{"title":"Bulletinset for METAREA 7","date":"2025-08-01 16:38:57","bulletin":[{"label":"HIGH SEAS FORECAST","content":{"1":"FQZA31 FAPR 011530","2":"WEATHER BULLETIN FOR THE HIGH SEAS FOR METAREA VII.","3":"ISSUED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE ON THE","4":"1ST OF AUGUST 2025 AT 15:30 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 012200 to 022200 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: NW to N 35 in the east at first and SW to W 35 to 40 in the","21":"            south-west and central parts in the first half of the period","22":"            spreading to the south-east in the second half of the period.","23":"2. CAPE WEST: NW to N 35 in the south-west.","24":"3. CAPE EAST: N to NW 35 in the extreme east at first and SW to S 35 to 40","25":"              in the central-south and south-east.","26":"4. MARION FORTIES EAST: SW to W 35 to 45 in the central and north-eastern","27":"                        parts during the first half of the period.","28":"SYNOPTIC CHART 12:00Z","29":"=====================","30":"High 1034 hPa 36s17e","31":"Low 980 hPa 51s04w, Low 994 hPa 45s39e","32":"1. Cold Front: 25s14w 30s11w 35s10w 40s07w 45s02w into 51s04w.","33":"2. Cold Front: 30s38e 35s40e 40s42e 45s43e into 45s39e.","34":"AREA FORECAST:","35":"==============","36":"ASCENSION (06S\/15S, 00E\/20W):","37":"WIND     : E to SE 05 to 15 reaching 20 at first.","38":"VIS      : Good.","39":"ANGOLA (06S\/15S, 00E\/00N):","40":"WIND     : S to SE 05 to 15, but W to NW 05 to 10 in the east.","41":"VIS      : Good.","42":"SEA STATE: 3.0m in the south subsiding in the second half of the period,","43":"           with S swell.","44":"ST HELENA (15S\/30S, 00E\/20W):","45":"WIND     : E to SE 05 to 15 in the north-east, but N to NW 15 to 25 in the","46":"           south-east, otherwise SW to S 15 to 25 reaching 30 in the south","47":"           towards the end of the period.","48":"VIS      : Good, but moderate in rain and showers in the south.","49":"SEA STATE: 3.0m in the extreme north-east, with S to SE swell. 3.5 to 4.5m","50":"           in the south-west spreading to the south-east from mid-period,","51":"           with W to SW swell.","52":"TRADES (15S\/30S, 00E\/WEST COAST):","53":"WIND     : SE to E 10 to 20 becoming NW to N 10 to 20 in the south-west","54":"           spreading to the south-east in the second half of the period","55":"           while reaching 25 in the south-west.","56":"VIS      : Good.","57":"SEA STATE: 3.0 to 3.5m, reaching 4.0m in the south-east at first, with S to","58":"           SW swell.","59":"TRISTAN (30S\/40S, 00E\/20W):","60":"WIND     : NW to N 25 to 35 in the east at first, otherwise SW to W 20 to 30","61":"           reaching 35 to 40 in the south-west and central parts in the","62":"           first half of the period spreading to the south-east in the","63":"           second half of the period.","64":"VIS      : Moderate to poor in showers and rain with possible snow showers","65":"           in the south from mid-period.","66":"SEA STATE: 3.5 to 4.5m in the north-east, otherwise 4.5 to 5.5m reaching 6.0","67":"           to 7.0m in the south from mid-period, with SW swell.","68":"CAPE WEST (30S\/40S, 00E\/20E):","69":"WIND     : E to NE 10 to 20 in the east reaching 25 in the south-east from","70":"           mid-period, otherwise NW to N 15 to 25 reaching 30 to 35 in the","71":"           south-west.","72":"VIS      : Good, but moderate to poor in showers and rain in the west","73":"           towards mid-period.","74":"SEA STATE: 3.0 to 3.5m in the east, but 3.5 to 4.5m in the west reaching 5.0","75":"           to 5.5m in the south-west, with SW swell, but NW in the west.","76":"CAPE EAST (32.5S\/40S, 20E\/50E):","77":"WIND     : N to NW 25 to 35 in the extreme east at first, otherwise SW to S","78":"           20 to 30 reaching 35 to 40 in the central-south and south-east,","79":"           but anticyclonic 05 to 15 in the west drifting to the central","80":"           parts by mid-period. It will become NE 15 to 25 in the west","81":"           towards mid-period reaching 30 towards the end of the period.","82":"VIS      : Good, but moderate in showers and rain in the west but poor in","83":"           the extreme east at first.","84":"SEA STATE: 3.0 to 4.0m in the north-east at first and in the west, otherwise","85":"           5.0 to 6.0m reaching 6.5 to 7.5m in the central parts spreading","86":"           to the south-east towards the end of the