automatic observatory
3.The Observatory operates a Dial-a-Weather automatic telephone answering system providing hourly updates of weather forecasts,temperature readings, warnings or tropical cyclone information.
4.The Observatory exchanges weather radar images with the Guangdong Meteorological Bureau and operates four solar-powered automatic weather stations at Huangmao Zhou, Neilingding Island and Wailingding Island west of Hong Kong, and the Tuoning Islands to the east, to give earlier indication and better timing of the approach of hazardous weather such as fronts, squall lines and tropical cyclones.
