{"title":"Bulletinset for METAREA 7","date":"2026-07-11 01:37:23","bulletin":[{"label":"HIGH SEAS FORECAST","content":{"1":"FQZA31 FAPR 101700","2":"WEATHER BULLETIN FOR THE HIGH SEAS FOR METAREA VII.","3":"ISSUED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE ON THE","4":"10th OF JULY 2026 AT 17:00 UTC.","5":"FOR SOUTH-EAST SECTOR OF METAREA. VII, PREPARED BY REUNION, SEE AREA 2","6":"BELOW.","7":"NOTE: WX OBSERVATIONS.","8":"======================","9":"COULD ALL VESSELS EXPERIENCING UNEXPECTED, SEVERE WX\/SEA STATE PLEASE","10":"MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO REPORT THIS TO SAWS VIA CAPE TOWN RADIO.","11":"AREA 1:","12":"=======","13":"FORECAST VALID FROM 102200 TO 112200 UTC:","14":"WIND IN KNOTS, WAVE HEIGHTS IN METERS. NO SEA STATE GIVEN IF WAVES LESS THAN 3M.","15":"NOTE THE WIND SPEEDS QUOTED HERE ARE THE EXPECTED AVERAGE SPEEDS.","16":"INDIVIDUAL GUSTS MAY EXCEED THESE VALUES BY A FACTOR OF UP TO 1.5.","17":"WAVE HEIGHTS ARE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHTS, WHICH MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY INDIVIDUAL WAVES 1.5 TO 2.0 TIMES HIGHER.","18":"GALE FORCE WARNINGS:","19":"====================","20":"1. TRISTAN : Cyclonic 30 to 35 south-west, but in the west by mid-period.","21":"2. MARION FORTIES EAST : W to SW 35 in the north and the west shifting to the","22":"                         north-east by mid-period.","23":"SYNOPTIC CHART 12:00Z","24":"=====================","25":"High 1030 hPa 44s08e; Low 996 hPa 35s12w; Low 998 hPa 42s21w;","26":"1. Cold Front: 20s18w 28s10w 34s09w 35s13w into 35s12w.","27":"AREA FORECAST:","28":"==============","29":"ASCENSION (06S\/15S, 00E\/20W):","30":"WIND     : E to SE 10 to 20.","31":"VIS      : Good.","32":"ANGOLA (06S\/15S, 00E\/00N):","33":"WIND     : S to SE 10 to 15 but variable 05 to 10 in the east.","34":"VIS      : Good.","35":"ST HELENA (15S\/30S, 00E\/20W):","36":"WIND     : W to NW 15 to 25 in the north-east, otherwise variable 05 to 10,","37":"           but NW 05 to 15 in the south-east.","38":"VIS      : Good but moderate in a band of showers and thundershowers across","39":"           the north-west, central parts and the south-east, moderating","40":"           towards the end of the period.","41":"SEA STATE: 3.0m, with W to NW swell.","42":"TRADES (15S\/30S, 00E\/WEST COAST):","43":"WIND     : S to SE 10 to 20 but variable 05 to 10 in the south-west.","44":"VIS      : Good.","45":"TRISTAN (30S\/40S, 00E\/20W):","46":"WIND     : Cyclonic 15 to 25 in the south-west, reaching 35 in the west by","47":"           mid-period, otherwise W to NW 10 to 20, but variable 05 to 10 in","48":"           the north-east.","49":"VIS      : Moderate to poor in showers and thundershowers in the east at","50":"           first, but in the west and central parts from mid-period.","51":"SEA STATE: 3.0 to 4.0m, subsiding  from mid-period, with W to NW swell.","52":"CAPE WEST (30S\/40S, 00E\/20E):","53":"WIND     : S to SE 10 to 20, reaching 25 in the north-east at first, but E to","54":"           NE 15 to 25 in the south-west.","55":"VIS      : Good in places in the north, but otherwise moderate in showers.","56":"SEA STATE: 3.0 to 3.5m in the extreme south-east and south-west, with SW to S","57":"           swell.","58":"CAPE EAST (32.5S\/40S, 20E\/50E):","59":"WIND     : S to SW 10 to 20 in the south-east, reaching 25 to 30 in the","60":"           extreme south-east at first, otherwise E to SE 05 to 15, but","61":"           variable 05 to 10 over the central parts.","62":"VIS      : Moderate in showers and rain in places, except the south-east.","63":"SEA STATE: 3.0 to 4.0m, reaching 4.5m in the south-east, with SW to S swell.","64":"DURBAN EAST (32.5S\/25S, EAST COAST\/55E):","65":"WIND     : N to NW 10 to 20 in the east otherwise, S to SE 10 to 20, but","66":"           variable 05 to 10 in the north and the central parts.","67":"VIS      : Good in places in the north, otherwise moderate in showers and","68":"           rain.","69":"SEA STATE: 3.0 to 4.0m, with SW swell.","70":"MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL:","71":"WIND     : Variable 05 to 10 in the south, otherwise S to SE 05 to 15.","72":"VIS      : Good but moderate in showers and rain in places over the","73":"           central parts, clearing towards the end of the period.","74":"SEA STATE: 