period, with SW to S","87":"           swell.","88":"DURBAN EAST (32.5S\/25S, EAST COAST\/55E):","89":"WIND     : N to NE 15 to 25 in the east reaching 30 in the south-east,","90":"           otherwise SW to S 20 to 30 spreading the east towards the end of","91":"           the period. It will become NE 15 to 25 in the south-west from","92":"           mid-period.","93":"VIS      : Moderate to poor in rain and showers becoming good in the west","94":"           towards mid-period.","95":"SEA STATE: 3.0 to 3.5m, but 4.5 to 5.5m in the west spreading to the central","96":"           parts towards mid-period reaching 6.0 to 6.5m in the south-west","97":"           drifting to the south-central parts in the second half of the","98":"           period, with E to NE swell in the east otherwise SW swell.","99":"MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL:","100":"WIND     : S to SE 15 to 25 reaching 30 in the south-west at first.","101":"VIS      : Moderate in rain and showers in places.","102":"SEA STATE: 3.5 to 4.5m in the south-west spreading over the southern half","103":"           from mid-period, with SW to S swell.","104":"MADAGASCAR EAST (10S\/25S, EAST COAST\/55E):","105":"WIND     : E to SE 05 to 15, reaching 20 to 25 in the north-west, but NE to","106":"           E 10 to 20 in the south. It will become SW 15 to 25 in the south-","107":"           west towards the end of the period.","108":"VIS      : Moderate in showers and rain in places, becoming good in the","109":"           north from mid-period.","110":"SEA STATE: 3.0 to 3.5m in the north and east, with E to SE swell.","111":"MARION FORTIES EAST (40S\/50S, 35E\/50E):","112":"WIND     : NW 20 to 30 in the east at first, otherwise SW to W 20 to 30","113":"           reaching 35 to 45 in the central and north-eastern parts during","114":"           the first half of the period. It will become NW 20 to 30 in the","115":"           west from mid-period spreading to the south-east by the end of","116":"           the period.","117":"VIS      : Good, but moderate to poor in rain and showers with possible","118":"           snow-showers in the south until mid-period.","119":"SEA STATE: 4.5 to 5.5m, reaching 6.0 to 7.0m in the north-west in the first","120":"           half of the period and in the north-east in the second half of","121":"           the period, with W to NW swell.","122":"AREA 2:","123":"=======","124":"MARINE METEOROLOGICAL BULLETIN FROM METEO-FRANCE\/LA REUNION ON AREA ACK (AMSTERDAM-CROZET-KERGUELEN)","125":"25\/08\/01 AT 1400UTC","126":"AVERAGED WIND SPEED ON BEAUFORT SCALE. (WIND GUSTS MAY BE ABOUT 40%","127":"STRONGER THAN THE AVERAGES GIVEN HERE).","128":"PART 1: WARNING","129":"- GALE FORCE 8 RUNNING OVER SOUTHERN CRO AND EXPECTED OVER SOUTHERN","130":"KER AT THE END.","131":"PART 2: GENERAL SYNOPSIS, 25\/08\/01 AT 1200UTC","132":"-COLD FRONT WITH THUNDERY SQUALLS REACHING WESTERN WAM AND WESTERN","133":"CRO AT FIRST AND MOVING EASTWARD.","134":"- HIGH 1038 HPA NEAR 37S\/66E, MOVING EASTWARD 10\/15 KT.","135":"PART 3: FORECAST FOR 24 HOURS FROM 25\/08\/01 AT 1800UTC  TO 25\/08\/02","136":"AT 1800UTC","137":"WAM (30S\/40S, 50E\/65E)","138":"FRONTAL SHOWERS BY WESTERN AREA. SQUALLS.","139":"WIND : ANTICLOCKWISE 3 A 5, INCREASING  NORTHERLY 5\/6 LOCALLY 7 BY","140":"   WESTERN SOONAHEAD OF THE FRONT BACKING S 5\/6 LOCALLY 7 BEHIND OVER","141":"   WESTERN AT THE END. GUSTS.","142":"SEA : MODERATE TO ROUGH, BECOMING VERY ROUGH OVER SOUTH-WESTERN. SW","143":"   SWELL 2\/4 M.","144":"VISI  : POOR IN PRECIPITATION.","145":"AMS (30S\/40S, 65E\/80E)","146":"WIND : ANTICLOCKWISE 3\/5.","147":"SEA : VERY ROUGH OVER EASTERN AREA,  MODERATE TO ROUGH OVER WESTERN.","148":"          SW SWELL 4 TO 6 M ABATING.","149":"VISI  : GOOD.","150":"CRO (40S\/50S, 50E\/65E)","151":"FRONTALES SHOWERS OVER WESTERN MOVING EASTWARD.","152":"WIND  : INCREASING NW 6\/7, LOCALLY 8 AHEAD THE FRONT BACKING S 6\/7","153":"   BEHIND. GUSTS.","154":"SEA : ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH, LOCALLY HIGH IN SOUTH. WESTERLY SWELL 2\/4 M","155":"   IN NORTH, 3 TO 5 M IN SOUTH.","156":"VISI  : POOR TO VERY POOR WITH PRECIPITATION.","157":"KER (40S\/50S, 65E\/80E)","158":"FRONTAL SHOWERS OVER SOUTH-WESTERN AT THE END.","159":"WIND : WESTERLY 5 TO 7 IN NORTH, 6 TO 8 IN SOUTH. GUSTS.","160":"SEA : ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH, LOCALLY HIGH IN SOUTH. SOUTH-WESTERLY SWELL","161":"          3 TO 5 M.","162":"VISI : POOR IN  PRECIPITATION."}}]}