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HONG KONG METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING

WARNING/INFORMATION FOR THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.

WARNINGS

GALE FORCE WINDS OVER SEAS NEAR TAIWAN AND SEAS NEAR LUZON.

SYNOPSIS (091200UTC) AND 24-HOUR FORECAST

THE NORTHEAST MONSOON IS BRINGING GALE FORCE WINDS TO SEAS

NEAR TAIWAN, AND AT FIRST TO SEAS NEAR LUZON.

SIGNIFICANT SWELL/HIGH SEAS

SEAS 6 M OVER GALES.

SWELL N TO NE 3 M OVER TAIWAN STRAIT, LUZON STRAIT,

NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PARTS OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA (SCS),

SEAS EAST OF THE PHILIPPINES AND SEAS NEAR VIETNAM.

THUNDERSTORMS/SEVERE WEATHER

SCATTERED SQUALLY (SQ) SHOWERS (SH) AND THUNDERSTORMS (TS)

OVER SEAS NEAR THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE PHILIPPINES.

ISOLATED SQ SH AND TS OVER SOUTHERN 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.