Bulletinset for METAREA 7 Edition date (UTC): 2025-11-28 17:53:24 ============================ HIGH SEAS FORECAST ============================ FQZA31 FAPR 281730 WEATHER BULLETIN FOR THE HIGH SEAS FOR METAREA VII. ISSUED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE ON THE 28TH OF NOVEMBER 2025 AT 17:30 UTC. FOR SOUTH-EAST SECTOR OF METAREA. VII, PREPARED BY REUNION, SEE AREA 2 BELOW. NOTE: WX OBSERVATIONS. ====================== COULD ALL VESSELS EXPERIENCING UNEXPECTED, SEVERE WX/SEA STATE PLEASE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO REPORT THIS TO SAWS VIA CAPE TOWN RADIO. AREA 1: ======= FORECAST VALID FROM 282200 TO 292200 UTC: WIND IN KNOTS, WAVE HEIGHTS IN METERS. NO SEA STATE GIVEN IF WAVES LESS THAN 3M. NOTE THE WIND SPEEDS QUOTED HERE ARE THE EXPECTED AVERAGE SPEEDS. INDIVIDUAL GUSTS MAY EXCEED THESE VALUES BY A FACTOR OF UP TO 1.5. WAVE HEIGHTS ARE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHTS, WHICH MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY INDIVIDUAL WAVES 1.5 TO 2.0 TIMES HIGHER. GALE FORCE WARNINGS: ==================== Nil. SYNOPTIC CHART 12:00Z ===================== High 1020 hPa 30s05w, High 1024 hPa 37s39e. Low 1012 hPa 30s30w, Low 976 hPa 50s04w, Low 980 hPa 52s12e. 1. Cold Front: 20s32w 25s25w into 30s30w. 2. Cold Front: 44s16w 45s02 50s02e into 50s04w. 3. Cold Front: 35s03e 40s15e 50s18e into 52s12e. AREA FORECAST: ============== ASCENSION (06S/15S, 00E/20W): WIND : SE to E 10 to 15. VIS : Good. ANGOLA (06S/15S, 00E/00N): WIND : SW 05 to 10 in the north-east, otherwise S to SE 10 to 15. VIS : Good. ST HELENA (15S/30S, 00E/20W): WIND : Anticyclonic 05 to 10 in the south-east, otherwise SE to E 05 to 15 reaching 25 in places in the north-east. It will become NW 15 to 20 in the extreme south-west during the second half of the period. VIS : Good. TRADES (15S/30S, 00E/WEST COAST): WIND : S to SE 05 to 15, reaching 20 to 25 in places in the north-east. VIS : Good but moderate in showers and rain in the eastern parts during the first half of the period. TRISTAN (30S/40S, 00E/20W): WIND : Variable 05 to 10 in the north-east, otherwise N to NW 15 to 25, reaching 30 in the west during the second half of the period. VIS : Good, but moderate to poor in showers and thundershowers over the southern half, including the north-western parts during the second half of the period. SEA STATE: 3.0 to 3.5m in the southern parts, including the entire southern half during the second half of the period, with W to SW swell. CAPE WEST (30S/40S, 00E/20E): WIND : Variable 05 in the west and north-west, otherwise W to SW 10 to 15, reaching 20 to 25 in the south-east. It will become N to NW 15 to 25 in the south-west. VIS : Good, but moderate in showers and rain in places in the east at first. SEA STATE: 3.5 to 4.5 in the south-west, spreading to the south-east towards the end of the period, with SW swell. CAPE EAST (32.5S/40S, 20E/50E): WIND : N to NE 15 to 25 in the eastern parts, otherwise W to SW 15 to 25. It will become cyclonic 20 to 30 over the central parts during the second half of the period. VIS : Good, but moderate to poor in showers and thundershower in places in the west, drifting to the central parts during the second half of the period. SEA STATE: 4.0 to 5.0m in the south-west, with SW swell. DURBAN EAST (32.5S/25S, EAST COAST/55E): WIND : N to NE 15 to 25 in the western parts where it will become SW 15 to 25 towards the end of the period, otherwise E to SE 15 to 25. VIS : Good, but moderate to poor in showers and thundershowers in the south-west the extreme north-east. SEA STATE: 3.0m to 3.5m in the east and the south-west, with SW swell but NE in the south-west. MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL: WIND : Variable 05 to 10 in the north, but E to SE 05 to 15 reaching 25 in the extreme south-east and W to NW 05 to 10 in the east. VIS : Good, but moderate in showers and thundershowers in the extreme north-east. SEA STATE: 3.0m in the south-east at first, with SE swell. MADAGASCAR EAST (10S/25S, EAST COAST/55E): WIND : E to SE 05 to 15, reaching 20 in the south-west, but variable 05 to 10 in the east. VIS : Moderate in showers and thundershowers in places. MARION FORTIES EAST (40S/50S, 35E/50E): WIND : W to SW 15 to 25, reaching 30 over the central and eastern parts at first. It will become NW 20 to 25 in the western parts during the second half of the period. VIS : Good, but moderate to poor in showers and rain in the western parts, spreading to the east during the second half of the period. SEA STATE: 3.5 to 4.5m, with W to SW swell in the south-west. AREA 2: ======= MARINE METEOROLOGICAL BULLETIN FROM METEO-FRANCE/LA REUNION ON AREA ACK (AMSTERDAM-CROZET-KERGUELEN) 25/11/28 AT 1600UTC AVERAGED WIND SPEED ON BEAUFORT SCALE. (Wind gusts may be about 40% stronger than the averages given here). PART 1: WARNING Nil PART 2: GENERAL SYNOPSIS, 25/11/28 AT 1200UTC - Cold front (CF) 30S/55E, 34S/64E, 39S/65E, 40S/72E, 45S/80E. PART 3: FORECAST FOR 24 HOURS FROM 25/11/28 at 1800UTC to 25/11/29 at 1800UTC WAM (30S/40S, 50E/65E) Scattered rain (CF). WIND : SW 4/5 locally 6 over far southern becoming anticlockwise 2/4 over northern SEA : moderate to rough over Northern to Southern , locally very rough over far northern. SW swell 2 to 3 m. VIS : poor in precipitation. AMS (30S/40S, 65E/80E) Scattered rain (CF) moving eastward. WIND : NW 4/5 locally 6 over southern, backing SW 4/5 locally 6 behind the front. SEA : rough. SW swell 2 to 4 m. VIS : poor to very poor in precipitation. CRO (40S/50S, 50E/65E) Showers and squalls. WIND : Westerly 5/6 locally 7 decreasing 4/5 from West at end. SEA : rough to very rough. W swell 2 to 3 m. VIS : poor to very poor in precipitations.. KER (40S/50S, 65E/80E) Rain (CF) then showers and squalls. WIND : W 4/5 locally 6 over far North-Western. SEA : rough. W swell 2 to 4 m. VIS : poor to very poor in precipitation.