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Marine Forecast

Weather Information for the Marine Community

Bulletin issued at 09:00 HKT 20/Jun/2018

N0 WARNING.

GENERAL SITUATION AT 192100 UTC:
A SOUTHWESTERLY AIRSTREAM IS AFFECTING THE FORECAST AREAS.

MARINE FORECAST FOR 24 HOURS FROM 200100 UTC:

HONG KONG= SW 5-6. ISOL SHOWERS. SEA 2-3 M. SWELL SW UP TO 2 M. TEMP 32-28 C. =
KWANGTUNG= SW 5-6. ISOL SHOWERS AND TS. SEA 2-3 M. SWELL SW 2 M. =
TAIWAN STRAIT= SW 6-7. DOWN TO 4000 M IN ISOL SQUALLY SHOWERS AND TS. SEA 3-4 M. SWELL SW UP TO 3 M. =
BASHI= SW 6-7. DOWN TO 4000 M IN ISOL SQUALLY SHOWERS AND TS. SEA 3-4 M. SWELL SW UP TO 3 M. =
PRATAS= SW 5-6, OCNL 7. ISOL SHOWERS AND TS. SEA UP TO 4 M. SWELL SW 2 M. =
BALINTANG= SW 6-7. DOWN TO 4000 M IN ISOL SQUALLY SHOWERS AND TS. SEA 3-4 M. SWELL SW UP TO 3 M. =
SCARBOROUGH= SW 5-6, OCNL 7. ISOL SHOWERS AND TS. SEA UP TO 4 M. SWELL SW UP TO 3 M. =
PARACEL= S TO SW 5-6. ISOL SHOWERS AND TS. SEA 2-3 M. SWELL SW 2 M. =
TONKIN= S TO SW 5-6, OCNL 7. ISOL SHOWERS AND TS. SEA UP TO 4 M. SWELL S TO SW 2 M. =
DANANG= S TO SW 5-6. ISOL SHOWERS AND TS. SEA 2-3 M. SWELL S TO SW 2 M. =
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Abbreviations:
KT, VRB, SLW, FRQ - knot, variable, slow, frequent STNR, QSTNR, C - stationary, quasi-stationary, degrees celsius WKN, INTSF, INTST, NC - weaken, intensify, intensity, no change LGT, ISOL, SCT, OCNL - light, isolated, scattered, occasional CLD, DZ, TS - cloudy, drizzle, thunderstorm

The date and time are specified by a 6-digit number DDHHMM. DD stands for the day of month, HH represents the hour while MM indicates the minute in UTC.



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Significant Weather Information (SIGMET)

The Airport Meteorological Office is responsible for monitoring hazardous weather and phenomena in the atmosphere that may affect the safety of aircraft operations within a designated airspace over the northern part of the South China Sea. Weather forecasters at the Airport Meteorological Office issues SIGMET information when hazardous weather and phenomena in the atmosphere such as thunderstorms, tropical cyclones, turbulence, icing occur or are expected to occur in the airspace.

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issued by the Hong Kong Observatory at 16:25 HKT on 19 Jun 18

VHHK SIGMET 1 VALID 190430/190830 VHHH- VHHK HONG KONG FIR EMBD TS FCST WI N2100 E11730 - N2100 E11730 - N2042 E11536 - N2300 E11518 - N2342 E11730 - N2100 E11730 TOP FL420 MOV E 10KT WKN= VHHK SIGMET 2 VALID 190830/191130 VHHH- VHHK HONG KONG FIR EMBD TS FCST WI N2254 E11454 - N2342 E11730 - N2130 E11730 - N2124 E11454 - N2254 E11454 TOP FL400 MOV E 10KT WKN=

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