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 170000 2:31:11:01:00 BT PAN PAN= MESSAGE FOR NAVAREA XI(IOR) ISSUED BY NMC BEIJING AT 0330UTC MAY. 17 2008= MESSAGE IS UPDATED EVERY 06 HOURS= SYNOPSIS VALID 0000UTC MAY. 17= FORECAST VALID 0000UTC MAY. 18= WARNING= TS 0804(0804) HALONG 990HPA AT 15.7N 118.9E MOVING NE 15KM/H AND MAX WINDS 23M/S NEAR CENTER (SEAS UP TO 4.5M) AND RADIUS OF 30KTS WINDS 360KM FORECAST FOR 180000UTC AT 19.1N 122.2E 985HPA MAX WINDS 25M/S NEAR CENTER= SUMMARY= NE WINDS FROM 12 TO 18M/S SEAS UP TO 4.0M OVER TAIWAN STRAIT AND SEA EAST AND SOUTH OF TAIWAN AND EAST PART OF SOUTH CHINA SEA= WINDS FROM 20 TO 23M/S SEAS UP TO 4.5M OVER SEA NEAR CENTER OF TS 0804(0804) HALONG= WLY WINDS FROM 12 TO 16M/S SEAS UP TO 3.5M OVER SOUTH PART OF SOUTH CHINA SEA= SLY WINDS FROM 12 TO 16M/S SEAS UP TO 3.5M OVER SEA EAST OF PHILIPPINES= FOG OBSERVED LOCALLY OVER BOHAI SEA AND NORTH PART OF YELLOW AND HORIZONTAL VISIBILITY LESS THAN 10KM= HORIZONTAL VISIBILITY LESS THAN 10KM OVER TAIWAN STRAIT AND SEA SOUTH OF TAIWAN AND BEIBU GULF AND MIDDLE AND SOUTH PARTS OF SOUTH CHINA SEA AND SEA EAST OF PHILIPPINES AND NORTH PART OF THAILAND GULF AND ANDAMAN SEA AND MALACCA STRAIT AND SEA WEST OF SUMATERA AND LAUT JAWA AND SUNDA STRAIT AND LAUT MALUKU AND LAUT BANDA= FORECAST= NE WINDS FROM 12 TO 20M/S SEAS UP TO 4.5M OVER TAIWAN STRAIT AND SEA EAST AND SOUTH OF TAIWAN AND EAST PART OF SOUTH CHINA SEA= SW WINDS FROM 12 TO 18M/S SEAS UP TO 4.0M OVER SEA EAST OF PHILIPPINES= WLY WINDS FROM 12 TO 14M/S SEAS UP TO 3.5M OVER MIDDLE AND SOUTH PARTS OF SOUTH CHINA SEA= WINDS FROM 22 TO 25M/S SEAS UP TO 5.0M OVER SEA NEAR CENTER OF TS(HALONG)= ========== WWHK82 VHHH 170000 40:1:31:11:01:00 HONG KONG METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING WARNING/INFORMATION FOR THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. WARNINGS TROPICAL STORM (TS) HALONG (0804): RADIUS OF GALES: 120 NM SYNOPSIS (170000UTC) AND 24-HOUR FORECAST AT 170000UTC, TS HALONG (0804) WITH CENTRAL PRESSURE 985 HPA AND MAXIMUM WINDS 45 KT WAS CENTERED WITHIN 60 NM OF 15.4N 118.6E AND IS FORECAST TO MOVE NE AT ABOUT 10 KT FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. FORECAST POSITION AT 180000UTC: 18.1N, 121.4E SIGNIFICANT SWELL/HIGH SEAS SWELL NE 3 M OVER SEAS NEAR THE PHILIPPINES AND SOUTH CHINA SEA (SCS). SWELL SW 3 M OVER THE SOUTHERN PART OF SCS. THUNDERSTORMS/SEVERE WEATHER FREQUENT SQUALLY(SQ) HEAVY SHOWERS(SH) AND THUNDERSTORMS(TS) WITHIN 240NM FROM CENTRE OF TS HALONG. SCATTERED SQ SH AND TS OVER SEAS NEAR THE PHILIPPINES, SEAS NEAR BORNEO AND GULF OF THAILAND. SEA FOG/REDUCED VISIBILITY VISIBILITY DOWN TO 100 M IN SQ SH AND TS. ==========