3.0m in the extreme south-east towards mid-period, with SW swell.","75":"MADAGASCAR EAST (10S\/25S, EAST COAST\/55E):","76":"WIND     : E to SE 15 to 25 in the north, otherwise NE to N to 05 to 15.","77":"VIS      : Good in the south-east at first, otherwise moderate in showers and","78":"           rain, but poor over the central parts from mid-period.","79":"SEA STATE: 3.0 to 3.5m in the south towards mid-period, with S to SW swell.","80":"MARION FORTIES EAST (40S\/50S, 35E\/50E):","81":"WIND     : W to SW 25 to 35 in the north and the west shifting to the north-","82":"           east by mid-period.","83":"VIS      : Good in the north-west, otherwise moderate in showers and rain but","84":"           poor in snow-showers in the south-east.","85":"SEA STATE: 4.0 to 5.0m, reaching 5.5m in the north-east, with W to SW swell.","86":"AREA 2:","87":"=======","88":"MARINE METEOROLOGICAL BULLETIN FROM METEO-FRANCE\/LA REUNION ON AREA ACK (AMSTERDAM-CROZET-KERGUELEN)","89":"FQIO20 FMEE 101559","90":"MARINE METEOROLOGICAL BULLETIN FROM METEO-FRANCE\/LA REUNION ON AREA","91":"ACK (AMSTERDAM-CROZET-KERGUELEN)","92":"26\/07\/10 AT 1600UTC","93":"AVERAGED WIND SPEED ON BEAUFORT SCALE. (WIND GUSTS MAY BE ABOUT 40%","94":"STRONGER THAN THE AVERAGES GIVEN HERE).","95":"PART 1: WARNING","96":"- GALE OVER CRO.","97":"- STRONG GALE OVER KER.","98":"PART 2: GENERAL SYNOPSIS, 26\/07\/10 AT 1200UTC","99":"- HIGH-PRESSURE SYSTEM AT 1038 HPA NEAR 35S\/84E, MOVING SLOWLY","100":"  EASTWARD.","101":"- LOW-PRESSURE SYSTEM AT 975 HPA NEAR 52S\/65E, WITH AN ASSOCIATED","102":"  COLD FRONT (CF) EXTENDING FROM 33S\/54E, 36S\/60E, 40S\/65E, 48S\/73E,","103":"  AND A WARM FRONT (WF) AXIS 48S\/75E, 48S\/80E, 47S\/86E, ALL MOVING","104":"  RAPIDLY SOUTHEASTWARD.","105":"- COLD FRONT (CG) APPROACHING FROM THE WEST OVER CRO AND WAM,","106":"  FOLLOWED BY A NEW LOW-PRESSURE SYSTEM AT THE END OF THE FORECAST","107":"  PERIOD.","108":"PART 3: FORECAST FOR 24 HOURS FROM 26\/07\/10 AT 1800UTC  TO 26\/07\/11","109":"AT 1800UTC","110":"WAM (30S\/40S, 50E\/65E)","111":"SHOWERS AND SQUALLS, OCCASIONALLY STORMY, FOLLOWED BY RAIN AND","112":"FRONTAL SHOWERS OVER SOUTHERN WITH A COLD FRONT, THEN A WARM FRONT","113":"THEREAFTER.","114":"WIND : NORTH-NORTH-WESTERLY 5\/6; AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT, VEERING","115":"       NORTH-WESTERLY 5 TO 7; AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT, VEERING WESTERLY 4 TO","116":"       6, LOCALLY STRONGER IN THE WAKE.","117":"SEA  : ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH. SOUTH-WESTERLY SWELL 3 TO 5 METERS.","118":"VISIBILITY: POOR TO VERY POOR DURING RAINFALL.","119":"AMS (30S\/40S, 65E\/80E)","120":"SHOWERS AND SQUALLS WITH CF.","121":"WIND : HIGH-PRESSURE SYSTEM WINDS FORCE 3\/4, OCCASIONALLY 5, IN THE","122":"       NORTH-EAST; INCREASING NW 57 AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT CF, EASING NW","123":"      FORCE 4 TO 6 BEHIND IT.","124":"SEA : ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH. SOUTH-WESTERLY SWELL 35 M.","125":"VISIBILITY : POOR TO VERY POOR DURING RAINFALL.","126":"CRO (40S\/50S, 50E\/65E)","127":"RAIN AND FRONTAL SHOWERS, OCCASIONALLY ACCOMPANIED BY THUNDERSTORMS","128":"WITH CG, FOLLOWED BY A NEW LOW-PRESSURE SYSTEM TOWARDS THE END OF THE","129":"FORECAST PERIOD.","130":"WIND : NORTH-WESTERLY 5\/6, OCCASIONALLY 7, FRESHENING WESTERLY 7\/8","131":"       OVER NORTHERN OVERNIGHT, THEN CLOCKWISE 4 TO 6 OVER THE SOUTH-WESTERN","132":"      TOWARDS THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. STRONG GUSTS.","133":"SEA : ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH. WESTERLY SWELL 4 TO 6 M, ABATING.","134":"VISIBILITY : POOR TO VERY POOR DURING RAINFALL.","135":"KER (40S\/50S, 65E\/80E)","136":"RAIN, SHOWERS AND FRONTAL SQUALLS WITH WF AND CF, THEN WITH CG.","137":"WIND : NORTH-WESTERLY 6 TO 8 AHEAD OF CF, VEERING WESTERLY 5 TO 7","138":"       BEHIND, FRESHENING  8\/9 OVER FAR SOUTHERN. THEN NORTH-WESTERLY 7\/8","139":"       AHEAD OF CG TOWARDS THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD, WITH LOCALLY","140":"       CLOCKWISE WINDS 4 TO 6 OVER SOUTH-WESTERN. STRONG GUSTS.","141":"SEA : VERY ROUGH TO ROUGH, BECOMING ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH. WESTERLY","142":"      SWELL OF 4 TO 6 M, SUBSIDING.","143":"VISIBILITY: POOR TO VERY POOR DURING P"}}]}