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SHIPPING BULLETIN FOR MET AREA VIII(S) MAURITIUS METEOROLOGICAL

SERVICES ISSUED ON SUNDAY 14 DECEMBER 2025 AT 1300 UTC.



PART 1: TTT WARNING OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS

SITUATION

AT 1200 UTC SEVERE TROPICAL CYCLONE BAKUNG WAS CENTRED WITHIN 20

NAUTICAL MILES OF LATITUDE TEN DECIMAL SEVEN SOUTH (10.7S) LONGITUDE

NINETY DECIMAL SEVEN EAST (90.7E) RECENT MOVEMENT : SOUTHWEST AT 5

KNOTS MAXIMUM WINDS : 65 KNOTS CENTRAL PRESSURE: 978 HPA



AREA AFFECTED

WITHIN 30 NAUTICAL MILES IN NE QUADRANT AND WITHIN 40 NAUTICAL MILES

IN SE QUADRANT AND WITHIN 50 NAUTICAL MILES IN SW QUADRANT AND WITHIN

30 NAUTICAL MILES IN NW QUADRANT.



FORECAST

MAXIMUM WINDS TO 65 KNOTS NEAR THE CENTRE EASING TO 45 KNOTS BY 1200

UTC 15 DECEMBER. WINDS ABOVE 64 KNOTS WITHIN 10 NAUTICAL MILES OF

CENTRE WITH HIGH SEAS. WINDS ABOVE 48 KNOTS WITHIN 15 NAUTICAL MILES

IN NE QUADRANT AND WITHIN 20 NAUTICAL MILES IN SE QUADRANT AND WITHIN

20 NAUTICAL MILES IN SW QUADRANT AND WITHIN 15 NAUTICAL MILES IN NW

QUADRANT WITH VERY ROUGH SEAS AND MODERATE SWELL. WINDS ABOVE 34

KNOTS WITHIN 30 NAUTICAL MILES IN NE QUADRANT AND WITHIN 40 NAUTICAL

MILES IN SE QUADRANT AND WITHIN 50 NAUTICAL MILES IN SW QUADRANT AND

WITHIN 30 NAUTICAL MILES IN NW QUADRANT WITH ROUGH SEAS AND MODERATE

SWELL.



FORECAST POSITIONS

AT 0000 UTC 15 DECEMBER: WITHIN 40 NAUTICAL MILES OF 10.9 SOUTH 91.1

EAST CENTRAL PRESSURE 985 HPA. WINDS TO 55 KNOTS NEAR CENTRE. AT 1200

UTC 15 DECEMBER: WITHIN 60 NAUTICAL MILES OF 11.0 SOUTH 92.1 EAST

CENTRAL PRESSURE 992 HPA. WINDS TO 45 KNOTS NEAR CENTRE.



PART 2: GENERAL SYNOPSIS OBSERVED AT 1200 UTC ON SUNDAY 14 DECEMBER

2025.

EQUATORIAL TROUGH AXIS CENTRED ALONG 09S EAST OF 50E.

BAKUNG 978 HPA NEAR 10.7S 90.7E. MOV SW 05 KT.

WAVE NEAR 06S 54E.

WAVE NEAR 08S 65E.

HIGH 1028 HPA NEAR 33S 65E.



PART 3: AREA FORECAST VALID TILL MONDAY 15 DECEMBER 2025 AT 1200 UTC.



8/1: SOUTH EASTERLY TO EASTERLY 15-20. SEA MODERATE IN SOUTH WEST,

ROUGH ELSEWHERE. VISIBILITY MODERATE IN SCATTERED SHOWERS IN NORTH.



8/2: CLOCKWISE 25 IN SOUTH EAST. NORTH EASTERLY TO NORTHERLY 05-10 IN

REMAINING EAST. SOUTH EASTERLY 20-25 ELSEWHERE. SEA MODERATE IN NORTH

EAST, ROUGH ELSEWHERE. VISIBILITY POOR IN SCATTERED THUNDERY SHOWERS

IN CENTRAL PART.



8/3: SOUTH EASTERLY 15-20. SEA MODERATE IN NORTH, ROUGH ELSEWHERE.

VISIBILITY POOR IN SCATTERED THUNDERY SHOWERS IN NORTH EAST.



EXTREME NORTH EAST 8/4: SAME AS IN TTT WARNING OF PART 1.

REMAINING 8/4: EASTERLY 10 IN SOUTH EAST. SOUTH EASTERLY 15

ELSEWHERE. SEA MODERATE. VISIBILITY MODERATE IN SCATTERED SHOWERS IN

CENTRAL PART.



8/5: CLOCKWISE 10 IN SOUTH EAST AND CENTRAL SOUTH. EASTERLY 10 IN

SOUTH WEST. NORTH WESTERLY TO WESTERLY 10-15 ELSEWHERE. SEA ROUGH IN

EAST AND CENTRAL NORTH, MODERATE ELSEWHERE. VISIBILITY POOR IN

SCATTERED THUNDERY SHOWERS IN SOUTH AND WEST.



EXTREME SOUTH EAST 8/6: SAME AS IN TTT WARNING OF PART 1.

REMAINING 8/6: CLOCKWISE 05 IN SOUTH WEST. WESTERLY TO NORTH WESTERLY

15-20 ELSEWHERE. SEA ROUGH. VISIBILITY POOR IN WIDESPREAD THUNDERY

SHOWERS.



8/7: CLOCKWISE 05 IN EAST. SOUTH EASTERLY 10-15 ELSEWHERE. SEA SLIGHT

TO MODERATE. VISIBILITY POOR IN SCATTERED THUNDERY SHOWERS IN SOUTH

EAST.



PART 4: OUTLOOK FOR FURTHER 24 HOURS:

NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE.



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