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 04-12-2016

BY PAKISTAN METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT

PART -I: NIL.

PART –II: NIL.

PART -III: FORECAST:

SUB AREA NO.1 NORTH ARABIAN SEA

WIND:- SW'LY BECMG NW/NE 07-12KT GUSTING 18KT NORTH OF 24N.

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

WEATHER:- FAIR WITH HAZY/MISTY MORNING.

VISIBILITY:- MODERATE MAY BE POOR IN HAZE/MIST.

STATE OF SEA:- SLIGHT/MODERATE.

SUB AREA NO. 2 GULF OF OMAN

WIND:- SW/NW'LY BECMG E/SE’LY 05-10KT GUSTING 15KT NORTH OF 24N.

NE’LY 07-12KT GUSTING 18KT SOUTH OF 24N.

WEATHER:- FAIR/PARTLY CLOUDY WITH HAZY/MISTY MORNING.

VISIBILITY:- MODERATE MAY BE POOR IN HAZE/MIST.

STATE OF SEA:- SLIGHT/MODERATE.

SUB AREA NO. 3 CENTRAL NORTH ARABIAN SEA (12ºN/55ºE, 12ºN/63ºE, 20°N/58°E, 20ºN/67ºE)

WIND:- NE’LY 10-15KT GUSTING 20KT NORTH OF 18N AND EAST OF 65E.

NE’LY 10-15KT GUSTING 20KT NORTH OF 18N AND WEST OF 65E.

NE’LY 10-15KT GUSTING 20KT SOUTH OF 18N AND EAST OF 63E.

NE'LY 10-15KT GUSTING 21 SOUTH OF 18N AND WEST OF 63E.

WEATHER:- PARTLY CLOUDY/CLOUDY WITH CHANCES OF 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/E’LY 10-15KT GUSTING 20KT WEST OF 50E.

NE’LY 10-15KT GUSTING 20KT 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:- NW'LY 15-25KT.

WEATHER:- HAZY WITH SOME CLOUDS.

VISIBILITY:- MODERATE.

STATE OF SEA:- MODERATE/ROUGH.

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

WIND:- NW'LY 15-25/28 KT.

WEATHER:- HAZY WITH SOME CLOUDS.

VISIBILITY:- MODERATE.

STATE OF SEA:- MODERATE/ROUGH.

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