Weather Indian Ocean Meteorological Bulletin MET Area IX - The Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea an

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MARINE METEOROLOGICAL BULLETIN FOR MET AREA IX

VALID FOR 24 HOURS COMMENCING FROM 0700 UTC

DATED 02-10-2016

BY PAKISTAN METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT

PART -I: NIL.

PART II: NIL.

PART -III: FORECAST:

SUB AREA NO.1 NORTH ARABIAN SEA

WIND W/NW LY 07-12KT GUSTING 18KT NORTH OF 24N. W/NW LY 07-12KT GUSTING 20KT SOUTH OF 24N. WEATHER FAIR/PARTLY CLOUDY WITH HAZY MORNING. VISIBILITY MODERATE MAY BE POOR IN HAZE. STATE OF SEA SLIGHT/MODERATE.

SUB AREA NO. 2 GULF OF OMAN WIND

SE/E LY BECMG W/NW LY 05-10KT GUSTING 15KT NORTH OF 24N. SW/S LY 07-12KT GUSTING 20KT SOUTH OF 24N. WEATHER FAIR/PARTLY CLOUDY WITH HAZY MORNING. VISIBILITY MODERATE MAY BE POOR IN HAZE. STATE OF SEA SLIGHT/MODERATE/ROUGH IN SOUTHERN SECTOR..

SUB AREA NO. 3 CENTRAL NORTH ARABIAN SEA

(12ON/55OE, 12ON/63OE, 20ON/58OE, 20ON/67OE) WIND W/NW LY 10-15KT GUSTING 20KT NORTH OF 18N AND EAST OF 65E. SW/NW LY 07-12KT GUSTING 20KT NORTH OF 18N AND WEST OF 65E. W/NW LY 05-10KT GUSTING 15KT SOUTH OF 18N AND EAST OF 63E. S/SW LY 10-15KT GUSTING 20KT SOUTH OF 18N AND WEST OF 63E. WEATHER PARTLY CLOUDY/CLOUDY WITH CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORM/ RAIN IN SOUTHERN SECTOR. VISIBILITY MODERATE MAY BE POOR IN RAIN. STATE OF SEA SLIGHT/MODERATE.

SUB AREA NO. 4 GULF OF ADEN

WIND NE/SE LY 05-10KT GUSTING 18KT WEST OF 50E. S/ SW LY 12-18KT GUSTING 25KT EAST OF 50E. WEATHER FAIR/PARTLY CLOUDY WITH HAZY MORNING. VISIBILITY MODERATE MAY BE POOR IN HAZE. STATE OF SEA SLIGHT/MODERATE OCCASIONALLY ROUGH IN EASTERN SECTOR.

SUB AREA NO. 5 ARABIAN GULF (PREPARED BY QATAR METEOROLOGY DEPARTMENT)

PART I : NIL

PART II : HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GULF AREA.

PART III : FORECASTS:

SUB AREA NO.(1) : NORTH OF THE GULF SEA (AREA AGN)

WIND NORTHWESTERLY-NORTHERLY 05-15KT. WEATHER SLIGHT DUST AT TIMES. VISIBILITY GOOD. STATE OF SEA SLIGHT, MODERATE AT FIRST.

SUB AREA NO. (2) SOUTH OF THE GULF SEA (AREA AGS)

WIND NORTHWESTERLY-SOUTHWESTERLY 05-15KT, REACHES 22KT AT FIRST TO THE EAST. WEATHER SLIGHT DUST AT TIMES. VISIBILITY GOOD. STATE OF SEA SLIGHT, MODERATE AT FIRST.

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