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MARINE METEOROLOGICAL BULLETIN FOR MET AREA IX

MARINE METEOROLOGICAL BULLETIN FOR MET AREA IX VALID FOR 24 HOURS COMMENCING FROM 0700 UTC DATED 12-09-2016 BY PAKISTAN METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT

PART -I: NIL.

PART –II: NIL.

PART -III: FORECAST:

SUB AREA NO.1 NORTH ARABIAN SEA WIND SW/W’LY 10-15KT GUSTING 20KT NORTH OF 24N. SW’LY 10-15KT GUSTING 20KT SOUTH OF 24N. WEATHER PARTLY CLOUDY/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 05-10KT GUSTING 15KT NORTH OF 24N. S/SW’LY 07-12KT GUSTING 18KT 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. 3 CENTRAL NORTH ARABIAN SEA (12ºN/55ºE, 12ºN/63ºE, 20°N/58°E, 20ºN/67ºE) WIND SW/W’LY 10-15KT GUSTING 20KT NORTH OF 18N AND EAST OF 65E. S/SW’LY 10-15KT GUSTING 20KT NORTH OF 18N AND WEST OF 65E. W/SW’LY 15-20KT GUSTING 25KT SOUTH OF 18N AND EAST OF 63E. SW’LY 21-27KT GUSTING 33KT SOUTH OF 18N AND WEST OF 63E. WEATHER PARTLY CLOUDY/CLOUDY WITH CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORM/ RAIN IN EASTERN SECTOR. VISIBILITY MODERATE MAY BE POOR IN RAIN. STATE OF SEA MODERATE/ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH IN SOUTHWESTERN SECTOR.

SUB AREA NO. 4 GULF OF ADEN WIND SW/NW’LY 15-20KT GUSTING 27KT WEST OF 50E. SW/S’LY 21-27KT GUSTING 33KT EAST OF 50E. WEATHER PARTLY CLOUDY/CLOUDY WITH CHANCES OF LIGHT RAIN IN WESTERN SECTOR. VISIBILITY MODERATE MAY BE POOR IN RAIN. STATE OF SEA MODERATE/ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH IN EASTERN SECTOR.

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

PART I : NIL

PART II : LOW PRESSURE OVER GULF AREAS.

PART III : FORECASTS:

SUB AREA NO.1 NORTH OF THE GULF SEA (AREA AGN) WIND NORTHWESTERLY-SOUTHWESTERLY 03-12KT. WEATHER HAZY WITH SOME CLOUD/MISTY MORNING. VISIBILITY MODERATE. STATE OF SEA SLIGHT.

SUB AREA NO. (2) SOUTH OF THE GULF SEA (AREA AGS) WIND NORTHWESTERLY – NORTHEASTERLY 05-15KT. WEATHER HAZY WITH SOME CLOUD/MISTY MORNING. VISIBILITY MODERATE. STATE OF SEA MODERATE.

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