{"title":"Bulletinset for METAREA 7","date":"2025-06-15 15:05:41","bulletin":[{"label":"HIGH SEAS FORECAST","content":{"1":"FQZA31 FAPR 151330","2":"WEATHER BULLETIN FOR THE HIGH SEAS FOR METAREA VII.","3":"ISSUED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE ON THE","4":"15TH OF JUNE 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 152200 TO 162200 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 NW 35 in the south.","21":"SYNOPTIC CHART 12:00Z","22":"=====================","23":"High 1038 hPa 35s25w, High 1030 hPa 31s42e","24":"Low 935 hPa 62s32e","25":"1. Cold front: 29s04e 35s12e 40s20e 45s30e 50s39e into 62s32e","26":"AREA FORECAST:","27":"==============","28":"ASCENSION (06S\/15S, 00E\/20W):","29":"WIND     : E to SE 05 to 15 reaching 20 in the west until mid-period.","30":"VIS      : Good, but moderate in showers in the extreme south-west.","31":"SEA STATE: 3.0 to 3.5m in the south-west from mid-period, with S to SW","32":"           swell.","33":"ANGOLA (06S\/15S, 00E\/00N):","34":"WIND     : S to SE 05 to 15, but variable 05 to 10 in the east.","35":"VIS      : Good.","36":"ST HELENA (15S\/30S, 00E\/20W):","37":"WIND    :  SE to E 05 to 15 reaching 20 to 30 in the south and south-","38":"           west.","39":"VIS      : Good, but moderate in showers and thundershowers in the west","40":"           and southern half.","41":"SEA STATE: 3.5 to 4.5m but 3.0m in north and north-east at first, with S","42":"           to SW swell.","43":"TRADES (15S\/30S, 00E\/WEST COAST):","44":"WIND     : S to SE 05 to 15 reaching 20 to 25 in the west and south-west,","45":"           spreading eastwards towards mid-period.","46":"VIS      : Good, but moderate in showers and light rain in the south and","47":"           south-west.","48":"SEA STATE: 3.0 to 4.0m in the south-west, spreading to the south and west","49":"           towards mid-period, while reaching 4.5m in the south-west,","50":"           with S to SW swell.","51":"TRISTAN (30S\/40S, 00E\/20W):","52":"WIND     : SE 10 to 20 in the north, otherwise SW 10 to 20, but variable","53":"           05 to 10 in the west.","54":"VIS      : Good.","55":"SEA STATE: 4.5 to 5.5m but 3.0 to 3.5m in the south-west, spreading to","56":"           the east towards the end of the period, with SW to S swell.","57":"CAPE WEST (30S\/40S, 00E\/20E):","58":"WIND     : Variable 05 to 10 in the north-east at first, otherwise W to","59":"           SW 10 to 20 reaching 25 to 30 in the south, but SE 10 to 20 in","60":"           the north.","61":"VIS      : Moderate in showers and rain in places, except in the north-","62":"           east, but in the north and west from mid-period.","63":"SEA STATE: 4.5 to 5.5m in the south but 3.0 to 4.0m in the southern and","64":"           western halves, spreading to the north-eastern parts towards","65":"           the end of the period, with S to SW swell.","66":"CAPE EAST (32.5S\/40S, 20E\/50E):","67":"WIND     : NW 10 to 20 reaching 25 to 30 in the south and south-east, but","68":"           W to SW 10 to 20 in the west, spreading over the central parts","69":"           towards the end of the period.","70":"VIS      : Good, but moderate in showers and rain in the south-west,","71":"           spreading over the central and south-eastern parts towards the","72":"           end of the period.","73":"SEA STATE: 3.0 to 4.0m in the south, but in the west towards mid-period,","74":"           spreading over the central parts towards the end of the","75":"           period, while reaching 4.5 to 5.0m in the south-west, with SW","76":"           swell.","77":"DURBAN EAST (32.5S\/25S, EAST COAST\/55E):","78":"WIND     : Anticyclonic 05 to 15 in the south-east until mid-period,","79":"           otherwise E to NE 10 to 20 reaching 25 to 30 in places in the","80":"           west. It will become S to SW 10 to 20 in the