{"title":"Bulletinset for METAREA 7","date":"2025-04-17 09:45:36","bulletin":[{"label":"HIGH SEAS FORECAST","content":{"1":"FQZA31 FAPR 170830","2":"WEATHER BULLETIN FOR THE HIGH SEAS FOR METAREA VII.","3":"ISSUED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE ON THE","4":"17TH OF APRIL 2025 AT 08:30 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 171000 TO 181000 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. CAPE EAST: S to SE 35 to 45 in the north and north-east.","21":"2. DURBAN EAST: Cyclonic 40 to 50 in the south.","22":"SYNOPTIC CHART 06:00Z","23":"=====================","24":"High 1024 hPa 35s08e, High 1028 hPa 42s28e","25":"Low   969 hPa 63s05e, Low  1000 hPa 31s40e","26":"1. Cold Front: 33s21w 40s09w 45s04w 50s00w 55s02e into 63s05e","27":"AREA FORECAST:","28":"==============","29":"ASCENSION (06S\/15S, 00E\/20W):","30":"WIND     : E to SE 10 to 20.","31":"VIS      : Good, but moderate in light rain in places in the north.","32":"ANGOLA (06S\/15S, 00E\/00N):","33":"WIND     : S to SE 05 to 15, but SW 05 to 15 in the east.","34":"VIS      : Good, but moderate in showers and thundershowers in the","35":"           north-east at times.","36":"ST HELENA (15S\/30S, 00E\/20W):","37":"WIND     : N to NE 05 to 15 in the west, otherwise E to SE 10 to 20, but","38":"           variable 05 to 10 in the south-east at first.","39":"VIS      : Good, but moderate to poor in showers and thundershowers in","40":"           the south and south-west.","41":"TRADES (15S\/30S, 00E\/WEST COAST):","42":"WIND     : S to SE 10 to 20, reaching 25 in the extreme north-east at","43":"           times, but variable 05 to 10 in the extreme east.","44":"VIS      : Good.","45":"SEA STATE: 3.0 to 3.5m in the south-east, with S to SE swell.","46":"TRISTAN (30S\/40S, 00E\/20W):","47":"WIND     : W to NW 10 to 20, but variable 05 to 10 in the north and west.","48":"VIS      : Good, but moderate in showers and rain in the east and north-","49":"           west.","50":"SEA STATE: 3.0 to 3.5m in the south-west but in the south-east at first,","51":"           with W to SW swell.","52":"CAPE WEST (30S\/40S, 00E\/20E):","53":"WIND     : W to NW 10 to 20 in the south-west, otherwise S to SE 10 to","54":"           20, but E to NE 15 to 25 in the south-east.","55":"VIS      : Good, but moderate in showers and rain in south and west.","56":"SEA STATE: 3.0 to 3.5m in the east and north-east, with S to SW swell.","57":"CAPE EAST (32.5S\/40S, 20E\/50E):","58":"WIND     : E to NE 20 to 30 in the west, otherwise S to SE 15 to 25","59":"           reaching 35 to 45 in the north and north-east.","60":"VIS      : Moderate in showers and thundershowers in places, but poor to","61":"           very poor in heavy rain and thundershowers in the north and","62":"           north-east.","63":"SEA STATE: 3.0 to 3.5m, reaching 4.0 to 5.0m in the central parts with S","64":"           to SW swell, but 5.5 to 6.5m in the north and north-east with","65":"           SE swell.","66":"DURBAN EAST (32.5S\/25S, EAST COAST\/55E):","67":"WIND     : S to SW 10 to 20 in the extreme west until mid-period,","68":"           otherwise S to SE 15 to 25 but Cyclonic 40 to 50 in the south,","69":"           but N to NE 10 to 20 in the east, and in the extreme south-","70":"           west towards the end of the period.","71":"VIS      : Moderate in showers and rain in the extreme west, but poor to","72":"           very poor in heavy rain and thundershowers in the south.","73":"SEA STATE: 3.0 to 4.0m in the south-west, reaching 5.0 to 7.0m in the","74":"           south, with S to SW