WWHK82 VHHH 220000 40:1:31:11:01:00 HONG KONG METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING WARNING/INFORMATION FOR THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. WARNINGS GALE FORCE WINDS OVER TAIWAN STRAIT, LUZON STRAIT AND NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA (SCS). SYNOPSIS (220000UTC) AND 24-HOUR FORECAST THE NORTHEAST MONSOON IS BRINGING GALE FORCE WINDS TO TAIWAN STRAIT AND LUZON STRAIT, AND AT FIRST TO NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE SCS. SIGNIFICANT SWELL/HIGH SEAS SEAS 6 M OVER GALES. SWELL NE 3 M OVER THE WARNING AREAS. THUNDERSTORMS/SEVERE WEATHER SCATTERED SQUALLY (SQ) SHOWERS (SH) AND THUNDERSTORMS (TS) OVER SEAS NEAR SOUTHERN PART OF THE PHILIPPINES AND SOUTHERN PART OF THE SCS. ISOLATED SQ SH AND TS OVER CENTRAL PART OF THE SCS, SEAS NEAR MALAYSIA AND GULF OF THAILAND. SEA FOG/REDUCED VISIBILITY VISIBILITY DOWN TO 2000 M IN SQ SH AND TS. VISIBILITY DOWN TO 4000 M IN MIST OR LIGHT RAIN PATCHES OVER GULF OF TONKIN.