south-west by","81":"           mid-period.","82":"VIS      : Good, becoming moderate in showers and rain in the south","83":"           towards the end of the period.","84":"MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL:","85":"WIND     : N to NE 10 to 20 in the south-west, otherwise SE to E 10 to 20","86":"           reaching 25 to 30 in the north-east.","87":"VIS      : Good, but moderate in light rain and showers over the western","88":"           parts until mid-period.","89":"MADAGASCAR EAST (10S\/25S, EAST COAST\/55E):","90":"WIND     : S to SE 10 to 20, reaching 25 to 30 in the north. It will","91":"           become N to NE 10 to 20 in the south from mid-period.","92":"VIS      : Moderate in rain and showers, but good in the south-east.","93":"SEA STATE: 3.5 to 4.5m in the north, with S to SE swell.","94":"MARION FORTIES EAST (40S\/50S, 35E\/50E):","95":"WIND     : W to NW 20 to 30 reaching 35 in the south, becoming SW 20 to","96":"           30 in the south-west by mid-period.","97":"VIS      : Moderate in intermittent rain and showers in places, with","98":"           possible snow-showers in the south.","99":"SEA STATE: 3.5 to 4.5m reaching 5.5 to 6.5m in the south, with W to SW","100":"           swell.","101":"AREA 2:","102":"=======","103":"MARINE METEOROLOGICAL BULLETIN FROM METEO-FRANCE\/LA REUNION ON AREA ACK (AMSTERDAM-CROZET-KERGUELEN)","104":"2025\/06\/15 AT 0500UTC","105":"AVERAGED WIND SPEED ON BEAUFORT SCALE. (WIND GUSTS MAY BE ABOUT 40% STRONGER THAN THE AVERAGES GIVEN HERE).","106":"PART 1: WARNING","107":"- VIOLENT STORM FORCE 11 OVER AMS AND KER.","108":"- STRONG GALE FORCE 9 OVER CRO.","109":"PART 2: GENERAL SYNOPSIS, 25\/06\/15 AT 0000UTC","110":"- LOW DEEPENING 988 NEAR 51S\/59E THE 15 AT 00 UTC, MOVING RAPIDLY","111":"  NORTHEASTWARDS. EXPECTED 982 NEAR 39S\/81E THE 16 AT 00 UTC.","112":"- HIGH 1032 NEAR 32S\/40E, MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARDS, EXPECTED AT END OVER","113":"  NORTHWESTERN WAM.","114":"PART 3: FORECAST FOR 24 HOURS FROM 25\/06\/15 AT 0600UTC TO 25\/06\/16 AT 0600UTC","115":"WAM (30S\/40S, 50E\/65E)","116":"SCATTERED SHOWERS.","117":"WIND: WEST OR SOUTHWEST 4 OR 5, BUT 6 OR 7 OVER SOUTHERN. ANTICLOCKWISE 3","118":"      TO 4 BY NORTH-WESTERN LATER. GUSTS.","119":"SEA : ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH, LOCALLY HIGH IN SOUTHEAST AT BEGINNING. LONG","120":"      SW SWELL 3 TO 5 M.","121":"VIS : POOR IN PRECIPITATION.","122":"AMS (30S\/40S, 65E\/80E)","123":"RAIN, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSQUALLS.","124":"WIND: IN FAR NORTH: SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6.","125":"      ELSEWHERE: WESTERLY TO SOUTHWEST 7 TO 8, INCREASING 9 LATER BY","126":"      SOUTHERN, THEN BECOMING CLOCKWISE IN FAR SOUTHEAST AT NIGHT 10 TO","127":"      11. VIOLENT GUSTS.","128":"SEA : VERY ROUGH TO HIGH, BECOMING VERY HIGH OVER SOUTH-EASTERN LATER.","129":"      LONG SW SWELL 5 TO 7 M.","130":"VIS : VERY POOR IN PRECIPITATION.","131":"CRO (40S\/50S, 50E\/65E)","132":"RAIN OR SHOWERS.","133":"WIND: SOUTH-WEST 8 TO 9 OVER EASTERN, WEST TO NORTH-WEST 6 TO 7","134":"      ELSEWHERE. AT NIGHT, WESTERLY 7 TO 8 ALL OVER THE AREA. SEVERE","135":"      GUSTS.","136":"SEA : VERY ROUGH TO HIGH. LONG SW SWELL 3 TO 5 M, OCCASIONALLY 6 M OVER","137":"      NORTH-EASTERN.","138":"VIS : POOR TO VERY POOR IN PRECIPITATION.","139":"KER (40S\/50S, 65E\/80E)","140":"RAIN, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSQUALLS. LOCALLY SNOWY IN SOUTH.","141":"WIND: SOUTHWEST 6 TO 7, INCREASING CLOCKWISE 9 TO 10, AT TIMES 11, FROM","142":"      NORTHWEST THEN NORTH. AT END, WESTERLY 7 TO 8 ALL OVER THE AREA.","143":"      SEVERE GUSTS.","144":"SEA : VERY ROUGH TO HIGH, LOCALLY VERY HIGH OVER FAR NORTHERN. LONG","145":"      WESTERLY SWELL 5 OR 6 M.","146":"VIS : POOR OR VERY POOR IN PRECIPITATION."}}]}