Bulletinset for METAREA 7 Edition date (UTC): 2026-01-27 09:40:38 ============================ HIGH SEAS FORECAST ============================ FQZA31 FAPR 270830 WEATHER BULLETIN FOR THE HIGH SEAS FOR METAREA VII. ISSUED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE ON THE 27TH OF JANUARY 2026 AT 08:30 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 271000 TO 281000 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 06:00Z ===================== High 1020 hPa 37s35w, High 1024 hPa 40s55e Low 980 hPa 55s35e COLD Front 36s31e, 44s39e, 54s39e into 55s35e AREA FORECAST: ============== ASCENSION (06S/15S, 00E/20W): WIND : SE to E 10 to 15. VIS : Good. ANGOLA (06S/15S, 00E/00N): WIND : S to SE 10 to 15, but SW 05 to 10 in the north-east. VIS : Good. ST HELENA (15S/30S, 00E/20W): WIND : E to SE 05 to 15, but W to NW 10 to 20 in the south-west spreading to the south by mid-period. VIS : Good, becoming moderate in showers and thundershowers in the south-west towards mid-period. TRADES (15S/30S, 00E/WEST COAST): WIND : S to SE 10 to 20 reaching 25 in the south-east at times, but variable 05 to 10 in the south-west. VIS : Good. TRISTAN (30S/40S, 00E/20W): WIND : Anticyclonic 05 to 15 in the west, otherwise cyclonic 15 to 25 spreading to the central and eastern parts from mid-period. VIS : Good, but moderate to poor in showers and thundershowers in the north-west drifting to the central and east parts from mid-period. SEA STATE: 3.0m in the south-east at first, otherwise in the central and north-western parts from mid-period, with SW swell. CAPE WEST (30S/40S, 00E/20E): WIND : SW to W 15 to 25 in the south, otherwise anticyclonic 05 to 10 in the north-west, but S to SE 10 to 20 in the north-east. VIS : Good becoming moderate showers and thundershowers in the west towards the end of the period. SEA STATE: 3.0m but 4.0 to 4.5m in the southern parts, with SW swell. CAPE EAST (32.5S/40S, 20E/50E): WIND : W to SW 15 to 25 in the south-west, otherwise anticyclonic 05 to 15 reaching 20 in the southern parts. VIS : Good, but moderate in showers and thundershowers in places over the north-western, central and southern. SEA STATE: 3.0 to 3.5m in the western parts with S to SW swell, but with E to NE swell in the north-west. DURBAN EAST (32.5S/25S, EAST COAST/55E): WIND : E to SE 10 to 20, but NE 10 to 20 in the west. VIS : Good, but moderate to poor in showers and thundershowers in the east and north-east. SEA STATE: 3.0m in the south-east and south-west, with S to SE swell. MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL: WIND : NW 10 to 20, otherwise S to SE 10 to 20 reaching 25 in the south-east for the first of the period. VIS : Good, but moderate to poor in showers and thundershowers in the northern and central parts. MADAGASCAR EAST (10S/25S, EAST COAST/55E): WIND : E to NE 10 to 20 in the south, otherwise cyclonic 10 to 20. VIS : Moderate to poor in showers and thundershowers. MARION FORTIES EAST (40S/50S, 35E/50E): WIND : NW 15 to 25 reaching 30 in the central and south-eastern parts for the first of the period. VIS : Good, but moderate in showers and thundershowers in the northern, central and south-eastern parts, drifting to the north-east from the second half of the period. SEA STATE: 3.0 to 4.0m, with W to SW swell. AREA 2: ======= MARINE METEOROLOGICAL BULLETIN FROM METEO-FRANCE/LA REUNION ON AREA ACK (AMSTERDAM-CROZET-KERGUELEN) 26/01/27 AT 0600UTC 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, 26/01/27 AT 0000UTC - HIGH 1025 HPA NEAR 39S/54E, MOVING EASTWARD. - COLD FRONT (CF) AXIS 30S/61E, 39S/74E WITH LOW 013 HPA NEAR 42S/74E, MOVING EASTWARD. - COLD FRONT (CG) ARRIVING OVER CRO LATER. PART 3: FORECAST FOR 24 HOURS FROM 26/01/27 AT 0600UTC TO 26/01/28 AT 0600UTC WAM (30S/40S, 50E/65E) SHOWERS AND LOCALLY STORMY SQUALLS (CF) IN THE NORTH. WIND: EASTERLY 4/5, LOCALLY 6 IN THE NORTH AND 4/5 IN THE SOUTH, BECOMING VARIABLE ANTICLOCWIZE 2/4 IN THE SOUTH QUARTER, BUT VARIABLE 2/3 IN THE FAR NORTH-EAST WITH CF. SEA: MODERATE TO ROUGH, BECOMING MODERATE. VISI: VERY POOR IN PRECIPITATION. AMS (30S/40S, 65E/80E) RAIN, SHOWERS AND LOCALLY STORMY SQUALLS (CF) WIND: SOUTH TO SOUTH-EAST 4/5 BEHIND CF OVER SOUTH-WESTERN AND VARIABLE 2/3 IN THE NORTH AND NORTH-EASTERLY 3/4 IN THE SOUTH-EAST AHEAD OF CF. SEA : MODERATE, LOCALLY ROUGH IN THE SOUTH AT FIRST. VIS : VERY POOR IN PRECIPITATION. CRO (40S/50S, 50E/65E) SCATTERED SHOWERS. RAIN AND SHOWERS (CG) LATER IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN HALF. WIND: NORTH HALF: ANTICLOCKWISE 2/4, INCREASING NORTH-WESTERLY 5/6 IN THE SOUTH-WEST LATER WITH CG SOUTH HALF: NORTH-WESTERLY 3/4, INCREASING 5/6, LOCALLY 7 WITH CG, DECREASING WESTERLY 3/4 IN THE SOUTH-WEST AT THE END. SEA : MODERATE TO ROUGH. NORTH-WESTERLY SWELL 2/4M IN THE SOUTH-WEST AT THE END. VIS : POOR IN PRECIPITATION. KER (40S/50S, 65E/80E) RAIN, SHOWERS AND LOCALLY STORMY SQUALLS IN THE NORTHEAST CF WIND: SOUTHERLY 4/5, BECOMING LATER ANTICLOCKWISE 2/4 IN THE NORTH WITH WESTERLY TO NORTH-WESTERLY 4/5 IN THE SOUTH. BUT CLOCKWISE 4/6 OVER THE NORTHEAST QUARTER AT THE START. SEA : ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH. VIS : POOR TO VERY POOR DURING PRECIPITATION.=