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MARINE METEOROLOGICAL BULLETIN FOR MET AREA IX VALID FOR 24 HOURS

COMMENCING FROM 0700 UTC DATED 16-10-2016 BY PAKISTAN METEOROLOGICAL

DEPARTMENT.

PART -I: NIL.

PART –II: NIL.

PART -III: FORECAST:

SUB AREA NO.1 NORTH ARABIAN SEA

WIND SW/NW’LY 10-15KT GUSTING 20KT NORTH OF 24N.

SW/NW’LY 10-15KT GUSTING 20KT SOUTH OF 24N.

WEATHER FAIR/PARTLY CLOUDY WITH MISTY MORNING.

VISIBILITY MODERATE MAY BE POOR IN MIST.

STATE OF SEA SLIGHT/MODERATE.

SUB AREA NO. 2 GULF OF OMAN

WIND NE/SE’LY 05-10KT GUSTING 15KT NORTH OF 24N.

S/SW’LY 10-15KT GUSTING 20KT SOUTH OF 24N.

WEATHER FAIR/PARTLY CLOUDY WITH MISTY MORNING.

VISIBILITY MODERATE MAY BE POOR IN MIST.

STATE OF SEA SLIGHT/MODERATE OCCASIONALLY ROUGH IN SOUTHERN SECTOR.

SUB AREA NO. 3 CENTRAL NORTH ARABIAN SEA

(12ºN/55ºE, 12ºN/63ºE, 20°N/58°E, 20ºN/67ºE)

WIND NW/NE’LY 05-10KT GUSTING 15KT NORTH OF 18N AND EAST OF 65E.

SW/NW’LY BECMG SE/SW 05-10KT GUSTING 18KT NORTH OF 18N

AND WEST OF 65E.

N/NE’LY 05-10KT GUSTING 15KT SOUTH OF 18N AND EAST OF 63E.

SW/NW’LY BECMG NE/SE 07-12KT GUSTING 18KT SOUTH OF 18N AND

WEST OF 63E.

WEATHER FAIR/PARTLY CLOUDY WITH HAZY MORNING.

VISIBILITY MODERATE MAY BE POOR IN HAZE.

STATE OF SEA SLIGHT/MODERATE.

SUB AREA NO. 4 GULF OF ADEN

WIND NE/E’LY 07-12KT GUSTING 18KT WEST OF 50E.

SE/E’LY 07-12KT GUSTING 18KT EAST OF 50E.

WEATHER FAIR/PARTLY CLOUDY WITH HAZY/MISTY MORNING.

VISIBILITY MODERATE MAY BE POOR IN HAZE/MIST.

STATE OF SEA SLIGHT/MODERATE.

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 05-15KT.

WEATHER HAZY TO MISTY MORNING.

VISIBILITY MODERATE.

STATE OF SEA SLIGHT.

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

WIND NORTHWESTERLY-SOUTHWESTERLY 05-15KT REACHES 18KT AT TIMES.

WEATHER HAZY TO MISTY MORNING.

VISIBILITY MODERATE.

STATE OF SEA SLIGHT/ MODERATE.

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