{"title":"Bulletinset for METAREA 7","date":"2026-04-19 01:33:54","bulletin":[{"label":"HIGH SEAS FORECAST","content":{"1":"FQZA31 FAPR 181700","2":"WEATHER BULLETIN FOR THE HIGH SEAS FOR METAREA VII.","3":"ISSUED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE ON THE","4":"18TH OF APRIL 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 182200 TO 192200 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 WEST: NW 35 to 45 in the extreme east, but W to SW 35 to 40 in","21":"the south-west and central parts, drifting to the east from mid-period.","22":"2. CAPE EAST: W to NW 35 to 40 in places in the west and south-west, but 45 in the west towards the end of the period.","23":"3. DURBAN EAST: E to NE 35 in the south-west from the evening.","24":"4. MARION FORTIES EAST: N to NW 35 in the east and south-east at first, as well as in the west by the end of the period.","25":"SYNOPTIC CHART 12:00Z","26":"=====================","27":"High 1028 hPa 50s22w, High 1024 hPa 45s60e","28":"Low 983 hPa 51s15e, Low 985 hPa 47s35e","29":"1. Cold Front: 37s03w 37s04e 39s11e 44s17e 47s18e into 51s15e","30":"2. Cold Front: 30s34e 37s37e 41s38e into 47s35e","31":"AREA FORECAST:","32":"==============","33":"ASCENSION (06S\/15S, 00E\/20W):","34":"WIND     : E to SE 10 to 20.","35":"VIS      : Good.","36":"ANGOLA (06S\/15S, 00E\/00N):","37":"WIND     : S to SE 10 to 20, but SW 05 to 10 in the east.","38":"VIS      : Good.","39":"ST HELENA (15S\/30S, 00E\/20W):","40":"WIND     : N to NE 15 to 25 in the south-west, otherwise E to SE 10 to","41":"           20.","42":"VIS      : Good, but moderate in showers and thundershowers in the south-","43":"           western parts.","44":"SEA STATE: 3.0m in the south-east towards the end of the period, with NE","45":"           swell.","46":"TRADES (15S\/30S, 00E\/WEST COAST):","47":"WIND     : SW 10 to 20 in the southern parts, otherwise S to SE 10 to 20,","48":"           reaching 25 to 30 in the north-east.","49":"VIS      : Good.","50":"SEA STATE: 3.0 to 4.0m in the south from mid-period, with S to SW swell.","51":"TRISTAN (30S\/40S, 00E\/20W):","52":"WIND     : S to SW 15 to 25 in the eastern parts, but E to NE 20 to 30 in","53":"           the west, it will become light and variable in the north-west","54":"           tomorrow morning, otherwise anti-cyclonic 05 to 15.","55":"VIS      : Good, but moderate to poor in showers and thundershowers in","56":"           the West, clearing in the north-west from the morning.","57":"SEA STATE: 3.0 to 4.0m in the west and east, reaching 4.5 to 5.0 in the","58":"           extreme south-east until mid-period, with NE swell in the","59":"           west, otherwise, S to SW in the east.","60":"CAPE WEST (30S\/40S, 00E\/20E):","61":"WIND     : NW 20 to 30 in the east and south-eastern parts, reaching 35","62":"           to 45 in the extreme east, otherwise, W to SW 15 to","63":"           25,reaching 30 to 40 in the south-west and central parts,","64":"           drifting to the east from mid-period.","65":"VIS      : Moderate in showers and rain in places, clearing in the west","66":"           and north from the morning, but poor in showers and","67":"           thundershowers in the eastern parts.","68":"SEA STATE: 3.0 to 4.0m, reaching 5.0 to 6.0m in the central, south and","69":"           eastern parts, spreading to the north from the afternoon, with","70":"           SW swell.","71":"CAPE EAST (32.5S\/40S, 20E\/50E):","72":"WIND     : Anti-cyclonic 05 to 15 in the north and central parts,","73":"          drifting to the east in the morning, otherwise W to NW 15 to","74":"          25, reaching 30 to 40 in places in the west and south-west, but","75":"          45 in the west towards the end of the period.","76":"VIS      : Good, but moderate to poor in showers and thundershowers in","77":"          the east and western parts, clearing in the east from the","78":"          morning.","79":"SEA STATE: 3.0 to 4.0m in the central and west, reaching 5.0 to 6.0 in","80":"           