FQZA81 FAPR 180830

WEATHER BULLETIN FOR THE HIGH SEAS FOR METAREA VII, EAST OF 20E
ISSUED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE ON THE
18TH OF APRIL 2024 AT 08:30 UTC.

FOR SOUTH-EAST SECTOR OF METAREA. VII, PREPARED BY REUNION, SEE AREA 2
BELOW.

NOTE: WX OBSERVATIONS.
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COULD ALL VESSELS EXPERIENCING UNEXPECTED, SEVERE WX/SEA STATE PLEASE
MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO REPORT THIS TO SAWS VIA CAPE TOWN RADIO.

AREA 1:
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FORECAST VALID FROM 181000 TO 191000 UTC:

WIND IN KNOTS, WAVE HEIGHTS IN METERS. NO SEA STATE GIVEN IF WAVES LESS
THAN 3M.

NOTE THE WIND SPEEDS QUOTED HERE ARE THE EXPECTED AVERAGE SPEEDS.
INDIVIDUAL GUSTS MAY EXCEED THESE VALUES BY A FACTOR OF UP TO 1.5.
WAVE HEIGHTS ARE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHTS, WHICH MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY
INDIVIDUAL WAVES 1.5 TO 2.0 TIMES HIGHER.

GALE FORCE WARNINGS:
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Nil.

SYNOPTIC CHART 06:00Z
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High 1016 hPa 30s09e.
Low  1004 hPa 34s12w.

Cold Front: 23s13w 28s09w cont. 33s08w into (1004 hPa) 34s12w cont.
            39s07w.

AREA FORECAST:
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CAPE EAST (32.5S/40S, 20E/50E):
WIND     : Anti-cyclonic 05 to 10 in the extreme east at first, otherwise
           N to NW 15 to 20, but SW to W 10 to 15 in the west. It will
           become variable 05 to 10 in the extreme west towards mid-
           period, but anticyclonic 10 to 15 in the second half of the
           period.
VIS      : Good, but moderate in showers in please in the central and
           eastern parts.

DURBAN EAST (32.5S/25S, EAST COAST/55E):
WIND     : E to NE 10 to 20 reaching 25 in places in the extreme north-
           east, but SE 10 to 20 in the extreme north central.
VIS      : Moderate in showers and rain but good in the extreme west.

MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL:
WIND     : SE to S 10 to 20, reaching 25 in the extreme north-east.
VIS      : Good, but moderate in showers and thundershowers in places.

MADAGASCAR EAST:
WIND     : SE 15 to 25 but E to NE 15 to 25 in the extreme south-west.
VIS      : Good in the extreme south-west, otherwise moderate in showers
           and rain, with thundershowers in the north.
SEA STATE: 3.0m in places in the north, SE swell.

MARION FORTIES EAST (40S/50S, 35E/50E):
WIND     : NW to W 15 to 25, but SE 10 in the extreme south-west
           spreading to the south-east towards mi-period.
VIS      : Good in the north, otherwise moderate in showers and rain in
           the south, spreading to the north-west towards mid-period.
SEA STATE: 3.0m in the south-east, SW swell, subsiding from the west in
           the second half of the period.

AREA 2:
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MARINE METEOROLOGICAL BULLETIN FROM METEO-FRANCE/LA REUNION
ON AREA ACK (AMSTERDAM-CROZET-KERGUELEN)

DATE: 24/04/18 at 0500UTC

AVERAGED WIND SPEED ON BEAUFORT SCALE. (Wind gusts may be about 40%
stronger than the averages given here.).

PART 1: WARNING:

- Gale force 8 over KER.

PART 2: GENERAL SYNOPSYS, 24/04/18 at 0000 UTC:

- Low 970 near 57S/65E moving Eastward 25kt with cold front CF associated
  and axis 38S/70E, 45S/75E, 52S/74E.
- High 1028 hPa near 36S/47E slowly moving North-Eastward.

PART 3: FORECAST FOR 24 HOURS from 18/04/24 at 0600 UTC to 19/04/24 at
        0600UTC:

WAM (30S/40S, 50E/65E):

Few showers.
WIND: SW 4/5 becoming anticlockwise 3/4.
SEA : Rough to very becoming moderate to rough at end. S swell 3/5 m.
VIS : Good.

AMS (30S/40S, 65E/80E):

Scattered showers, more frequent over Southern area at beginning.
WIND: W to SW 4/5. Gusts over Southern area.
SEA : Rough to very rough. SW swell 3 to 5 m.
VIS : poor in precipitations.

CRO (40S/50S, 50E/65E):

Showers then rain and showers by Western area at end.
WIND: W to SW 5/6. Gusts.
SEA : Rough to very rough. SW swell 3 to 5 m.
VIS : Poor in precipitations.

KER (40S/50S, 65E/80E):

Frontal rain and showers CF at beginning then scattered showers behind CF.
WIND: W to SW 6/8. Gusts.
SEA : Becoming rough to very rough. SW swell 3 to 5 m by Western area.
VIS : poor in precipitations.