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HONG KONG METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING

WARNING/INFORMATION FOR THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.

WARNINGS

TYPHOON(T) MEKKHALA(2607):RADII OF

HURRICANES,STORMS,GALES:30,60,120NM.

SYNOPSIS (240600UTC) AND 24-HOUR FORECAST

AT 240600UTC, T MEKKHALA (2607) WITH CENTRAL P 965 HPA AND

MAX WINDS 75 KT WAS CENTERED WITHIN 30 NM OF 21.6N 124.7E

AND IS FORECAST TO MOVE NNE AT ABOUT 8 KT FOR THE NEXT 24

HOURS.

FCST POS AT 250600UTC: 24.7N, 125.7E

SIGNIFICANT SWELL/HIGH SEAS

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

SWELL E TO NE 5-7M OVER LUZON STRAIT,SEAS EAST OF

PHILIPPINES.

SWELL E TO SE 5-7M OVER SEAS EAST OF TAIWAN AND THE EAST

CHINA SEA(ECS).

THUNDERSTORMS/SEVERE WEATHER

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

WITHIN 300NM FROM CENTRE OF MEKKHALA(2607).

SCT SQ SH AND TS OVER THE ECS, SOUTHERN PART OF SOUTH CHINA

SEA,SEAS NEAR THE PHILIPPINES, SEAS NEAR MALAYSIA AND GULF

OF THAILAND.

SEA FOG/REDUCED VISIBILITY

VIS DOWN TO 500 M IN SQ SH AND TS.