Weather Indian Ocean Meteorological Bulletin MET Area IX - The Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea an

WWPK20 OPKC 180741

MARINE METEOROLOGICAL BULLETIN FOR MET AREA IX

VALID FOR 24 HOURS COMMENCING FROM 0700 UTC DATED 18-12-2016

BY PAKISTAN METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT

PART -I: SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATE THAT THE DEPRESSION OVER

SOUTHWEST ARABIAN SEA AND LAY ITS CENTRED AT 0800 HRS PST OF TODAY,

THE 18TH DECEMBER, 2016 NEAR LATITUDE 10.4.0ON AND LONGITUDE 60.5OE,

ABOUT 1340 KM WEST OF AMINI DEVI, 760 KM SOUTHEAST OF SOCOTRA (YEMEN)

AND 1040 KM EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BEREEDA (SOMALIA). THE SYSTEM IS VERY

LIKELY TO MOVE NEARLY WESTWARDS AND IS LIKELY TO INTENSIFY INTO A

DEEP DEPRESSION DURING NEXT 24 HRS.

PART II: NIL.

PART -III: FORECAST:

SUB AREA NO.1 NORTH ARABIAN SEA

WIND NW/SW'LY BECMG N/NE LY 05-10KT GUSTING 15KT NORTH OF 24N.

NW/NE LY 05-10KT GUSTING 15KT SOUTH OF 24N.

WEATHER FAIR/PARTLY CLOUDY WITH HAZY/MISTY MORNING.

VISIBILITY MODERATE MAY BE POOR IN HAZE/MIST.

STATE OF SEA SLIGHT.

SUB AREA NO. 2 GULF OF OMAN

WIND NW/SW LY 07-12KT GUSTING 20KT NORTH OF 24N.

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

WEATHER FAIR/PARTLY CLOUDY WITH HAZE/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,

20ON/58OE, 20ON/67OE)

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

NE/E'LY 17-21KT GUSTING 27KT SOUTH OF 18N AND WEST OF 63E.

WEATHER PARTLY CLOUDY/CLOUDY WITH THUNDERSHOWER/RAIN IN SOUTHERN

SECTOR.

VISIBILITY MODERATE MAY BE POOR IN RAIN.

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

SUB AREA NO. 4 GULF OF ADEN

WIND NE/E LY 10-15KT GUSTING 20KT WEST OF 50E.

NE LY 17-21KT GUSTING 27KT EAST OF 50E.

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 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 WIND: NW'LY 15-25KT GUSTING 30 KT SOUTHERN AREA.

WEATHER HAZY WITH SOME CLOUDS.

VISIBILITY MODERATE.

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

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

WIND NW'LY 16-26 KT GUSTING 32 KT NORTHERN AREA.

WEATHER HAZY WITH SOME CLOUDS.

VISIBILITY MODERATE.

STATE OF SEA SLIGHT/MODERATE OCCASIONALLY ROUGH IN NORTHERN AREA=

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