GMDSS_METAREA11-IOR_INMARSAT ========== Caution: NAVIMAIL is not part of the Maritime Safety Information's operational data stream and should never be relied upon as the only means to obtain the latest forecast and warning information. Access to the service may be interrupted or delayed from time to time, update may also experience occasional gaps. Please refer to GMDSS OFFICIAL sources, Inmarsat SafetyNET or international NAVTEX services, for more complete information ========== WWCI50 BABJ 041200 1:31:11:01:00 BT SECURITE= MESSAGE FOR NAVAREA XI(IOR) ISSUED BY NMC BEIJING AT 1530UTC JUL. 04 2009= MESSAGE IS UPDATED EVERY 06 HOURS= SYNOPSIS VALID 1200UTC JUL. 04= FORECAST VALID 1200UTC JUL. 05= SUMMARY= SW WINDS FROM 07 TO 12M/S SEAS UP TO 1.8M OVER SOUTH PART OF EAST CHINA SEA AND TAIWAN STRAIT AND SEA EAST OF TAIWAN AND WEST PART OF SOUTH CHINA SEA AND BEIBU GULF= WINDS FROM 10 TO 16M/S SEAS UP TO 2.5M OVER SEA EAST OF JAPAN= FOG OBSERVED LOCALLAY OVER NORTH PART OF YELLOW SEA AND NORTH PART OF JAPAN SEA AND HORIZONTAL VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1KM= HORIZONTAL VISIBILITY LESS THAN 10KM OVER ANDAMAN SEA AND SEA WEST OF SUMATERA AND SUNDA STRAIT AND LAUT MALUKU AND LAUT BANDA= FORECAST= SE/SLY WINDS FROM 10 TO 14M/S SEAS UP TO 2.0M OVER BOHAI SEA= SW WINDS FROM 07 TO 12M/S SEAS UP TO 1.8M OVER TAIWAN STRAIT AND SEA EAST OF TAIWAN AND WEST PART OF SOUTH CHINA SEA AND BEIBU GULF= SW WINDS FROM 10 TO 16M/S SEAS UP TO 2.5M OVER SEA SOUTH AND EAST OF JAPAN= FOG OVER PART OF YELLOW SEA AND HORIZONTAL VISIBILITY LESS THAN 10KM= ========== WWHK82 VHHH 041200 40:1:31:11:01:00 HONG KONG METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING WARNING/INFORMATION FOR THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. WARNINGS NIL. SYNOPSIS (041200UTC) AND 24-HOUR FORECAST A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING UNSETTLED WEATHER TO THE EAST CHINA SEA(ECS), SEAS NEAR TAIWAN, THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA(SCS) AND GULF OF TONKIN DURING THE FORECAST PERIOD. SIGNIFICANT SWELL/HIGH SEAS NIL. THUNDERSTORMS/SEVERE WEATHER SCATTERED SQUALLY(SQ) HEAVY SHOWERS(SH) AND THUNDERSTORMS(TS) OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF SCS AND GULF OF TONKIN. ISOLATED SQ SH AND TS OVER ECS, SEAS NEAR TAIWAN, SEAS NEAR THE PHILIPPINES, CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF SCS, SEAS NEAR BORNEO, SEAS NEAR THE SOUTHERN PART OF VIETNAM, GULF OF THAILAND AND SEAS NEAR MALAYSIA. SEA FOG/REDUCED VISIBILITY VISIBILITY DOWN TO 1000 M IN SQ SH AND TS.= ==========