the south-west, spreading to the west from the morning, with W","81":"           to SW swell.","82":"DURBAN EAST (32.5S\/25S, EAST COAST\/55E):","83":"WIND     : E to NE 05 to 15, but 20 to 30 in the south-west, spreading to","84":"           the west from mid-period, reaching 35 in the south-west from","85":"           the evening.","86":"VIS      : Good, but moderate in showers and thundershowers in places in","87":"           the south-west until mid-period.","88":"SEA STATE: 3.0 to 3.5m in the south-west, with SW swell.","89":"MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL:","90":"WIND     : Variable 05 to 10 in the central and south-eastern parts,","91":"           otherwise, E to NE 05 to 15, reaching 20 to 25 in the south-","92":"           west at times.","93":"VIS      : Good.","94":"MADAGASCAR EAST (10S\/25S, EAST COAST\/55E):","95":"WIND     : E to NE 05 to 15 in the south, otherwise E to SE 10 to 20.","96":"VIS      : Good, but moderate in showers and thundershowers in places in","97":"           the north.","98":"MARION FORTIES EAST (40S\/50S, 35E\/50E):","99":"WIND     : W to SW 20 to 30 in the west drifting to the south-east from","100":"           mid-period, otherwise N to NW 15 to 25, reaching 30 to 35 in","101":"           the east and south-east at first, as well as in the west by","102":"           the end of the period.","103":"VIS      : Good, but moderate to poor in showers and thundershowers in","104":"           the south and eastern parts at first, as well as in the west","105":"           towards the end of the period.","106":"SEA STATE: 3.0 to 4.0m except in the north-east, reaching 4.5 to 5.0m in","107":"           the south-east, with W to NW swell.","108":"AREA 2:","109":"=======","110":"MARINE METEOROLOGICAL BULLETIN FROM METEO-FRANCE\/LA REUNION ON AREA","111":"ACK (AMSTERDAM-CROZET-KERGUELEN)","112":"26\/04\/18 AT 1600UTC","113":"AVERAGED WIND SPEED ON BEAUFORT SCALE. (WIND GUSTS MAY BE ABOUT 40%","114":"STRONGER THAN THE AVERAGES GIVEN HERE).","115":"PART 1: WARNING","116":"- NIL.","117":"PART 2: GENERAL SYNOPSIS, 26\/04\/18 AT 1200UTC","118":"- COLD FRONT OVER WESTERN CRO AT END OF NIGHT, MOVING EASTWARD","119":"QUICKLY.","120":"- CONVERGENCE LINE LYING BETWEEN EASTERN WAM AND WESTERN AMS.","121":"- HIGHS 1026 HPA NEAR 36S\/74E AND 1027 HPA NEAR 45S\/66E EXPECTED 1032","122":"HPA NEAR 39S\/80E AT END.","123":"PART 3: FORECAST FOR 24 HOURS FROM 26\/04\/18 AT 1800UTC  TO 26\/04\/19","124":"AT 1800UTC","125":"WAM (30S\/40S, 50E\/65E)","126":"SHOWERS AND SQUALLS OVER EASTERN.","127":"WIND: VARIABLE 3 TO 4. GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.","128":"SEA : MODERATE.","129":"VISI: POOR UNDER PRECIPITATION.","130":"AMS (30S\/40S, 65E\/80E)","131":"SHOWERS AND SQUALLS AT TIMES THUNDERY OVER FAR WESTERN.","132":"WIND: ANTICLOCKWISE 3 TO 5, SETTLING-UP NORTHERLY 4 TO 5, LOCALLY 6,","133":"LATER OVER WESTERN. GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.","134":"SEA: MODERATE, LOCALLY ROUGH OVER FAR SOUTHEASTERN BY SOUTH SWELL 3","135":"M.","136":"VISI: POOR IN PRECIPITATION.","137":"CRO (40S\/50S, 50E\/65E)","138":"FRONTAL RAIN AND SHOWERS.","139":"WIND: ANTICLOCKWISE 3 TO 5 OVER EASTERN AT BEGINNING, SETTING-UP","140":"NORTHERLY TO NORTH-WEST 5 TO 7 BY WESTERN DURING THE NIGHT WITH THE","141":"FRONT WITH VIOLENT GUSTS IN THE SOUTH. DECREASING 3 TO 6 FROM NORTH","142":"TO SOUTH AT END.","143":"EA  : MODERATE TO ROUGH FROM NORTH TO SOUTH, BECOMING VERY ROUGH OVER","144":"FAR SOUTHERN LATER. WESTERLY 2 TO 3M IN SOUTH.","145":"VISI: POOR TO VERY POOR IN PRECIPITATION.","146":"KER (40S\/50S, 65E\/80E)","147":"SCATTERED SHOWER.","148":"WIND: SOUTH-WEST 6 TO 7 OVER SOUTH-EASTERN AT BEGINNING, SETTING-UP","149":"ANTICLOCKWISE 3 TO 5 BEHIND THEN NORTH-WEST 6 TO 7 BY SOUTH-WESTERN","150":"AT END OF DAY.","151":"SEA : MODERATE TO VERY ROUGH FROM NORTH-WESTERN TO SOUT-EASTERN.","152":"SOUTH-WESTERLY SWELL 2 TO 3M, LOCALLY 4 M OVER SOUTH-EASTERN.","153":"VISI: POOR IN PRECIPITATION.="}}]}