####018004360#### FQZA81 FAPR 260830 WEATHER BULLETIN FOR THE HIGH SEAS FOR METAREA VII. EAST OF 20E. ISSUED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE ON THE 26th OF APRIL 2024 AT 08:30 UTC. FOR SOUTH-EAST SECTOR OF METAREA. VII, PREPARED BY REUNION, SEE AREA 2 BELOW. NOTE: WX OBSERVATIONS. ====================== COULD ALL VESSELS EXPERIENCING UNEXPECTED, SEVERE WX/SEA STATE PLEASE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO REPORT THIS TO SAWS VIA CAPE TOWN RADIO. AREA 1: ======= FORECAST VALID FROM 261000 TO 271000 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: ==================== 1. CAPE EAST:E to NE 35 in the north-west second half of the period. SYNOPTIC CHART 06:00Z ===================== High 1030 hPa 40s15e High 1030 hPa 44s67e. Low 996 hPa 40s18w Low 992 hPa 53s09w. 1. Cold front: 30s20w 35s16w into 40s18w cntd. 40s11w 50s03w into 53s09w AREA FORECAST: ============== CAPE EAST (32.5S/40S, 20E/50E): WIND : N to NW 15 to 25 in the east otherwise S to SW 15 to 25 becoming SE 10 to 20 in the west. it will be becoming E to NE 25 to 35 in the north-west second half of the period. VIS : Moderate in showers and rain, becoming good over the western and central parts from mid-period. DURBAN EAST (32.5S/25S, EAST COAST/55E): WIND : N to NE 10 to 15 in the north, otherwise E to SE 05 to 15, but SW 10 to 20 in the south-west at first. It will be NW 10 to 20 in the south-east second half of the period. VIS : Moderate in showers and rain in places, clearing from the west. MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL: WIND : S to SE 10 to 20. VIS : Moderate in showers and thundershowers. MADAGASCAR EAST: WIND : E to SE 10 to 20 but E to NE 10 to 20 in the extreme south- west. VIS : Moderate in showers and thundershowers. MARION FORTIES EAST (40S/50S, 35E/50E): WIND : N to NW 20 to 30 in the north-east at first, otherwise W to SW 15 to 25 reaching 30 in the east at the end of the period. VIS : Moderate in showers and rain. SEA STATE: 3.0 to 4.0m reaching 4.5m in the south-west, SW swell. AREA 2: ======= MARINE METEOROLOGICAL BULLETIN FROM METEO-FRANCE/LA REUNION ON AREA ACK (AMSTERDAM-CROZET-KERGUELEN) DATE: 24/04/26 at 0500UTC AVERAGED WIND SPEED ON BEAUFORT SCALE. (Wind gusts may be about 40% stronger than the averages given here.). PART 1: WARNING : Gale. PART 2: GENERAL SYNOPSYS, 24/04/26 at 0000 UTC : - Col front CF in northeast of AMS, very slowly moving Eastward. - New cold front CG expected in far western area soon, moving Eastward. - Squally line in northeast of WAM. - High 1033 over KER near 43S/74E, slowly moving Eastward. PART 3: FORECAST FOR 24 HOURS from 26/04/24 at 0600 UTC to 27/04/24 at 0600UTC : WAM (30S/40S,50E/65E) :Showers, frontal rains and thundersqualls. WIND: Easterly or Northeast 3 or 4 locally 5/6 over eastern increasing at first Northwest 5/6 locally 7 over southwestern ahead CG and Southwest behind CG. Severe guts. SEA : moderate or rough, crossed. long SW swell 2 or 3 m. VIS : poor in precipitations. AMS (30S/40S,65E/80E) :Rains, showers and thundersqualls. WIND: Easterly or Northeast 4 or 5, locally 6 over eastern area. Severe gusts. SEA : rough, crossed, becoming soon moderate or rough from Southwest. Long SW swell 2 or 3 m, abating. VIS : poor in precipitations. CRO (40S/50S,50E/65E) :Showers, frontal rains. WIND: Northwest 4 to 6 increasing 7 or 8 ahead CG, then backing Southwest 6 or 7 behind CG. Severe gusts.SEA : moderate or rough. NW swell 2 or 3 m ahead CG. VIS : poor in precipitations. KER (40S/50S,65E/80E) :Showers. WIND: anticlockwise 3 to 5, locally 6 over southern becoming soon Northwest 4 to 6 from West. Severe gusts. SEA : moderate or rough. SW swell 2 or 3 m. VIS : moderate or poor in showers.