FQIN01 DEMS 231800 SHIPPING BULLETIN FOR MET. AREA VIII (N),NORTH OF EQUATOR VALID FOR 24 HOURS. FROM 23/09/2008 1800 UTC 23 SEPT 2008 =========================================================== PART I :- NO STORM WARNING (.) PART II:- THE FEEBLE LOPAR OVER N BAY OF BENGAL & NH PERSISTS(.) WEATHER SEASONAL OVER REST MET AREA(.) PART III : FORECAST(.) ARB: A1 ARABIAN SEA EQUATOR TO 10 DEG.N AND W OF 80 DEG.E(.) I)WIND: N/NW 05/10 KTS (.) II)WEATHER: ISOLATED RA/TS(.) III)VISIBILITY:POOR IN RA/TS(.) IV) STATE OF SEA :SMOOTH (.) ARB :A2 ARABIAN SEA N. OF 10 DEG N.AND W OF 80 DEG E.(.) I)WIND: SW-LY /W 05/10 KTS BEC W/NW TO THE E-OF 65 DEG E(.) II)WEATHER :ISOLATED RA/TS (.) III)VISIBILITY : POOR IN RA/TS (.) IV)STATE OF SEA:SMOOTH (.) BOB : A3 BAY OF BENGAL EQUATOR TO 10 DEG.N AND W OF 80 DEG.E(.) I)WIND:-MAINLY SW-LY 10/15 KTS (.) II)WEATHER:- ISOLATED RA/TS (.) III)VISIBILITY:POOR IN RA/TS (.) IV)STATE OF SEA: SMOOTH TO SLIGHT (.) BOB A4 : BAY OF BENGAL N OF 10 DEG.N AND E OF 80 DEG E(.) I)WIND:MAINLY SW-LY 20/25 KTS (.) II)WEATHER:- FAIRLY WIDESPREAD RA/TS TO THE N OF 14 DEG N(.) REST AREA SCATTERED RA/TS (.) III)VISIBILTY:POOR IN RA/TS (.) IV) STATE OF SEA:MODERATE TO ROUGH(.) ISSUED BY INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT