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SHIPPING BULLETIN FOR MET AREA VIII(S) MAURITIUS METEOROLOGICAL

SERVICES ISSUED ON FRIDAY 24 OCTOBER 2025 AT 1300 UTC.



PART 1: TTT WARNING OF GALE

AT 1200 UTC, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM CHENGE 1000 HPA  WAS CENTERED

WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 8.9 S / 54.5 E

(EIGHT DECIMAL NINE DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY FOUR DECIMAL FIVE DEGREES

EAST)

MOVEMENT: WEST 10 KT



SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 250 NM RADIUS AROUND THE CENTER.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS EXTENDING UP TO

100 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 60

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE,

EXTENDING UP TO 155 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 165 NM

IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



PART 2: GENERAL SYNOPSIS OBSERVED AT 1200 UTC ON FRIDAY 24 OCTOBER

2025.



MODERATE TROPICAL STORM CHENGE 1000 HPA NEAR 8.9S 54.5E. MOVEMENT:

WEST 10 KT

EQUATORIAL TROUGH AXIS BETWEEN LATITUDES 03S AND 06S AND LONGITUDES

70E TO 95E.

TROPICAL DISTURBANCE 1005 HPA NEAR 09S 81E.

FRONTAL SYSTEM ALONG 30S 76S, 31S 80E, 34S 88E.

HIGH 1025 HPA NEAR 32S 62E.



PART 3: AREA FORECAST VALID TILL SATURDAY 25 OCTOBER 2025 AT 1200

UTC.



8/1: SOUTH EASTERLY TO EAST NORTH EASTERLY 05-10 IN SOUTH WEST. EAST

SOUTH EASTERLY 10-15 ELSEWHERE.

SEA MODERATE IN NORTH EAST, ROUGH ELSEWHERE.

VISIBILITY MODERATE IN SHOWERS IN SOUTH EAST.



8/2: VARIABLE 05-10 IN SOUTH EAST. SOUTH WESTERLY TO SOUTH EASTERLY

05-10 IN SOUTH WEST. EAST SOUTH EASTERLY 15 ELSEWHERE.

SEA VERY ROUGH IN SOUTH WEST, MODERATE ELSEWHERE.

VISIBILITY MODERATE IN SHOWERS.



EXTREME NORTH WEST 8/3: SAME AS IN TTT WARNING OF PART 1.

REMAINING 8/3:  EAST SOUTH EASTERLY 15-20.

SEA ROUGH.

VISIBILITY MODERATE TO POOR IN ISOLATED THUNDERY SHOWERS IN EXTREME

NORTH EAST.



8/4: EAST SOUTH EASTERLY 20-25.

SEA MODERATE IN EXTREME EAST, ROUGH ELSEWHERE.

VISIBILITY POOR IN THUNDERY SHOWERS IN NORTH.



EXTREME SOUTH WEST 8/5: SAME AS IN TTT WARNING OF PART 1.

REMAINING 8/5: SOUTH EASTERLY TO SOUTH WESTERLY 10-15 IN EAST.

WESTERLY TO NORTH EASTERLY 15-20 IN EXTREME WEST. EASTERLY 10-15

ELSEWHERE.

SEA ROUGH IN SOUTH, MODERATE ELSEWHERE.

VISIBILITY MODERATE TO POOR IN ISOLATED THUNDERY SHOWERS IN EXTREME

SOUTH EAST.



8/6: CLOCKWISE 10-15 IN WEST. NORTH EASTERLY TO NORTHERLY 10 IN NORTH

EAST. NORTH EASTERLY 05 IN SOUTH EAST.

SEA ROUGH IN SOUTH WEST, MODERATE ELSEWHERE.

VISIBILITY POOR IN THUNDERY SHOWERS IN SOUTH AND IN NORTH EAST.



SOUTH EAST 8/7: SAME AS IN TTT WARNING OF PART 1.

REMAINING 8/7: SOUTH WESTERLY TO WESTERLY 15-20 IN NORTH EAST.

SOUTHERLY 10-20 ELSEWHERE.

SEA ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH IN SOUTH EAST, MODERATE ELSEWHERE.

VISIBILITY POOR IN THUNDERY SHOWERS IN SOUTH EAST.



PART 4: OUTLOOK FOR FURTHER 24 HOURS.

CHENGE IS EXPECTED TO TRACK IN A GENERAL WESTERLY DIRECTION WHILE

WEAKENING. VERY ROUGH SEAS EXPECTED IN SOUTH EAST 8/1 AND IN EXTREME

SOUTH WEST 8/2.



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