{"title":"Bulletinset for METAREA 7","date":"2025-10-09 01:12:08","bulletin":[{"label":"HIGH SEAS FORECAST","content":{"1":"FQZA31 FAPR 081700","2":"WEATHER BULLETIN FOR THE HIGH SEAS FOR METAREA VII.","3":"ISSUED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE ON THE","4":"08TH OF OCTOBER 2025 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 082200 TO 092200 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: W to NW 35 to 40 in the south-east at first.","21":"2. MARION FORTIES EAST: Cyclonic 35 to 40 in the north-west, drifting","22":"                        eastwards by mid-period.","23":"SYNOPTIC CHART 06:00Z","24":"=====================","25":"High 1028 hPa 32s00w.","26":"Low 974 hPa 46s47e.","27":"Cold front: 35s43e, 40s50e into 46s47e.","28":"AREA FORECAST:","29":"==============","30":"ASCENSION (06S\/15S, 00E\/20W):","31":"WIND     : SE 10 to 20.","32":"VIS      : Good.","33":"ANGOLA (06S\/15S, 00E\/00N):","34":"WIND     : SE 10 to 15 in the west and south, otherwise S to SW 05 to 10.","35":"VIS      : Good.","36":"ST HELENA (15S\/30S, 00E\/20W):","37":"WIND     : E to SE 10 to 20 in the north, otherwise variable 05 to 10 10 but","38":"           NW 05 to 15 over the extreme south-west.","39":"VIS      : Good but poor in rain in the extreme south-west by end of","40":"           period.","41":"SEA STATE: 3.0m in the south-west by end of period, with SW swell.","42":"TRADES (15S\/30S, 00E\/WEST COAST):","43":"WIND     : S to SE 10 to 20 reaching 25 to 30 in the south-east until mid-period.","44":"VIS      : Good","45":"SEA STATE: 3.0m in the south-east at first, with S to SE swell.","46":"TRISTAN (30S\/40S, 00E\/20W):","47":"WIND     : NW 10 to 20 reaching 25 in the south at first, but SW 15 to 25 in the south-west, spreading to north-east by end of period.","48":"VIS      : Good, but moderate to poor in rain and showers over the","49":"           south-west, drifting to the north-west and south-east by second half of period.","50":"SEA STATE: 3.0 to 4.0m in the south-west, spreading eastwards by second half of period, with W to SW swell.","51":"CAPE WEST (30S\/40S, 00E\/20E):","52":"WIND     : NW 10 to 20 in the south-west, otherwise anticyclonic 05 to 15 but W to SW 10 to 20 in","53":"           the south, and SE 10 to 20 in the north and north-east.","54":"VIS      : Good.","55":"SEA STATE: 3.0 to 4.0m in the south-east at first, with SW swell.","56":"CAPE EAST (32.5S\/40S, 20E\/50E):","57":"WIND     : W to NW 20 to 30 reaching 30 to 40 over the south-east","58":"           at first, but W to SW 10 to 20 in the west, spreading eastwards","59":"           during the first half of the period.","60":"VIS      : Good but moderate to poor in rain and showers in the south-","61":"           east for the first half of period.","62":"SEA STATE: 4.0 to 5.0m, reaching 6.0 to 7.0m in the south, shifting eastwards by mid-period, with SW swell.","63":"DURBAN EAST (32.5S\/25S, EAST COAST\/55E):","64":"WIND     : N to NE 10 to 15 in the east at first, otherwise S to SE 05 to","65":"           15 but variable 05 to 10 in the south. It will become NW 10 to 20","66":"           in the south-west by mid-period, drifting eastwards by end of period, while becoming SW 10 to 20 in the south-west.","67":"VIS      : Good.","68":"SEA STATE: 3.0 to 3.5m in the south, with SW swell.","69":"MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL:","70":"WIND     : Variable 05 to 10 but SE 05 to 15 in the south-west, spreading to the","71":"           south-east by end of period, but S to SW 10 to 20 in the south-east at first.","72":"VIS      : Good.","73":"MADAGASCAR EAST (10S\/25S, EAST COAST\/55E):","74":"WIND     : E to NE 05 to 15 in the south, otherwise variable 05 to 10 but E to SE 10 to 15 in the north.","75":"VIS      : Good, but moderate in showers and thundershowers in the north.","76":"MARION FORTIES EAST (40S\/50S, 35E\/50E):","77":"WIND     : SW 20 to 30 but cyclonic 30 to 40 in the north-west, drifting","78":"           eastwards by mid-period. It will become W to SW 10 to 20 in the west","79":"           by second half of period.","80":"VIS      : Moderate to poor in showers and rain, with possible snow-showers in the south.","81":"SEA STATE: 3.0 to 4.0m but 5.0 to 6.0m in the north and west, drifting eastwards towards the end of the period, with W to NW swell.","82":"AREA 2:","83":"=======","84":"MARINE METEOROLOGICAL BULLETIN FROM METEO-FRANCE\/LA REUNION ON AREA","85":"ACK (AMSTERDAM-CROZET-KERGUELEN)","86":"25\/10\/08 AT 1600UTC","87":"AVERAGED WIND SPEED ON BEAUFORT SCALE. (WIND GUSTS MAY BE ABOUT 40%","88":"STRONGER THAN THE AVERAGES GIVEN HERE).","89":"PART 1: WARNING","90":"- STORM FORCE 10 OVER WAM AND CRO.","91":"- GALE FORCE 8 OVER WAM AND KER.","92":"PART 2: GENERAL SYNOPSIS, 25\/10\/08 AT 1200UTC","93":"- HIGH 1026 HPA NEAR 29S\/65E, SLOW-MOVING.","94":"- COLD FRONT (CF) AXIS 57S\/71E, 46S\/71E, 39S\/72E MOVING EASTWARD AT","95":"25\/30 KT.","96":"- LOW 970 HPA NEAR 47S\/51E ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT (CF) AXIS","97":"47S\/55E, 41S\/56E, 36S\/50E MOVING SOUTH-EASTWARD AT 25\/30 KT.","98":"- LOW 993 HPA NEAR 44S\/33E ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT (CH) AXIS","99":"44S\/33E, 42S\/23E AND A WARM FRONT (WH) AXIS 44S\/33E, 40S\/40E, THE","100":"WHOLE SYSTEM MOVING EASTWARD AT 45\/50 KT.","101":"PART 3: FORECAST FOR 24 HOURS FROM 25\/10\/08 AT 1800UTC  TO 25\/10\/09","102":"AT 1800UTC","103":"WAM (30S\/40S, 50E\/65E)","104":"SCATTERED SHOWERS, THEN FRONTAL SHOWERS OVER SOUTHERN AREA (CH AND","105":"WH). SQUALLS.","106":"WIND: WESTERLY 4 TO 6 FROM NORTH TO SOUTH, INCREASING NW 7\/8 LOCALLY","107":"9 AHEAD OF THE FRONT, THEN BACKING TO SW 6 TO 8, LOCALLY 9 FROM WEST","108":"TO EAST BEHIND THE FRONT. AT THE END OF THE PERIOD OVER FAR","109":"SOUTH-EASTERN AREA, WESTERLY WIND FORCE 10. GUSTS.","110":"SEA: MODERATE TO VERY ROUGH FROM NORTH TO SOUTH, BECOMING LOCALLY","111":"ROUGH TO HIGH WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE FRONT. SOUTH-WESTERLY SWELL 3","112":"TO 5 M.","113":"VISI: POOR TO VERY POOR IN PRECIPITATIONS.","114":"AMS (30S\/40S, 65E\/80E)","115":"SCATTERED SHOWERS MORE FREQUENT OVER SOUTHERN AREA, THEN FRONTAL","116":"SHOWERS (CH AND WH) OVER SOUTH-WESTERN AREA AT THE END OF THE PERIOD.","117":"WIND: WESTERLY 5\/6, INCREASING NW 7\/8 AHEAD OF THE FRONT AT THE END","118":"OF THE PERIOD OVER SOUTH-WESTERN ZONE. GUSTS.","119":"SEA: MODERATE TO ROUGH, BECOMING ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH OVER WESTERN","120":"ZONE. SOUTH-WESTERLY SWELL 2 TO 3 M.","121":"VISI: POOR TO VERY POOR IN PRECIPITATIONS.","122":"CRO (40S\/50S, 50E\/65E)","123":"RAIN, SQUALLS AND FRONTAL SHOWERS UNDER CG AT THE BEGINNING OF THE","124":"PERIOD, THEN UNDER CH AT THE END OF THE PERIOD OVER WESTERN AREA.","125":"WIND: CLOCKWISE 8 TO 10 OVER SOUTHERN AREA, DECREASING WESTERLY 7\/8,","126":"THEN BECOMING CLOCKWISE 8 TO 10 OVER NORTHERN AREA DUE TO THE CH","127":"FRONT. GUSTS.","128":"SEA: ROUGH TO HIGH, LOCALLY VERY HIGH OVER SOUTHERN AREA AT THE END.","129":"W TO NW SWELL 5 TO 7 M, ABATING.","130":"VISI: VERY POOR IN PRECIPITATIONS.","131":"KER (40S\/50S, 65E\/80E)","132":"RAIN, SQUALLS AND FRONTAL SHOWERS UNDER CF AT THE BEGINNING OF THE","133":"PERIOD, THEN UNDER CG AND FINALLY UNDER CH AT THE END OF THE PERIOD","134":"OVER WESTERN AREA.","135":"WIND: WESTERLY 5\/6 LOCALLY 7 OVER EASTERN AREA AT THE BEGINNING OF","136":"THE PERIOD, SETTING UP NORTHERLY 5\/6, THEN WESTERLY 5\/6 LOCALLY 7 AND","137":"BECOMING CLOCKWISE 6 TO 8 OVER NORTH-EASTERN AREA AT THE END OF THE","138":"PERIOD. GUSTS.","139":"SEA: ROUGH, BECOMING VERY ROUGH TO HIGH OVER WESTERN AREA AT THE END.","140":"WEST SWELL 3 TO 4 M, INCREASING TO 5\/6 M OVER WESTERN AREA AT THE","141":"END.","142":"VISI: VERY POOR IN PRECIPITATIONS."}}]}