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