METAREA 8S bulletinset


HIGH SEAS FORECAST
FQIO26 FIMP 181300

1:31:08:01:00

SECURITE

SHIPPING BULLETIN FOR MET AREA VIII(S) MAURITIUS METEOROLOGICAL

SERVICES ISSUED ON WEDNESDAY 18 MARCH 2026 AT 1300 UTC.

PART 1: NIL

PART 2: GENERAL SYNOPSIS OBSERVED ON WEDNESDAY 18 MARCH 2026 AT 1200

UTC.

WEAK MONSOON TROUGH BETWEEN LATITUDES 08S AND 12S AND LONGITUDES EAST

OF 75E.

TROPICAL LOW 1007 HPA NEAR 13S 78E.

TROPICAL WAVES NEAR 06S 49E, 16S 57E.

HIGH 1027 HPA NEAR 38S 71E.

PART 3: AREA FORECAST VALID TILL THURSDAY 19 MARCH 2026 AT 1200 UTC.

8/1: NORTH EASTERLY TURNING TO SOUTH EASTERLY 10-15 IN WEST. SOUTH

EASTERLY TO EASTERLY 15-20 ELSEWHERE. SEA ROUGH IN SOUTH WEST,

MODERATE ELSEWHERE. VISIBILITY POOR IN THUNDERY SHOWERS SOUTH WEST.

8/2: MAINLY SOUTH EASTERLY 15-20. SEA MODERATE. VISIBILITY MODERATE

IN SHOWERS IN WEST.

8/3: CLOCKWISE 05-10 IN EXTREME NORTH EAST. NORTH EASTERLY 10 IN

EXTREME SOUTH WEST. SOUTH EASTERLY 15- 20 ELSEWHERE. SEA MODERATE,

BECOMING LOCALLY ROUGH IN THUNDERSTORMS. VISIBILITY POOR IN THUNDERY

SHOWERS IN SOUTH WEST.

8/4: SOUTH EASTERLY TURNING TO SOUTH WESTERLY 05-15 IN EXTREME NORTH.

SOUTH EASTERLY 10-20 ELSEWHERE. SEA MODERATE, BECOMING LOCALLY ROUGH

IN THUNDERSTORMS. VISIBILITY POOR IN THUNDERY SHOWERS IN CENTRAL

NORTH AND CENTRAL WEST.

8/5: SOUTHERLY TURNING TO SOUTH EASTERLY 05-10 IN EAST. SOUTH

EASTERLY TURNING TO EASTERLY 05-10 IN WEST. SEA MODERATE. VISIBILITY

MODERATE BECOMING LOCALLY POOR IN ISOLATED THUNDERY SHOWERS IN

CENTRAL SOUTH.

8/6: SOUTHERLY TO SOUTH WESTERLY 05 IN EXTREME SOUTH. SOUTHERLY TO

SOUTH EASTERLY 05-10 ELSEWHERE. SEA MODERATE, BECOMING LOCALLY ROUGH

IN THUNDERSTORMS. VISIBILITY POOR IN THUNDERY SHOWERS IN EXTREME

CENTRAL SOUTH.

8/7: MAINLY EASTERLY 10-15. SEA MODERATE, BECOMING ROUGH IN

THUNDERSTORMS. VISIBILITY POOR IN THUNDERY SHOWERS IN CENTRAL EAST.

PART 4: OUTLOOK FOR FURTHER 24 HOURS:

NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE.

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