swell.","75":"MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL:","76":"WIND     : SE 05 to 15, but S to SW 10 to 20 in the southern half,","77":"           reaching 30 in the south-west.","78":"VIS      : Good, but moderate to poor in showers and thundershowers in","79":"           the northern and central parts.","80":"SEA STATE: 3.0 to 4.0m in the south towards mid-period, with S to SW","81":"           swell.","82":"MADAGASCAR EAST (10S\/25S, EAST COAST\/55E):","83":"WIND     : E to SE 10 to 20, but N to NE 05 to 15 in the south.","84":"VIS      : Moderate in showers and thundershowers in places.","85":"MARION FORTIES EAST (40S\/50S, 35E\/50E):","86":"WIND     : S to SE 15 to 25 in the north, otherwise SW 15 to 25 reaching","87":"           30 in the south-east until mid-period. It will become NW 15 to","88":"           25 in the south-west from mid-period.","89":"VIS      : Good.","90":"SEA STATE: 5.0 to 6.0m reaching 7.0 to 8.0m in the south-east at first,","91":"           with SW swell.","92":"AREA 2:","93":"=======","94":"MARINE METEOROLOGICAL BULLETIN FROM METEO-FRANCE\/LA REUNION ON AREA ACK (AMSTERDAM-CROZET-KERGUELEN)","95":"2025\/04\/17 AT 0500UTC","96":"AVERAGED WIND SPEED ON BEAUFORT SCALE. (WIND GUSTS MAY BE ABOUT 40% STRONGER THAN THE AVERAGES GIVEN HERE).","97":"PART 1: WARNING","98":"- GALE FORCE 8 RUNNING OVER CRO.","99":"PART 2: GENERAL SYNOPSIS, 25\/04\/17 AT 0000UTC","100":"- SQUALLS LINE OVER EASTERN AMS, SLOW-MOVING.","101":"- THUNDERY LOW NEAR 31S\/37E, SLOWLY MOVING EASTWARD, WITH SQUALL LINE","102":"  EMERGING AT FIRST OVER WAM.","103":"- COLD FRONT OVER SOUTH-WESTERN CRO, RAPIDLY MOVING EASTWARD.","104":"- HIGH BUILDING OVER WEST OF ACK AREA, EXTENDING LATER IN A RIDGE OVER","105":"  CRO.","106":"PART 3: FORECAST FOR 24 HOURS FROM 25\/04\/17 AT 0600UTC TO 25\/04\/18 AT 0600UTC","107":"WAM (30S\/40S, 50E\/65E)","108":"THUNDERY SHOWERS SPREADING OVER SOUTH-WESTERN HALF.","109":"WIND: NORTHERN HALF: NORTHERLY 3\/4, AT TIMES 5, BUT BACKING SE 6\/7 OVER","110":"      SOUTH-WESTERN AT END. GUSTS WITH SQUALLS.","111":"      SOUTHERN HALF: VARIABLE 3\/3 INCREASING GRADUALLY SOUTH-EASTERLY","112":"      6\/7 FROM WESTERN. GUSTS WITH SQUALLS.","113":"SEA : MODERATE TO ROUGH, BECOMING GRADUALLY FROM SOUTH-WESTERN ROUGH TO","114":"      VERY ROUGH BY LONG SW SWELL 3 TO 5M.","115":"VIS : POOR OR VERY POOR IN PRECIPITATIONS.","116":"AMS (30S\/40S, 65E\/80E)","117":"SHOWERS AND THUNDERY SQUALLS OVER EASTERN.","118":"WIND: NORTHERLY 3\/5 AT TIMES 5, BACKING NW OVER SOUTHERN HALF LATER.","119":"SEA : MODERATE TO ROUGH, BECOMING ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH LATER OVER SOUTH-","120":"      WESTERN BY LONG SW SWELL 3 TO 4M.","121":"VIS : POOR OR VERY POOR IN PRECIPITATIONS.","122":"CRO (40S\/50S, 50E\/65E)","123":"FRONTAL RAIN AND SHOWERS, THEN SHOWERS BEHIND.","124":"WIND: NW 5\/6 AHEAD OF THE FRONT, BACKING W 6\/7 AT TIMES 8 BEHIND.","125":"      SETTING-UP SW 5\/6 OVER ALL AREA LATER. GUSTS.","126":"SEA : VERY ROUGH TO HIGH FROM NORTH TO SOUTH BY LONG SW SWELL 4 TO 6M.","127":"VIS : POOR IN PRECIPITATIONS.","128":"KER (40S\/50S, 65E\/80E)","129":"FRONTAL RAIN AND SHOWERS. SHOWERS OVER SOUTH-WESTERN BEHIND THE FRONT AT END.","130":"WIND: NW 5\/6 AT TIMES 7, BUT 3\/4 INCREASING 4\/5 OVER FAR NORTH-EASTERN.","131":"      SETTING-UP SW 5\/6 LATER OVER SOUTH-WESTERN. GUSTS.","132":"SEA : ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH, BUT HIGH OVER FAR SOUTH-WESTERN, BECOMING","133":"      GRADUALLY VERY ROUGH TO HIGH. LONG SW SWELL 4 TO 6M SPREADING","134":"      GRADUALLY FROM SOUTH-WESTERN.","135":"VIS : POOR IN PRECIPITATIONS."}}]}