Bulletinset for METAREA 8S Edition date (UTC): 2024-04-18 06:26:38 ============================ HIGH SEAS FORECAST ============================ FQIO25 FIMP 180100 1:31:08:01:00 SECURITE SHIPPING BULLETIN FOR MET AREA VIII(S) MAURITIUS METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES ISSUED ON THURSDAY 18 APRIL 2024 AT 0100 UTC. PART 1: WARNING NIL. PART 2: GENERAL SYNOPSIS OBSERVED AT 0000 UTC ON THURSDAY 18 APRIL 2024. EQUATORIAL TROUGH AXIS CENTRED ALONG LATITUDE 4S AND BETWEEN LONGITUDES 60E AND 95E. MONSOON TROUGH ALONG 06S 38E IN TO WAVE NEAR 08S 42E CONTINUES ALONG 07S 27E, 05S 58E. REMNANTS OF FRONTAL SYSTEM ALONG 18S 60E, 20S 70E, 25S 80E, 30S 90E. HIGH 1030 HPA NEAR 35S 46E EXTENDING RIDGE ALONG 30S 60E, 21S 75E. PART 3: AREA FORECAST VALID TILL FRIDAY 19 APRIL 2024 AT 0000 UTC. 8/1: SOUTH EASTERLY 15-20. SEA VERY ROUGH IN EXTREME SOUTH, ROUGH ELSEWHERE. VISIBILITY MODERATE IN SHOWERS. 8/2: SOUTH WESTERLY TURNING TO NORTH WESTERLY 10 IN EXTREME SOUTH EAST. SOUTHERLY 10 IN REMAINING SOUTH. SOUTH EASTERLY 10-15 ELSEWHERE. SEA MODERATE IN NORTH EAST, ROUGH ELSEWHERE TO LOCALLY VERY ROUGH IN EXTREME SOUTH. VISIBILITY MODERATE TO POOR IN ISOLATED THUNDERY SHOWERS ALONG REMNANTS OF FRONTAL SYSTEM. 8/3 & 8/4: SOUTH EASTERLY 15-25. SEA ROUGH IN SOUTH 8/3 AND NORTH WEST 8/3, MODERATE ELSEWHERE. VISIBILITY MODERATE TO POOR IN ISOLATED THUNDERY SHOWERS IN NORTH WEST 8/4. 8/5: SOUTH EASTERLY 05-15 IN SOUTH. SOUTH EASTERLY TURNING TO SOUTH WESTERLY 05-10 IN NORTH. SEA MODERATE BECOMING ROUGH IN THUNDERSTORMS. VISIBILITY POOR IN THUNDERY SHOWERS. 8/6: EASTERLY TO SOUTH EASTERLY 10-15 IN SOUTH. VARIABLE 05-10 IN NORTH. SEA MODERATE BECOMING ROUGH IN THUNDERSTORMS. VISIBILITY POOR IN SCATTERED THUNDERY SHOWERS. 8/7: SOUTH EASTERLY 15-20 IN SOUTH WEST. EASTERLY10-15 ELSEWHERE. SEA ROUGH IN SOUTH AND IN THUNDERSTORMS, MODERATE ELSEWHERE. VISIBILITY POOR IN SCATTERED THUNDERY SHOWERS. PART 4: OUTLOOK FOR FURTHER 24 HOURS: NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE. END=