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HONG KONG METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING

WARNING/INFORMATION FOR THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.

WARNINGS

GALES OVER LUZON STRAIT AND SEAS EAST OF THE PHILIPPINES.

SYNOPSIS (081200UTC) AND 24-HOUR FORECAST

SUPER TYPHOON BAVI (2609) WILL BRING UNSETTLED WEATHER AND

GALE FORCE WINDS TO THE WARNING AREAS.

SIGNIFICANT SWELL/HIGH SEAS

SEAS 6 M OVER GALES.

SWELL E 5-7 M OVER THE EAST CHINA SEA, SEAS EAST OF TAIWAN,

LUZON STRAIT AND SEAS EAST OF THE PHILIPPINES.

THUNDERSTORMS/SEVERE WEATHER

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

(TS) OVER LUZON STRAIT AND SEAS EAST OF THE PHILIPPINES.

SCATTERED SQ SH AND TS OVER SEAS NEAR KWANGTUNG, SEAS NEAR

HAINAN, SOUTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA (SCS), SEAS

NEAR SOUTHERN PART OF THE PHILIPPINES.

ISOLATED SQ SH AND TS OVER CENTRAL PART OF SCS, SEAS NEAR

MALAYSIA AND GULF OF THAILAND.

SEA FOG/REDUCED VISIBILITY

VISIBILITY DOWN TO 500 M IN SQ SH AND TS.