100°
LOCAL STORM SIGNAL CODE
NUMBER
DAY NIGHT
SIGNAL SIGNAL
MEANING
30° N
5
6
7
000
A DEPRESSION OR TYPHOON EXISTS WHICH MAY AFFECT
THE LOCALITY.
GALE (WIND SPEED 34 KNOTS & UPWARDS) EXPECTED FROM N.W.
GALE (WIND SPEED 34 KNOTS & UPWARDS) EXPECTED FROM S. W.
CALE (WIND SPEED 34 KNOTS & UPWARDS) EXPECTED FROM N.E.
GALE (WIND SPEED 34 KNOTS & UPWARDS) EXPECTED FROM S. E.
20°
GALE EXPECTED TO
INCREASE.
10
HURRICANE OR TYPHOON
WIND (SPEED 64 KNOTS & UPWARDS) ANY DIRECTION.
STRONG
WIND
STRONG WIND (SPEED 23 TO 33 KNOTS).
SIGNAL
10°
100°
110°
110°
120°
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120°
130°
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TYPHOON MAP OF THE WESTERN PACIFIC
Showing two tracks typical of many typhoons which either move WNW to the coast of S. E. Asia, or recurve and affect Japan.
The map also shows the boundary of the area for which storm warning bulletins are issued by the Royal Observatory, Hong Kong.
130°
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