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 081800 1:31:11:01:00 BT SECURITE= MESSAGE FOR NAVAREA XI(IOR) ISSUED BY NMC BEIJING AT 2215UTC FEB. 08 2010= MESSAGE IS UPDATED EVERY 06 HOURS= SYNOPSIS VALID 1800UTC FEB. 08= FORECAST VALID 1800UTC FEB. 09= WARNNING= NIL= SUMMARY= S WINDS FROM 10 TO 14M/S SEAS UP TO 1.8M OVER NORTH PART OF EAST CHINA SEA AND BEIBU GULF= SW WINDS FROM 10 TO 14M/S SEAS UP TO 2.0M OVER EAST PART OF JAPAN SEA= FOG OBSERVED LOCALLY OVER BOHAI SEA AND BOHAI STRAIT AND PARTS OF YELLOW SEA AND NORTH PART OF BEIBU GULF AND HORIZONTAL VISIBILITY LESS THAN 10KM= HORIZONTAL VISIBILITY LESS THAN 10KM OVER WEST PART OF EAST CHINA SEA AND SOUTH PART OF JAPAN SEA AND TAIWAN STRAIT AND NORTH PART OF THAILAND GULF AND ANDAMAN SEA AND SEA WEST OF SUMATERA AND MALACCA STRAIT AND SUNDA STRAIT AND MAKASSAR STRAIT AND LAUT BANDA= FORECAST= NE WINDS WL INCREASING TO MAX 16M/S SEAS UP TO 2.5M OVER BOHAI SEA AND NORTH AND MIDDLE PARTS OF YELLOW SEA= S WINDS FROM 10 TO 14M/S SEAS UP TO 1.8M OVER BEIBU GULF AND NORTHWEST PART OF SOUTH CHINA SEA= SW VEER NW WINDS FROM 10 TO 16M/S SEAS UP TO 3.0M OVER JAPAN SEA= SW WINDS WL INCREASING TO MAX 16M/S SEAS UP TO 3.0M OVER SEA SOUTH OF JAPAN= FOG OVER SEAS NEAR WEST COAST OF EAST CHINA SEA AND HORIZONTAL VISIBILITY LESS THAN 10KM= ========== WWHK82 VHHH 081800 40:1:31:11:01:00 HONG KONG METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING WARNING/INFORMATION FOR THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. WARNINGS NIL. SYNOPSIS (081800UTC) AND 24-HOUR FORECAST LOW VISIBILITY IS AFFECTING THE EAST CHINA SEA, SEAS NEAR KWANGTUNG, TAIWAN STRAIT AND AT FIRST OVER THE GULF OF TONKIN . SIGNIFICANT SWELL/HIGH SEAS NIL. THUNDERSTORMS/SEVERE WEATHER ISOLATED SQUALLY (SQ) SHOWER (SH) AND THUNDERSTORM (TS) OVER SEAS NEAR BORNEO AND THE STRAIT OF MALACCA. SEA FOG/REDUCED VISIBILITY VISIBILITY DOWN TO 500 M IN MORNING FOG PATCHES OVER THE EAST CHINA SEA, SEAS NEAR KWANGTUNG, TAIWAN STRAIT AND AT FIRST OVER THE GULF OF TONKIN. VISIBILITY DOWN TO 4000 M IN SQ SH AND TS.= ==========