{"id":3310,"date":"2022-05-21T11:48:06","date_gmt":"2022-05-21T16:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/?p=3310"},"modified":"2022-05-21T11:48:06","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T16:48:06","slug":"expect-transiting-indian-ocean-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/21\/expect-transiting-indian-ocean-june\/","title":{"rendered":"What to expect transiting the Indian Ocean during June"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"June<\/a>

NOAA Pilot Chart Average Surface Pressure and Tropical Cyclone tracks over Indian Ocean in June<\/p><\/div>\n

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South Indian Ocean<\/b><\/h2>\n

A ridge of high pressure normally extends from South Africa eastward to the west coast of Australia, mainly between 25-30 south latitudes. Southward of about 35 south latitude, westerly winds prevail averaging forces 5-6 (17-27 knots) with significant wave heights generally 2-3 meters.\u00a0 Northward of the prevailing ridge, winds tend to be from the southeast averaging force 4-5 (11-21 knots) with waves mostly 1.5-2 meters, becoming southeast to south forces 3-4 (7-16 knots), waves 0.5-1 meter nearing the equator.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The risk for encountering gale force (BF8\/34kt) or higher winds is 10% or less from the equator to about 35 S latitude then increases from 10% to 26% southward of 35 S.\u00a0 The risk of encountering waves of 12 feet (3.7 meters) or higher is 30-40% from about 40S southward, diminishing to\u00a0 20-30% near 30 S and generally 15% or less north of 20 S latitude.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

North Indian Ocean\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n

Arabian Sea<\/b><\/h3>\n

The Southwest Monsoon establishes itself in June and the frequency of gales increases rapidly over the western half of the Arabian Sea reaching over 10% with the highest risk near 14 N 57 E.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"June<\/a>

Monsoon over Arabian Sea during June<\/p><\/div>\n

The risk of encountering waves of 12 feet (3.7 meters) or more increases over this area from less than 10% in May to as high as 40% or more in June. In the same area there is also a 5% risk of encountering waves of at least 20 feet (about 6 meters).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Bay of Bengal<\/b><\/h3>\n

Generally a southwest monsoon prevails in June, averaging forces <\/span>4-5 (11-21 knots) with waves mostly 1.5-2 meters.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tropical Cyclones<\/b><\/h3>\n

Cooler temperatures in the southern hemisphere in June reduce the risk for tropical cyclone development to less than 1 every decade. Over the North Indian Ocean there is a 70% risk for tropical cyclone development and mostly confined to the eastern Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"June<\/a>

NOAA Atlas of Pilot Charts for Indian Ocean in June<\/p><\/div>\n

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A ridge of high pressure normally extends from South Africa eastward to the west coast of Australia, mainly between 25-30 south latitudes. Southward of about 35 south latitude, westerly winds prevail averaging forces 5-6 (17-27 knots) with significant wave heights generally 2-3 meters. Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73,4,172,57,102],"tags":[13,143,25,5,30,14,11],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3310"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3310"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3315,"href":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3310\/revisions\/3315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}