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HONG KONG METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING

WARNING/INFORMATION FOR THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.

WARNINGS

GALE FORCE WINDS OVER TAIWAN STRAIT.

SYNOPSIS (051800UTC) AND 24-HOUR FORECAST

AN INTENSE NORTHEAST MONSOON IS BRINGING GALE FORCE WINDS

TO THE WARNING AREA.

SIGNIFICANT SWELL/HIGH SEAS

SEAS 6 M OVER GALES.

SWELL N TO NE 3 M OVER SEAS NEAR TAIWAN.

THUNDERSTORMS/SEVERE WEATHER

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

OVER SEAS NEAR HAINAN, NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE

SOUTH CHINA SEA (SCS), LUZON STRAIT AND SEAS NEAR SOUTHERN

PART OF THE PHILIPPINES.

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

NEAR LUZON, SEAS NEAR MALAYSIA AND GULF OF THAILAND.

SEA FOG/REDUCED VISIBILITY

VISIBILITY DOWN TO 2000 M IN SQ SH AND TS.