Bulletinset for METAREA 8S Edition date (UTC): 2025-01-18 03:56:06 ============================ HIGH SEAS FORECAST ============================ FQIO25 FIMP 180100 1:31:08:01:00 SECURITE SHIPPING BULLETIN FOR MET AREA VIII(S) MAURITIUS METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES ISSUED ON SATURDAY 18 JANUARY 2025 AT 0100 UTC PART 1: WARNING NIL. PART 2: GENERAL SYNOPSIS OBSERVED AT 0000 UTC ON SATURDAY 18 JANUARY 2025. EQUATORIAL TROUGH AXIS CENTERED ALONG 10S BETWEEN 50E AND 95E. TROPICAL WAVES NEAR 12S 51E, 14S 72E AND 12S 80E. TROPICAL LOW 1007 HPA NEAR 10S 66E. FRONTAL SYSTEM ALONG 26S 50E, 30S 60E. HIGH 1017 HPA NEAR 30S 94E EXTENDING RIDGE ALONG 24S 60E. PART 3: AREA FORECAST VALID TILL SUNDAY 19 JANUARY 2025 AT 0000 UTC. 8/1: SOUTH EASTERLY TO NORTH WESTERLY 10-20 ALONG TROUGH AXIS IN EXTREME SOUTH WEST. ANTICLOCKWISE EASTERLY TO NORTH WESTERLY 10-20 ELSEWHERE. SEA ROUGH IN EXTREME SOUTH WEST AND EXTREME CENTRAL SOUTH, MODERATE ELSEWHERE. VISIBILITY POOR IN THUNDERY SHOWERS IN EXTREME SOUTH WEST. 8/2: VARIABLE 05 IN EXTREME SOUTH EAST AND EXTREME CENTRAL SOUTH. NORTH WESTERLY 05-15 IN REMAINING EXTREME SOUTH. MAINLY EASTERLY 05-15 ELSEWHERE. SEA ROUGH, IMPROVING GRADUALLY IN WEST. VISIBILITY MODERATE IN SHOWERS. 8/3: CLOCKWISE 05-15 IN NORTH EAST. SOUTH EASTERLY TO SOUTH WESTERLY 05-15 IN NORTH WEST. EAST SOUTH EASTERLY 10-20 IN SOUTH. SEA ROUGH IN SOUTH EAST AND CENTRAL EAST, IMPROVING GRADUALLY. VISIBILITY POOR IN ISOLATED THUNDERY SHOWERS IN EAST AND NORTH. 8/4: EASTERLY TO SOUTHERLY 05-15 ALONG TROUGH AXIS IN NORTH WEST. SOUTH EASTERLY TO EASTERLY 15-20 ELSEWHERE. SEA ROUGH. VISIBILITY POOR IN ISOLATED THUNDERY SHOWERS IN WEST AND NORTH. 8/5: CLOCKWISE 05-15 IN SOUTH EAST. WESTERLY TO SOUTH WESTERLY 10-15 IN SOUTH WEST. NORTH WESTERLY TO WESTERLY 05-15 IN NORTH. SEA MODERATE BECOMING LOCALLY ROUGH IN THUNDERY SHOWERS. VISIBILITY POOR IN THUNDERY SHOWERS. 8/6: CLOCKWISE 05-15 IN EAST. VARIABLE 05 IN EXTREME SOUTH WEST. WESTERLY 05-15 ELSEWHERE. SEA MODERATE BECOMING ROUGH IN EXTREME SOUTH EAST AND IN THUNDERY SHOWERS ELSEWHERE. VISIBILITY POOR IN THUNDERY SHOWERS. 8/7: VARIABLE 05 IN EXTREME SOUTH EAST. NORTH EASTERLY TO NORTHERLY 10-20 IN EXTREME WEST. NORTHERLY TO WESTERLY 10-15 ELSEWHERE. SEA MODERATE BECOMING ROUGH IN THUNDERY SHOWERS IN EAST AND SOUTH. VISIBILITY POOR IN THUNDERY SHOWERS. PART 4: OUTLOOK FOR FURTHER 24 HOURS. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE. END=