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WEATHER BULLETIN FOR THE HIGH SEAS FOR METAREA VII. WEST OF 20E.
ISSUED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE ON THE 18TH OF OCTOBER 2024 AT 16:30 UTC.
FOR SOUTH-EAST SECTOR OF METAREA. VII, PREPARED BY REUNION, SEE AREA 2 BELOW.
NOTE: WX OBSERVATIONS.
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COULD ALL VESSELS EXPERIENCING UNEXPECTED, SEVERE WX/SEA STATE PLEASE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO REPORT THIS TO SAWS VIA CAPE TOWN RADIO.
AREA 1:
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FORECAST VALID FROM 182200 TO 192200 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:
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1. TRISTAN: NE 35 in the south-west towards the end of the period.
SYNOPTIC CHART 12:00Z
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High 1033 hPa 38s19w
AREA FORECAST:
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ASCENSION (06S/15S, 00E/20W):
WIND : SE to E 05 to 15.
VIS : Good.
ANGOLA (06S/15S, 00E/00N):
WIND : SE to S 05 to 15, but W to SW 05 to 15 in the east, where it
will become NE 05 to 15 by the second half of the period.
VIS : Good.
ST HELENA (15S/30S, 00E/20W):
WIND : E to SE 15 to 20, but NE 10 to 20 in the south-west.
VIS : Good, but moderate to poor in showers and rain in the south-
west.
TRADES (15S/30S, 00E/WEST COAST):
WIND : SE to S 10 to 20, reaching 25 to 30 in the east.
VIS : Good, but moderate in the south-west at the end of the period.
TRISTAN (30S/40S, 00E/20W):
WIND : SW 05 to 15 in the south-east but S to SE 15 to 25 in the
north-east, otherwise NE 15 to 25 reaching 30 to 35 in the
south-west towards the end of the period, while becoming
anticyclonic 05 in the extreme south-west spreading to the
east by the end of the period.
VIS : Good but moderate in showers and rain in the north-east at
first, but in the south-west towards mid-period.
SEA STATE: 3.0 to 4.0m in the south-west from mid-period, with N swell.
CAPE WEST (30S/40S, 00E/20E):
WIND : S to SE 05 to 15 reaching 20 in the extreme east becoming W to
SW 05 to 15 in the south by the end of the period.
VIS : Good, but moderate to poor in showers and rain in the
south-east but only in the north-west until mid-period.
SEA STATE: 3.0m in the south by then end of the period, with SW swell.
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