{"title":"Bulletinset for METAREA 7","date":"2025-10-29 15:11:22","bulletin":[{"label":"HIGH SEAS FORECAST","content":{"1":"FQZA31 FAPR 291330","2":"WEATHER BULLETIN FOR THE HIGH SEAS FOR METAREA VII.","3":"ISSUED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE ON THE","4":"29TH OF OCTOBER 2025 AT 13:30 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 292200 TO 302200 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. MARION FORTIES EAST: W to SW 35 to 40 in the south.","21":"SYNOPTIC CHART 12:00Z","22":"=====================","23":"High 1030 hPa 33s03w High 1020 hPa 34s58e.","24":"Low 950 hPa 56s42e.","25":"AREA FORECAST:","26":"==============","27":"ASCENSION (06S\/15S, 00E\/20W):","28":"WIND     : SE 10 to 20.","29":"VIS      : Good.","30":"SEA STATE: 3.0m for the first half of the period, with SE swell.","31":"ANGOLA (06S\/15S, 00E\/00N):","32":"WIND     : S to SE 10 to 15 but SW 05 to 10 in the east.","33":"VIS      : Good.","34":"ST HELENA (15S\/30S, 00E\/20W):","35":"WIND     : Variable 05 in the south, otherwise E to SE 10 to 20.","36":"VIS      : Good.","37":"TRADES (15S\/30S, 00E\/WEST COAST):","38":"WIND     : S to SE 10 to 20 reaching 25 in the south-east.","39":"VIS      : Good.","40":"SEA STATE: 3.0m, except in the north, reaching 3.5 to 4.0m in the south-","41":"           east, with S to SE swell.","42":"TRISTAN (30S\/40S, 00E\/20W):","43":"WIND     : NW 15 to 25 reaching 30 in the south-east but W to SW 15 to 25","44":"           in the south-west spreading to the south-east by mid-period.","45":"VIS      : Good in the north-east, otherwise moderate in showers and","46":"           rain.","47":"SEA STATE: 3.0 to 4.0m over the central and southern parts, reaching 4.5","48":"           to 5.0m in the south, with W to NW swell.","49":"CAPE WEST (30S\/40S, 00E\/20E):","50":"WIND     : Anticyclonic 05 to 10 over the central and north-western","51":"           parts for the first half of the period, otherwise S to SE 15","52":"           to 25 but NW 15 to 25 in the south-west reaching 30.","53":"VIS      : Good.","54":"SEA STATE: 3.5 to 4.5m in the east and south-west, with S to SW swell.","55":"CAPE EAST (32.5S\/40S, 20E\/50E):","56":"WIND     : SW 15 to 25 but E to NE 15 to 25 in the north-west reaching 30","57":"           from mid-period.","58":"VIS      : Moderate in showers and rain in the east and north, otherwise","59":"           good.","60":"SEA STATE: 3.5 to 4.5m reaching 5.5 to 6.5m in the south, with SW swell.","61":"DURBAN EAST (32.5S\/25S, EAST COAST\/55E):","62":"WIND     : S to SE 10 to 20 but NE 15 to 25 in the south-west.","63":"VIS      : Good but moderate in showers in the extreme west.","64":"SEA STATE: 3.0m in places, with S to SW swell.","65":"MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL:","66":"WIND     : S to SE 10 to 15 reaching 20 to 25 in the south-east.","67":"VIS      : Good.","68":"SEA STATE: 3.0m in the south-east, with S swell.","69":"MADAGASCAR EAST (10S\/25S, EAST COAST\/55E):","70":"WIND     : SE 10 to 