METAREA 8S bulletinset


HIGH SEAS FORECAST
FQIO26 FIMP 121300

1:31:08:11:00

SECURITE

SHIPPING BULLETIN FOR MET AREA VIII(S) MAURITIUS METEOROLOGICAL

SERVICES ISSUED ON SATURDAY 12 OCTOBER 2024 AT 1300 UTC.

PART 1: TTT WARNING OF NEAR GALE

STRONG BREEZE TO NEAR GALE FORCE SOUTH EASTERLY WINDS TOGETHER WITH

ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS EXIST IN SOUTH EAST 8/3.

PART 2: GENERAL SYNOPSIS OBSERVED AT 1200 UTC ON SATURDAY 12 OCTOBER

2024.

EQUATORIAL TROUGH AXIS CENTRED ALONG 03S BETWEEN 45E AND 100E.

TROPICAL LOW 1007 HPA NEAR 03S 62E.

TROPICAL LOW 1008 HPA NEAR 03S 84E.

TROPICAL LOW 1010 HPA NEAR 04S 96E.

TROPICAL WAVE NEAR 11S 74E.

FRONTAL SYSTEM ALONG 28S 85E, 30S 92E.

TROUGH AXIS ALONG 24S 88E, 28S 95E.

HIGH 1029 HPA NEAR 32S 60E.

PART 3: AREA FORECAST VALID TILL SUNDAY 13 OCTOBER 2024 AT 1200 UTC.

8/1: VARIABLE 05-10 IN EXTREME SOUTH WEST. SOUTH EASTERLY 15-20

ELSEWHERE. SEA VERY ROUGH, BECOMING HIGH IN EXTREME SOUTH EAST.

VISIBILITY MODERATE IN SHOWERS.

8/2: VARIABLE 05 IN EXTREME CENTRAL EAST. EASTERLY TO SOUTH EASTERLY

10-15 IN REMAINING NORTH EAST. SOUTH WESTERLY 10-15 IN EXTREME SOUTH

EAST. SOUTHERLY TO SOUTH EASTERLY 15-20 ELSEWHERE. SEA ROUGH TO VERY

ROUGH IN NORTH, VERY ROUGH TO HIGH IN SOUTH. VISIBILITY MODERATE IN

SHOWERS.

SOUTH EAST 8/3: SAME AS IN TTT WARNING OF PART 1.

REMAINING 8/3: SOUTH EASTERLY 20-25. SEA ROUGH IN NORTH, ROUGH TO

VERY ROUGH IN SOUTH. VISIBILITY POOR IN THUNDERY SHOWERS IN EXTREME

NORTH EAST.

8/4: SOUTH EASTERLY 20-25 WEAKENING TO 15 IN EXTREME NORTH EAST. SEA

ROUGH BECOMING LOCALLY VERY ROUGH IN EXTREME SOUTH WEST. VISIBILITY

POOR IN THUNDERY SHOWERS IN EXTREME NORTH WEST.

8/5: CLOCKWISE 15 IN NORTH WEST. SOUTH EASTERLY TO SOUTH WESTERLY

05-10 IN EXTREME NORTH EAST. VARIABLE 05 IN REMAINING NORTH. EASTERLY

TO SOUTH EASTERLY 10-20 IN SOUTH. SEA MODERATE IN NORTH EAST, ROUGH

ELSEWHERE. VISIBILITY POOR IN THUNDERY SHOWERS IN SOUTH AND WEST.

8/6: CLOCKWISE 10-20 IN CENTRAL NORTH. VARIABLE 05-10 IN REMAINING

NORTH EAST. SOUTH EASTERLY TO SOUTH WESTERLY 05-10 IN REMAINING NORTH

WEST. EAST SOUTH EASTERLY 10-15 IN SOUTH. SEA ROUGH. VISIBILITY POOR

IN SCATTERED THUNDERY SHOWERS.

8/7: SOUTH EASTERLY TO SOUTHERLY 15-25. SEA MODERATE IN EXTREME NORTH

AND EXTREME WEST, ROUGH ELSEWHERE BECOMING LOCALLY VERY ROUGH IN

EXTREME CENTRAL SOUTH. VISIBILITY POOR IN ISOLATED THUNDERY SHOWERS

IN EXTREME NORTH WEST.

PART 4: OUTLOOK FOR FURTHER 24 HOURS:

NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE.

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