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Marine Forecast

Bulletin issued at 09:00 HKT 07/Oct/2008
NO WARNING.

GENERAL SITUATION AT 062100 UTC:
A NORTHEAST MONSOON IS GENERALLY AFFECTING THE FORECAST
AREAS.

MARINE FORECAST FOR 24 HOURS FROM 070100 UTC:

HONG KONG= N 4-5, BEC E TO NE 5. RAIN PATCHES LATER. SEA 2
M. TEMP 26-24 C. =
KWANGTUNG= NE 4-5, UP TO 6 IN E. ISOL SHOWERS. SEA 2 M, UP
TO 3 M IN E. SWELL NE 2 M. =
TAIWAN STRAIT= NE 6-7. ISOL SHOWERS. SEA 3-4 M. SWELL NE 2
M. =
BASHI= SW 4-5, BEC E TO NE 5. ISOL SHOWERS AND SQUALLY TS.
SEA 2 M. =
PRATAS= W TO NW 5, BEC NE 5. ISOL SHOWERS. SEA 2 M. =
BALINTANG= W TO SW 4-5, BEC E TO NE 5. ISOL SHOWERS. SEA 2
M. =
SCARBOROUGH= W TO NW 4-5, BEC N TO NE 4-5. ISOL SHOWERS.
SEA UP TO 2 M. =
PARACEL= NE 4-5. ISOL SHOWERS. SEA UP TO 2 M. =
TONKIN= NE 4-5. ISOL SHOWERS AND SQUALLY TS. SEA UP TO 2 M.
=
DANANG= NE 4-5. ISOL SHOWERS AND SQUALLY TS. SEA UP TO 2 M.
=

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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