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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°

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110°

120°

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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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