FQZA30 FAPR 020800

 

WEATHER BULLETIN FOR COASTAL WATERS UP TO 50 NAUTICAL MILES SEAWARD.

ISSUED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE ON THE

2nd JUNE 2022 AT 08:00 UTC.

 

FORECAST VALID FROM 021000 to 031000 UTC:

 

WIND IN KNOTS, WAVE HEIGHTS IN METRES. NO SEA STATE GIVEN IF WAVES LESS

THAN 2M.

 

NOTE THE WIND SPEEDS QUOTED HERE ARE THE EXPECTED AVERAGE SPEEDS.

INDIVIDUAL GUSTS MAY EXCEED THESE VALUES BY A FACTOR OF UP TO 1.5.

WAVE HEIGHTS ARE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHTS WHICH MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY

INDIVIDUAL WAVES 1.5 TO 2.0 TIMES HIGHER.

 

THESE ESTIMATES OF WINDS AND WAVES DO NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE ENHANCING

EFFECTS OF THE AGULHAS CURRENT OFF THE SOUTH AFRICAN EAST COAST.

 

NOTE: WX OBSVATIONS.

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COULD ALL VESSELS EXPERIENCING UNEXPECTED, SEVERE WX/SEA STATE PLEASE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO REPORT THIS TO SAWS VIA CAPE TOWN RADIO.

 

ALERTS

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WARNINGS:

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1. Heavy swell in excess of 4.0m is expected between Cape Agulhas and

East London subsiding north of Saldanha from early tomorrow morning,

With swells subsiding during the evening.

 

WATCHES:

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Nil.

 

SEVERE WEATHER ADVISORIES:

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Nil.

 

ABNORMAL WAVE CONDITIONS:

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Nil.

 

 

AREA FORECAST

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CUNENE RIVER TO WALVIS BAY:

WIND : S to SE 10 to 20.

VIS : Good.

SEA STATE: 2.0m, S to SW swell.

 

WALVIS BAY TO ORANGE RIVER:

WIND : S to SE 10 to 20.

VIS : Good.

SEA STATE: 2.0 to 3.0m, S to SW swell.

 

ORANGE RIVER TO CAPE AGULHAS:

WIND : S to SE 10 to 20 north of Cape Columbine, otherwise W to NW 05

to 10.

VIS : Good.

SEA STATE: 3.0 to 4.0m reaching 4.5 to 5.0m south of Saldanha Bay; SW

swell.