WWHK82 VHHH 281800

40:1:31:11:01:00

HONG KONG METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING

WARNING/INFORMATION FOR THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.

WARNINGS

TROPICAL DEPRESSION (TD) OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PARTS OF

THE SOUTH CHINA SEA (SCS): NIL.

GALES OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PARTS OF THE SCS.

SYNOPSIS (281800UTC) AND 24-HOUR FORECAST

AT 281800UTC, TD WITH CENTRAL PRESSURE 1000 HPA AND MAXIMUM

WINDS 25 KT WAS CENTERED WITHIN 60 NM OF 15.9N 114.0E AND

IS FORECAST TO MOVE WNW AT ABOUT 10 KT FOR THE NEXT 24

HOURS.

FORECAST POSITION AT 291800UTC: 17.3N, 109.8E

TD WILL INTENSIFY AND BRING GALES TO THE WARNING AREAS

LATER.

SIGNIFICANT SWELL/HIGH SEAS

SEAS 6 M OVER GALES LATER.

THUNDERSTORMS/SEVERE WEATHER

FREQUENT HEAVY SQUALLY (SQ) SHOWERS (SH) AND THUNDERSTORMS

(TS) WITHIN 300 NM FROM THE CENTRE OF THE TD.

SCATTERED SQ SH AND TS OVER THE SCS, LUZON STRAIT, SEAS

NEAR THE PHILIPPINES AND GULF OF THAILAND.

SEA FOG/REDUCED VISIBILITY

VISIBILITY DOWN TO 500 M IN SQ SH AND TS.