Weather Indian Ocean Meteorological Bulletin MET Area IX - The Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf, north of Area VIII

WWPK20 OPKC 040705
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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