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 25-09-2016

BY PAKISTAN METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT

PART -I:

SATELLITE IMAGERIES SHOWS SCATTERED LOW/MEDIUM CLOUDS WITH EMBEDDED MODERATE TO INTENSE CONVECTION LIE OVER EAST CENTRAL ARABIAN SEA.

PART II: NIL.

PART -III: FORECAST:

SUB AREA NO.1 NORTH ARABIAN SEA WIND W/SW LY 10-15KT GUSTING 20KT NORTH OF 24N. W/NW LY 10-15KT 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 10-15KT GUSTING 20KT NORTH OF 24N. SW/S LY 15-20KT GUSTING 25KT SOUTH OF 24N. WEATHER FAIR/PARTLY CLOUDY WITH HAZY MORNING. VISIBILITY MODERATE MAY BE POOR IN HAZE. STATE OF SEA SLIGHT/MODERATE OCCASIONALLY ROUGH IN SOUTHERN SECTOR.

SUB AREA NO. 3 CENTRAL NORTH ARABIAN SEA (12ON/55OE, 12ON/63OE, 20ON/58OE, 20ON/67OE) WIND W/NW LY 12-18KT GUSTING 22KT NORTH OF 18N AND EAST OF 65E. SW/W LY 12-18KT GUSTING 24KT NORTH OF 18N AND WEST OF 65E. W/NW LY 12-18KT GUSTING 24KT SOUTH OF 18N AND EAST OF 63E. SW LY 17-21KT GUSTING 27KT 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 SLIGHT/MODERATE OCCASIONALLY ROUGH.

SUB AREA NO. 4 GULF OF ADEN WIND SW/NW LY 10-15KT GUSTING 20KT WEST OF 50E. S/ SW LY 15-20KT GUSTING 27KT EAST OF 50E. WEATHER 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 NW LY 20-28KT GUSTING 33KT WEATHER SLIGHT DUST. VISIBILITY MODERATE. STATE OF SEA MODERATE / ROUGH.

SUB AREA NO. (2) SOUTH OF THE GULF SEA (AREA AGS) WIND NW LY 18-25KT GUSTING 30KT. WEATHER SLIGHT/ DUST. VISIBILITY MODERATE. STATE OF SEA MODERATE-ROUGH.=

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