{"title":"Bulletinset for METAREA 7","date":"2024-04-24 01:43:24","bulletin":[{"label":"HIGH SEAS FORECAST","content":{"1":"FQZA31 FAPR 231700","2":"WEATHER BULLETIN FOR THE HIGH SEAS FOR METAREA VII.","3":"ISSUED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE ON THE","4":"23RD OF APRIL 2024 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 232200 TO 242200 UTC:","14":"WIND IN KNOTS, WAVE HEIGHTS IN METERS. NO SEA STATE GIVEN IF WAVES LESS","15":"THAN 3M.","16":"NOTE THE WIND SPEEDS QUOTED HERE ARE THE EXPECTED AVERAGE SPEEDS.","17":"INDIVIDUAL GUSTS MAY EXCEED THESE VALUES BY A FACTOR OF UP TO 1.5.","18":"WAVE HEIGHTS ARE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHTS, WHICH MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY","19":"INDIVIDUAL WAVES 1.5 TO 2.0 TIMES HIGHER.","20":"GALE FORCE WARNINGS:","21":"====================","22":"Nil.","23":"SYNOPTIC CHART 12:00Z","24":"=====================","25":"High 1020 hPa 27s14e.","26":"High 1020 hPa 41s40e.","27":"Low  1014 hPa 37s13e.","28":"Low  1014 hPa 46s13e.","29":"Low  1014 hPa 45s23e.","30":"AREA FORECAST:","31":"==============","32":"ASCENSION (06S\/15S, 00E\/20W):","33":"WIND     : SE to E 15 to 20.","34":"VIS      : Good but moderate in showers in places in the central and","35":"           north-western parts.","36":"ANGOLA (06S\/15S, 00E\/00N):","37":"WIND     : SE 10 to 20 but S to SW 05 to 15 in the extreme east.","38":"VIS      : Good but moderate in thundershowers in the extreme north-east","39":"           at times.","40":"ST HELENA (15S\/30S, 00E\/20W):","41":"WIND     : Variable 05 in the extreme south at first, otherwise SE to E","42":"           10 to 20.","43":"VIS      : Good but moderate in showers and rain in places in the west.","44":"TRADES (15S\/30S, 00E\/WEST COAST):","45":"WIND     : SE to S 10 to 20.","46":"VIS      : Good.","47":"TRISTAN (30S\/40SE, 00E\/20W):","48":"WIND     : W to SW 05 to 15 becoming Variable 05 towards mid-period, but","49":"           NE to N 10 to 20 in the west in the second half of the period.","50":"VIS      : Good but moderate in showers and rain in places.","51":"SEA STATE: 3.0 to 3.5m in places in the south-western half, SW swell,","52":"           subsiding from the west towards the end of the period.","53":"CAPE WEST (30S\/40S, 00E\/20E):","54":"WIND     : SW to S 05 to 15 but W to NW 10 to 20 in the south-west at","55":"           first.","56":"VIS      : Good but moderate in showers and rain in places in the south.","57":"CAPE EAST (32.5S\/40S, 20E\/50E):","58":"WIND     : Anticyclonic 05 to 15 in the east, reaching 15 in the north-","59":"           east where in will become SE 20, otherwise NE to N 15 to 20","60":"           but NW to W 05 to 15 in the extreme west, spreading eastwards","61":"           in the second half of the period whilst becoming SW 20 to 20.","62":"VIS      : Good in the extreme north-west, otherwise moderate in showers","63":"           and rain in places.","64":"SEA STATE: 3.0 to 3.5m reaching 4.0m in places in the east, SW swell,","65":"           subsiding from the west towards mid-period.","66":"DURBAN EAST (32.5S\/25S, EAST COAST\/55E):","67":"WIND     : SE to E 10 to 20 but NE 10 to 20 in the extreme south-west,","68":"           spreading to the extreme north-west in the second half of the","69":"           period.","70":"VIS      : Good in the extreme west, otherwise moderate in showers and","71":"           rain in places.","72":"SEA STATE: 3.0m in the extreme south, spreading northwards towards