu Islands and enter the East China
Sea.
Area forecasts for the next 24 hours
Hong Kong Adjacent Waters：
West to northwest force 4, occasionally force 5.
Isolated showers and thunderstorms.
Moderate seas.
Nan'ao：
West to northwest force 4, occasionally force 5, up to force
6 later.
Isolated showers and thunderstorms.
Moderate seas, becoming rough later.
Shanwei and South of Hong Kong：
West to northwest force 4, occasionally force 5.
Isolated showers and thunderstorms.
Moderate seas.
Shangchuan Dao：
West to southwest force 4 to 5.
Scattered showers and squally thunderstorms.
Moderate seas.
Outlook for the following 48 hours
Westerly winds of force 4 to 5, occasionally force 6,
becoming up to force 7 in east. Scattered showers and
squally thunderstorms.
Latest reports from south china coastal weather stations
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Waglan Island Wind southwest force 4
Visibility 50 kilometres or above
Shantou Wind west-southwest force 2
Visibility 30 kilometres
Huangmaozhou Wind south-southwest force 2
Macau Wind east force 1
Visibility 40 kilometres
Xisha Wind southwest force 3
Visibility 24 kilometres