WWHK82 VHHH 181200

40:1:31:11:01:00

HONG KONG METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING

WARNING/INFORMATION FOR THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.

WARNINGS

TROPICAL STORM(TS) MITAG(2517):R OF GALES:30NM

STORMS OVER NE SCS

SYNOPSIS (181200UTC) AND 24-HOUR FORECAST

AT 181200UTC, TS MITAG(2517) WITH CENTRAL PRESSURE 995HPA

AND MAX WINDS 40KT WAS CENTERED WITHIN 30NM OF 20.5N117.3E

AND IS FCST TO MOVE NW AT ABT 10KT FOR THE NEXT 24HRS.

FCST POS AT 191200UTC: 22.6N,115.2E

MITAG WILL INTENSIFY AND BRING STORMS TO THE WARNING AREAS

LATER

SIGNIFICANT SWELL/HIGH SEAS

SEAS 6,10M OVER GALES,STORMS

SWELL E 3M OVER N SCS

THUNDERSTORMS/SEVERE WEATHER

FRQ HVY SQUALLY(SQ) SHOWERS(SH) AND THUNDERSTORMS(TS)

WITHIN 180NM FROM CENTRE OF MITAG

OCNL HVY SQ SH AND TS OVER SEAS NEAR TAIWAN AND SEAS NEAR

THE PHILIPPINES

SCT SQ SH AND TS OVER GULF OF TONKIN, THE SCS, GULF OF

THAILAND AND SEAS NEAR MALAYSIA

SEA FOG/REDUCED VISIBILITY

VISIBILITY DOWN TO 500 M IN SQ SH AND TS