24-HOUR SHIPPING FORECAST

MARCH 2010

RPMM 160600
AREA SYNOPSIS AND 24-HR SHIPPING FORECAST
VALID BEGINNING 161200
SYNOPSIS:

COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH STRONG TO GALE FORCE NORTHEASTERLY SURFACE WINDFLOW AFFECTING THE SHIPPING AREAS NORTH OF ONE EIGHT NORTH X SCARBOROUGH X MODERATE TO STRONG NORTHEASTERLY TO EASTERLY SURFACE WINDFLOW PREVAILING OVER THE SHIPPING ZONES OF CENTRAL PHILIPPINE X INLAND X MINDORO X SULU X PALAWAN X MINDANAO X SOUTH PHILIPPINE X BECOMING LIGHT TO MODERATE NORTHEASTERLY OVER THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA PD
FORECAST:

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Delineation of Shipping Areas EAST TAIWAN X RYUKYU X BASHI X BALINTANG X NORTH PHILIPPINE X MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH LIGHT RAINS X WINDS NORTHEASTERLY TO EASTERLY UP TO ONE EIGHT METERS PER SECOND X SEA ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH NORTHEAST TO EAST X

SCARBOROUGH X PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES X WINDS NORTHEASTERLY UP TO ONE EIGHT METERS PER SECOND X SEA ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH NORTHEAST X

CENTRAL PHILIPPINE X SOUTH PHILIPPINE X PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH ISOLATED RAINSHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS X WINDS NORTHEASTERLY TO EASTERLY UP TO ONE FIVE METERS PER SECOND X SEA MODERATE TO ROUGH NORTHEAST TO EAST X

INLAND X MINDANAO X PARTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY SKIES WITH ISOLATED RAINSHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS X WINDS NORTHEASTERLY TO EASTERLY UP TO ONE THREE METERS PER SECOND X SEA MODERATE TO ROUGH NORTHEAST TO EAST X

MINDORO X PALAWAN X SULU X PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES X WINDS NORTHEASTERLY UP TO ONE THREE METERS PER SECOND X SEA MODERATE TO ROUGH NORTHEAST X

MORO X PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH ISOLATED RAINSHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS X WINDS NORTHEASTERLY UP ONE ZERO METERS PER SECOND X SEA SLIGHT TO MODERATE NORTHEAST X