GMDSS_METAREA9_INMARSAT ========== Caution: NAVIMAIL is not part of the Maritime Safety Information's operational data stream and should never be relied upon as the only means to obtain the latest forecast and warning information. Access to the service may be interrupted or delayed from time to time, update may also experience occasional gaps. Please refer to GMDSS OFFICIAL sources, Inmarsat SafetyNET or international NAVTEX services, for more complete information ========== WWPK20 OPKC 200833 CCA MARINE METEOROLOGICAL BULLETIN FOR MET AREA IX VALID FOR 24 HOURS COMMENCING 0900UTC DATED 20-05-2012 BY PAKISTAN METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT PART -I: NIL PART - II: NO ALERT MESSAGE. PART -III: FORECASTS: SUB AREA NO.1 NORTH ARABIAN SEA I. WIND W/SW LY 17-21KTS GUSTING 27KTS EAST OF 65OE AND SW LY 17-21KTS GUSTING 27KTS WEST OF 65OE. II. WEATHER FAIR/PARTLY CLOUDY WITH HAZY/MISTY MORNING. III. VISIBILITY GOOD MAY BE POOR IN HAZE/MIST. IV. STATE OF SEA MODERATE/ROUGH. SUB AREA NO. 2 GULF OF OMAN I. WIND SW/W LY 12-17KTS GUSTING 22KTS NORTH OF 24ON, AND S/SW LY 12-17KTS GUSTING 22KTS SOUTH OF 24ON II. WEATHER FAIR/PARTLY CLOUDY WITH HAZY MORNING. III. VISIBILITY GOOD MAY BE POOR IN HAZE. IV. STATE OF SEA SLIGHT/MODERATE. SUB AREA NO. 3 CENTRAL NORTH ARABIAN SEA (12ON/55OE, 12ON/63OE, 20ON/58OE, 20ON/67OE) I. WIND W/NW LY 12-17 KTS GUSTING 22KTS NORTH OF 12ON AND EAST OF 65OE, AND SW/W LY 17-21 GUSTING 27KTS NORTH OF 12ON AND WEST OF 65OE. II. WEATHER FAIR/PARTLY CLOUDY WITH HAZY MORNING. III. VISIBILITY GOOD MAY BE POOR IN HAZE. IV. STATE OF SEA MODERATE/ROUGH. SUB AREA NO. 4 GULF OF ADEN I. WIND NE/E'LY 12-17 KTS GUSTING 22KTS WEST OF 50OE, AND SW LY 12-17KTS GUSTING 22KTS EAST OF 50OE II. WEATHER PARTLY CLOUDY/CLOUDY WITH CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORM/RAIN. III. VISIBILITY GOOD MAY BE POOR IN RAIN. IV. STATE OF SEA SLIGHT/MODERATE.= ==========