mid-","73":"           period whilst reaching 3.5m in the south-east, SW to S swell.","74":"MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL:","75":"WIND     : SW 10 to 15 in the extreme east-central at first, otherwise S","76":"           to SE 10 to 15, reaching 20 in the extreme south-east but 25","77":"           in extreme north-east.","78":"VIS      : Good but moderate in showers and thundershowers in places in","79":"           the north.","80":"MADAGASCAR EAST:","81":"WIND     : SE 10 to 20, but E to NE 05 to 15 in the south.","82":"VIS      : Good but moderate in showers in places.","83":"MARION FORTIES EAST (40S\/50S, 35E\/50E):","84":"WIND     : W to SW 10 to 20 reaching 25 in the south-east at first but N","85":"           to NW 10 to 15 in the extreme north-west, spreading southwards","86":"           and eastwards towards mid-period.","87":"VIS      : Good but moderate in showers and rain in places in the south.","88":"SEA STATE: 3.0 to 4.0m SW swell, reaching 4.5 to 5.5m in the south-east","89":"           at first, subsiding from the west towards mid-period.","90":"AREA 2:","91":"=======","92":"MARINE METEOROLOGICAL BULLETIN FROM METEO-FRANCE\/LA REUNION ON AREA ACK (AMSTERDAM-CROZET-KERGUELEN)","93":"DATE: 24\/04\/23 AT 1700 UTC","94":"AVERAGED WIND SPEED ON BEAUFORT SCALE. (WIND GUSTS MAY BE STRONGER THAN AVERAGES GIVEN HERE).","95":"PART 1: WARNING :","96":"NIL.","97":"PART 2:  GENERAL SYNOPSYS, 24\/04\/23 AT 1200 UTC :","98":"- COLD FRONT CF AXIS 30S\/67E, 38S\/80E MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD.","99":"- HIGH 1024 NEAR 41S\/41E, MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD WITH A RIDGE 1020","100":"  EXTENDING TOWARDS WAM AND WESTERN AMS.","101":"PART 3:  FORECAST FOR 24 HOURS FROM 23\/04\/24 AT 1800 UTC TO 24\/04\/24 AT 1800 UTC :","102":"WAM (30S\/40S,50E\/65E) :","103":"SCATTERED SHOWERS MORE FREQUENT OVER NORTHEASTERN.","104":"WIND: SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 3\/5.","105":"SEA : MODERATE TO ROUGH BECOMING ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH AT START OVER","106":"      SOUTHERN. SW SWELL 2\/3M INCREASING OF 4\/5 M OVER","107":"      SOUTHERN.","108":"VISI: GENERALLY GOOD","109":"AMS (30S\/40S,65E\/80E) :","110":"SHOWERS AND THUNDERY SQUALLS WITH CF.","111":"WIND: NORTHWEST 4\/5 AHEAD OF CF, TEMPORALLY 6 AT FIRST, DECREASING 3\/4","112":"      LATER. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 3\/4 OVER SOUTHWESTERN AREA.","113":"SEA : ROUGH, BECOMING VERY ROUGH OVER FAR SOUTHWESTERN LATER. SW SWELL","114":"      2\/3M INCREASING 4\/5M OVER FAR SOUTHWESTERN LATER.","115":"VISI: POOR TO VERY POOR UNDER PRECIPITATION.","116":"CRO (40S\/50S,50E\/65E) :","117":"SCATTERED SHOWERS.","118":"WIND: WEST TO SOUTHWEST 3\/5 OVER NORTHERN, 6\/7 WITH GUSTS OVER SOUTHERN","119":"      DECREASING 4\/5 LATER.","120":"SEA : VERY ROUGH TO HIGH BECOMING ROUGH BY WESTERN AT END. SW SWELL 5\/7M","121":"      FROM NORTH TO SOUTH, DECREASING 3\/4M OVER FAR WESTERN AT END.","122":"VISI: MODERATE BUT POOR WITH PRECIPITATION.","123":"KER (40S\/50S,65E\/80E) :","124":"SCATTERED SHOWERS. AT TIMES SNOWY OVER FAR SOUTHERN.","125":"WIND: WESTERLY 3\/5 OVER NORTHERN, 6\/7 WITH GUSTS OVER SOUTHERN DECREASING","126":"      5\/6 LATER.","127":"SEA : ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH, BECOMING VERY ROUGH TO HIGH AT START OVER","128":"      SOUTHWESTERN. SW SWELL 3\/4M, INCREASING 5\/7M OVER SOUTHWESTERN AT","129":"      START.","130":"VISI: MODERATE BUT POOR WITH PRECIPITATION."}}]}