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Marine Forecast

Bulletin issued at 21:01 HKT 25/Jul/2008
NO WARNING.

GENERAL SITUATION AT 250900 UTC:
A SOUTHERLY AIRSTREAM IS GENERALLY AFFECTING THE FORECAST
AREAS.

MARINE FORECAST FOR 24 HOURS FROM 251300 UTC:

HONG KONG= SW 3-4. FINE. TEMP 28-33 C. =
KWANGTUNG= S TO SW 4, OCNL 5. ISOL SHOWERS IN W. SEA UP TO
2 M. =
TAIWAN STRAIT= SW 4, OCNL 5, BEC N 4-5 LATER. ISOL SHOWERS.
SEA UP TO 2 M. =
BASHI= W TO NW 4-5, 6-7 LATER. ISOL SHOWERS AND SQUALLY TS
LATER. SEA 2 M, UP TO 4 M. =
PRATAS= W TO SW 4. FINE. =
BALINTANG= W TO NW 4-5, 6-7 LATER. ISOL SHOWERS AND SQUALLY
TS LATER. SEA 2 M, UP TO 4 M. =
SCARBOROUGH= S TO SW 4-5. ISOL SHOWERS AND SQUALLY TS. SEA
UP TO 2 M. =
PARACEL= SE 4, OCNL 5. ISOL SHOWERS AND SQUALLY TS. SEA UP
TO 2 M. =
TONKIN= S TO SE 4-5. ISOL SHOWERS AND SQUALLY TS. SEA UP TO
2 M. =
DANANG= SE 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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