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HONG KONG METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING

WARNING/INFORMATION FOR THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.

WARNINGS

TYPHOON(T) DANAS(2504):R OF HURRICANES:15NM. R OF

STORMS:30NM. R OF GALES:150NM OVER E SEMICIRCLE,90NM

ELSEWHERE

SYNOPSIS (060000UTC) AND 24-HOUR FORECAST

AT 060000UTC, T DANAS(2504) WITH CENTRAL P 965HPA AND MAX

WINDS 70KT WAS CENTERED WITHIN 30NM OF 21.5N 118.3E AND IS

FCST TO MOVE N SLOWLY AT FIRST, AND TRACK NE AT ABOUT 10

KTS LATER FOR THE NEXT 24 HRS.

FCST POS AT 070000UTC: 26.0N, 121.5E

SIGNIFICANT SWELL/HIGH SEAS

SEAS 6M,10M,14M OVER GALES,STORMS,HURRICANES

SWELL S TO SW 5-7M OVER SEAS NEAR TAIWAN AND LUZON STRAIT,

E TO NE 5-7 M OVER N PART OF SCS

THUNDERSTORMS/SEVERE WEATHER

FREQUENT HEAVY SQUALLY(SQ) SHOWERS(SH) AND

THUNDERSTORMS(TS) WITHIN 360NM FROM CENTRE OF DANAS(2504)

OCCASIONAL HEAVY SQ SH AND TS OVER LUZON STRAIT

SCATTERED SQ SH AND TS OVER THE ECS, N AND C PARTS OF SCS

AND SEAS NEAR THE PHILIPPINES

SEA FOG/REDUCED VISIBILITY

VIS DOWN TO 500M IN SQ SH AND TS