METAREA 8S bulletinset


HIGH SEAS FORECAST
FQIO25 FIMP 170100

1:31:08:01:00

SECURITE

SHIPPING BULLETIN FOR MET AREA VIII(S) MAURITIUS METEOROLOGICAL

SERVICES ISSUED ON THURSDAY 17 APRIL 2025 AT 0100 UTC.

PART 1: WARNING NIL.

PART 2: GENERAL SYNOPSIS OBSERVED AT 0000 UTC ON THURSDAY 17 APRIL

2025.

EQUATORIAL TROUGH AXIS ALONG 07S 55E, 08S 68E INTO TROPICAL LOW 1006

HPA NEAR 11S 74E, CONTINUES ALONG 08S 85E, 05S 95E.

TROUGH AXIS ALONG 25S 67E, 30S 71E.

HIGH 1033 HPA NEAR 37S 90E.

PART 3: AREA FORECAST VALID TILL T FRIDAY 18 APRIL 2025 AT 0000 UTC.

8/1: EASTERLY 15-20. SEA ROUGH IN NORTH EAST, MODERATE ELSEWHERE.

VISIBILITY MODERATE IN FEW SHOWERS.

8/2: EASTERLY 20. SEA ROUGH. VISIBILITY MODERATE IN FEW SHOWERS.

8/3: CLOCKWISE 05-15 IN EXTREME NORTH EAST. SOUTH EASTERLY 10 IN

REMAINING NORTH EAST. EASTERLY TO SOUTH EASTERLY 20-25 IN SOUTH EAST.

SEA ROUGH IN EAST, MODERATE ELSEWHERE. VISIBILITY POOR IN ISOLATED

THUNDERY SHOWERS IN EAST.

8/4: NORTH EASTERLY 20 IN NORTH WEST. EASTERLY 25 IN SOUTH WEST,

STRENGTHENING TO NEAR GALE FORCE IN EXTREME CENTRAL WEST. EAST SOUTH

EASTERLY 15-20 ELSEWHERE. SEA ROUGH, BECOMING VERY ROUGH IN EXTREME

CENTRAL WEST. VISIBILITY POOR IN SCATTERED THUNDERY SHOWERS IN WEST.

8/5: VARIABLE 05 IN SOUTH WEST. WESTERLY TO NORTH WESTERLY 05-15

ELSEWHERE. SEA MODERATE. VISIBILITY POOR IN ISOLATED THUNDERY

SHOWERS.

8/6: CLOCKWISE EASTERLY TO SOUTH WESTERLY 10-15 IN EAST. CLOCKWISE

WESTERLY TO NORTHERLY 10-15 ELSEWHERE. SEA MODERATE. VISIBILITY POOR

IN ISOLATED THUNDERY SHOWERS IN SOUTH WEST.

8/7: VARIABLE 05 IN NORTH. EAST SOUTH EASTERLY 05-10 ELSEWHERE. SEA

MODERATE. VISIBILITY POOR IN ISOLATED THUNDERY SHOWERS IN CENTRAL

WEST.

PART 4: OUTLOOK FOR FURTHER 24 HOURS.

TROPICAL LOW NEAR 11S 74E IS EXPECTED TO TRACK WEST-SOUTH-WEST WITH

NEAR GALE PERSISTING UNDER GRADIENT EFFECT BETWEEN 15S AND 19S.

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