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Marine Forecast

Bulletin issued at 21:00 HKT 05/Jul/2008
NO WARNING.

GENERAL SITUATION AT 050900 UTC:
A SOUTHEASTERLY AIRSTREAM IS GENERALLY AFFECTING THE
FORECAST AREAS.

MARINE FORECAST FOR 24 HOURS FROM 051300 UTC:

HONG KONG= E TO SE 4. ISOL SHOWERS AND SQUALLY TS. TEMP
27-31 C. =
KWANGTUNG= E TO SE 4, UP TO 5 LATER. ISOL SHOWERS AND
SQUALLY TS. SEA UP TO 2 M LATER. =
TAIWAN STRAIT= S TO SW 4-5. ISOL SHOWERS. SEA UP TO 2 M.
=
BASHI= S TO SE 4-5. 4000 M IN ISOL SQUALLY SHOWERS AND TS.
SEA UP TO 2 M. =
PRATAS= S TO SE 4-5. 2000 M IN SCT SQUALLY SHOWERS AND TS.
SEA UP TO 2 M. =
BALINTANG= S TO SE 4-5. 2000 M IN SCT SQUALLY SHOWERS AND
TS. SEA UP TO 2 M. =
SCARBOROUGH= S TO SE 5, OCNL 6. 2000 M IN SCT SQUALLY
SHOWERS AND TS. SEA 2 M. =
PARACEL= S TO SE 5. 2000 M IN SCT SQUALLY SHOWERS AND TS.
SEA 2 M. =
TONKIN= S 4-5. 4000 M IN ISOL SQUALLY SHOWERS AND TS. SEA
UP TO 2 M. =
DANANG= S  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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