20 but NE 10 to 20 in the south.","71":"VIS      : Good.","72":"MARION FORTIES EAST (40S\/50S, 35E\/50E):","73":"WIND     : W to SW 20 to 30 reaching 35 to 40 in the south.","74":"VIS      : Moderate in showers and rain but moderate to poor in snow-","75":"           showers in the south.","76":"SEA STATE: 6.0 to 8.0m reaching 9.0 to 10.0m in the south, with SW to W","77":"           swell.","78":"AREA 2:","79":"=======","80":"MARINE METEOROLOGICAL BULLETIN FROM METEO-FRANCE\/LA REUNION ON AREA ACK (AMSTERDAM-CROZET-KERGUELEN)","81":"25\/10\/29 AT 0500UTC","82":"AVERAGED WIND SPEED ON BEAUFORT SCALE. (WIND GUSTS MAY BE ABOUT 40% STRONGER THAN THE AVERAGES GIVEN HERE).","83":"PART 1: WARNING","84":"- GALE FORCE 8 EXPECTED OVER CRO.","85":"- STORM FORCE 10 RUNNING OVER KER.","86":"PART 2: GENERAL SYNOPSIS, 25\/10\/29 AT 0000UTC","87":"- DEEPENING LOW 987 HPA NEAR 46S\/70E WITH COLD FRONT CF ASSOCIATED AND AXIS 1S\/53E, 35S\/65E, 40S\/74E, 46S\/70E MOVING EASTNORTHEASTWARD.","88":"- ARRIVAL OF A NEW COLD FRONT OVER CRO AND AMS AT THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD.","89":"PART 3: FORECAST FOR 24 HOURS FROM 25\/10\/29 AT 0600UTC TO 25\/10\/30 AT 0600UTC","90":"WAM (30S\/40S, 50E\/65E)","91":"RAIN AND FRONTAL SHOWERS, SQUALLS WITH CF IN THE NORTH THEN OVER THE SOUTHERN WITH A NEW FRONT AT THE END OF THE PERIOD.","92":"WIND: NORTHWEST 3 TO 5 AHEAD OF CF, BACKING SOUTHWEST 3\/4 BEHIND, THEN LATER BECOMING ANTICLOCKWISE 3 TO 5 OVER SOUTHERN OF CF.","93":"NORTHWEST 4\/5 INCREASING 5\/6 IN THE DAYTIME AHEAD OF A NEW FRONT.","94":"SEA: ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. SOUTHWEST SWELL 3 M OVER SOUTHERN AND WESTERN AREAS, STRENGTHENING TO 3 TO 4 M.","95":"VISIBILITY: POOR TO VERY POOR UNDER PRECIPITATION.","96":"AMS (30S\/40S, 65E\/80E)","97":"RAIN AND FRONTAL SHOWERS WITH CF AT THE START OF THE PERIOD.","98":"WIND: NORTHWEST 4 TO 6 AHEAD OF CF, BACKING SOUTH 4\/5 BEHIND.","99":"BECOMING ANTICLOCKWISE  3 TO 5 OVER WESTERN AREAS OVERNIGHT.","100":"SEA: ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. SOUTHWEST SWELL 3 M OVER SOUTHERN AREAS.","101":"VISIBILITY: POOR UNDER PRECIPITATION.","102":"CRO (40S\/50S, 50E\/65E)","103":"SHOWERS FOLLOWED BY RAIN AND FRONTAL SHOWERS AS A NEW COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH OVERNIGHT.","104":"WIND: NORTHWEST 6\/7 LOCALLY 8, VEERING WEST 6\/7 AT THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD.","105":"SEA: ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH. WEST SWELL 3 TO 5 M.","106":"VISIBILITY: VERY POOR DURING PRECIPITATION.","107":"KER (40S\/50S, 65E\/80E)","108":"RAIN AND FRONTAL SHOWERS, SQUALLS WITH CF.","109":"WIND:  LOW PRESSURE 6 TO 8, SOMETIMES 9\/10 NORTH OF THE LOW-PRESSURE SYSTEM, SETTLING IN THE WEST AT 4 TO 6 DURING THE NIGHT. STRONG GUSTS.","110":"SEA: ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH LOCALLY, BECOMING ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH. WEST SWELL 3 TO 4 M.","111":"VISIBILITY: VERY POOR IN PRECIPITATION"}}]}