{"title":"Bulletinset for METAREA 7","date":"2026-10-16 00:18:25","bulletin":[{"label":"HIGH SEAS FORECAST","content":{"1":"FQZA31 FAPR 151700","2":"WEATHER BULLETIN FOR THE HIGH SEAS FOR METAREA VII.","3":"ISSUED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE ON THE","4":"15th OF OCTOBER 2026 AT 17:00 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. CAPE EAST: NW 35 in the south-west until mid-period.","21":"2. MARION FORTIES EAST: W to NW 35 in places in the west towards the end","22":"                        of the period.","23":"SYNOPTIC CHART 12:00Z","24":"=====================","25":"High 1018 hPa 23s04e, High 1027 hPa 30s57e.","26":"Low 985 hPa 45s00w, Low 949 hPa 57s42e, Low 1015 hPa 32s31e.","27":"1. Cold front: 36s18w 36s11w 38s04w 41s00e into 45s00w.","28":"2. Cold Front: 32s05e 36s16e 40s32e 47s44e 54s48e 59s47e into 57s42e.","29":"AREA FORECAST:","30":"==============","31":"ASCENSION (06S\/15S, 00E\/20W):","32":"WIND     : SE to E 10 to 15.","33":"VIS      : Good.","34":"ANGOLA (06S\/15S, 00E\/00N):","35":"WIND     : S to SE 10 to 15 but W to SW 05 to 15 in the east.","36":"VIS      : Good.","37":"ST HELENA (15S\/30S, 00E\/20W):","38":"WIND     : NW 10 to 20 the central parts, otherwise anticyclonic 05 to 15","39":"           but S to SE 05 to 15 in the south, reaching 20 to 25 in the","40":"           south-west towards the end of the period.","41":"VIS      : Good, but moderate in showers and rain in the south.","42":"SEA STATE: 3.0 to 3.5m in the extreme south-west towards mid-period,","43":"           with W to SW swell.","44":"TRADES (15S\/30S, 00E\/WEST COAST):","45":"WIND     : Anticyclonic 05 to 15 in the central parts until mid-period,","46":"           otherwise S to SE 15 to 25 but NW 15 to 25 in the south-","47":"           central parts.","48":"VIS      : Good.","49":"SEA STATE: 3.0m in places in south-west until mid-period, with SW swell.","50":"TRISTAN (30S\/40S, 00E\/20W):","51":"WIND     : W to SW 15 to 15 in the south, otherwise S to SE 10 to 20","52":"           reaching 25 in the north-western parts. It will become","53":"           anticyclonic 05 to 15 in the west towards the end of the period.","54":"VIS      : Moderate in showers and rain in the south but poor at times in","55":"           the north-east, otherwise good.","56":"SEA STATE: 3.0 to 4.0m, spreading to the north, reaching 4.5 to 5.5m in","57":"           the south by mid-period, with S to SW swell.","58":"CAPE WEST (30S\/40S, 00E\/20E):","59":"WIND     : NW 15 to 25 in the central and east, reaching 30 in the south-","60":"           central at first but W to SW 20 to 30 in the west spreading to","61":"           the central towards mid-period and the east by the end of the","62":"           period.","63":"VIS      : Moderate to poor in showers and rain in the west across the","64":"           central to the south-east, otherwise good.","65":"SEA STATE: 3.0 to 4.0m, reaching 4.5 to 5.5m in the south, with W to SW","66":"           swell.","67":"CAPE EAST (32.5S\/40S, 20E\/50E):","68":"WIND     : NW 15 to 25, reaching 30 to 35 in the south-west until mid-","69":"           period, otherwise E to NE 10 to 20. It will become W to SW 10","70":"           to 20 in the west towards the end of the period.","71":"VIS      : Good but moderate in rain in the south-west.","72":"SEA STATE: 3.0 to 4.0m in the west, reaching 4.5 to 5.5m in the south-","73":"           west until mid-period, with W to NW swell.","74":"DURBAN EAST (32.5S\/25S, EAST COAST\/55E):","75":"WIND     : E to NE 10 to 20 reaching 25 to 30 south of Madagascar.","76":"VIS      : Good.","77":"SEA STATE: 3.0 to 3.5m in the central north, with NE swell.","78":"MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL:","79":"WIND     : E to SE 05 to 15 but NE 05 to 10 in the south-west.","80":"VIS      : Good.","81":"MADAGASCAR EAST (10S\/25S, EAST COAST\/55E):","82":"WIND     : E to SE 15 to 25 but NE 15 to 25 in the south-west.","83":"VIS      : Moderate in light rain in the north, otherwise good.","84":"MARION FORTIES EAST (40S\/50S, 35E\/50E):","85":"WIND     : S to SW 15 to 25 in the central and east, otherwise W to NW 15","86":"           to 25, reaching 30 to 35 in places in the west towards the end","87":"           of the period.","88":"VIS      : Good, becoming moderate to poor in showers and rain in the","89":"           west towards mid-period.","90":"SEA STATE: 3.0 to 4.0m, except in the extreme north, reaching 4.5 to 5.5m","91":"           in the south-west.","92":"AREA 2:","93":"======","94":"MARINE METEOROLOGICAL BULLETIN FROM METEO-FRANCE\/LA REUNION ON AREA","95":"ACK (AMSTERDAM-CROZET-KERGUELEN)","96":"26\/10\/15 AT 1600UTC","97":"AVERAGED WIND SPEED ON BEAUFORT SCALE. (WIND GUSTS MAY BE ABOUT 40%","98":"STRONGER THAN THE AVERAGES GIVEN HERE).","99":"PART 1: WARNING","100":"- GALE EXPECTED OVER SOUTHERN CRO AND SOUTHERN KER.","101":"PART 2: GENERAL SYNOPSIS, 26\/10\/15 AT 1200UTC","102":"- COLD FRONT EXPECTED SOON OVER CRO, THEN OVER KER LATER.- HIGH 1027","103":"NEAR 30S\/58E, EXTENDING SOON OVER WESTERN THEN NORTHERN AMS.","104":"PART 3: FORECAST FOR 24 HOURS FROM 26\/10\/15 AT 1800UTC  TO 26\/10\/16","105":"AT 1800UTC","106":"WAM (30S\/40S, 50E\/65E)","107":"SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER SOUTHERN. FEW SHOWERS OVER NORTHERN.WIND:","108":"ANTICLOCKWISE 3 OR 4 OVER NORTHERN, W 4 OR 5 OVER SOUTHERN.SEA:","109":"MODERATE OR ROUGH FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST, DECREASING MODERATE","110":"LATER. SW SWELL NEAR 3 METERS OVER EASTERN, ABATING.VISI: MODERATE IN","111":"PRECIPITATION.","112":"AMS (30S\/40S, 65E\/80E)","113":"SCATERRED SHOWERS, THEN FRONTAL RAIN AND SHOWERS OVER FAR SOUTHERN AT","114":"END.WIND: ANTICLOCKWISE 3 TO 5, BUT SW 5 OR 6, LOCALLY 7 AT FIRST","115":"OVER SOUTHEASTERN, INCREASING FROM WEST NW 5 OR 6 OVER SOUTHERN","116":"LATER. GUSTS.SEA: ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH FROM WEST TO EAST, BECOMING","117":"ROUGH LATER. SW SWELL 4 OR 5 METERS ABATING.VISI: MODERATE OR POOR IN","118":"PRECIPITATION.","119":"CRO (40S\/50S, 50E\/65E)","120":"FRONTAL RAIN OR SHOWERS, BECOMING LESS NUMEROUS LATER.WIND: OVER","121":"NORTHERN : NW 5 OR 6, AT TIMES 7 NEAR THE FRONT, BACKING SW 5 OR 6","122":"BEHIND THE FRONT, THEN NW 5 OR 6 AT END. GUSTS.OVER SOUTHERN : NW 6","123":"OR 7, BACKING SW 6 OR 7, AT TIMES 8 BEHIND THE FRONT, DECREASING W 5","124":"OR 6 LATER. SEVERE GUSTS.SEA: ROUGH, LOCALLY MODERATE OVER NORTHERN,","125":"SOON BECOMING VERY ROUGH OVER FAR SOUTHERN. SW SWELL 3 TO 5 METERS","126":"OVER FAR SOUTHERN LATER.VISI: POOR IN PRECIPITATION.","127":"KER (40S\/50S, 65E\/80E)","128":"SCATTERED SHOWERS THEN FRONTAL RAIN OR SHOWERS LATER.WIND: SW 6 OR 7","129":"OVER EASTERN AT FIRST, BUT NW 6 OR 7 OVER WESTERN AHEAD THE FRONT,","130":"BACKING LATER SW 6 OR 7, AT TIMES 8 OVER SOUTHERN BEHIND THE FRONT,","131":"DECREASING W 5 OR 6 AT END. SEVERE GUSTS.SEA: ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH. SW","132":"SWELL 3 OR 4 METERS.VISI: POOR IN PRECIPITATION.="}}]}