{"id":"2026-oct10-global-extra-asia-sa-red-sea-marine-forecast","canonicalSlug":"2026-oct10-global-extra-asia-sa-red-sea-marine-forecast","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/2026-oct10-global-extra-asia-sa-red-sea-marine-forecast","language":"en","title":"Saudi forecast warns of Red Sea gusts above 50 km/h and waves over 2 metres","summary":"The 10 October marine forecast calls for thunderstorm-linked Red Sea gusts above 50 km/h and waves exceeding 2 metres in northern and southern sections; Gulf waves are forecast up to 1.5 metres.","body":["Saudi Arabia’s National Center for Meteorology published its marine forecast for Saturday, 10 October, at 19:01. For the Red Sea, it forecast northwesterly-to-westerly winds of 12–32 km/h in the northern section, potentially exceeding 50 km/h with thunderstorm clouds; central winds were put at 8–28 km/h. In the south, southeasterly-to-southwesterly winds of 15–38 km/h were forecast to turn from southeast to east in the evening and exceed 50 km/h with thunderstorms.","The center forecast waves of 0.5–1 metre in the central Red Sea and 0.5–1.5 metres, rising above 2 metres with thunderstorm clouds, in northern and southern sections. In the Arabian Gulf, it forecast winds of 10–35 km/h in the north and 10–25 km/h in the south, with waves of 0.5–1.5 metres and 0.5–1 metre respectively. These are marine forecasts for the dated bulletin, not reports of port closures or observed disruption."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"Saudi forecast warns of Red Sea gusts above 50 km/h and waves over 2 metres\n\nThe 10 October marine forecast calls for thunderstorm-linked Red Sea gusts above 50 km/h and waves exceeding 2 metres in northern and southern sections; Gulf waves are forecast up to 1.5 metres.\n\nSaudi Arabia’s National Center for Meteorology published its marine forecast for Saturday, 10 October, at 19:01. For the Red Sea, it forecast northwesterly-to-westerly winds of 12–32 km/h in the northern section, potentially exceeding 50 km/h with thunderstorm clouds; central winds were put at 8–28 km/h. In the south, southeasterly-to-southwesterly winds of 15–38 km/h were forecast to turn from southeast to east in the evening and exceed 50 km/h with thunderstorms.\n\nThe center forecast waves of 0.5–1 metre in the central Red Sea and 0.5–1.5 metres, rising above 2 metres with thunderstorm clouds, in northern and southern sections. In the Arabian Gulf, it forecast winds of 10–35 km/h in the north and 10–25 km/h in the south, with waves of 0.5–1.5 metres and 0.5–1 metre respectively. These are marine forecasts for the dated bulletin, not reports of port closures or observed disruption.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":["logistics","non-oil-economy"],"eventDate":"2026-10-10","eventDateBasis":"The National Center for Meteorology’s original English marine forecast is explicitly published Saturday 10 October 2026 at 19:01 and covers Saturday conditions; the sea-state items are forecasts, not observed disruptions.","publishedAt":"2026-10-10T20:21:07Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-10T20:21:07Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-10-10T20:18:40Z","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-10","translatedAt":"2026-10-10T20:11:02Z","sources":[{"url":"https://www.ncm.gov.sa/en/weather/todays-weather","name":"National Center for Meteorology — Weather Forecast for Saturday in the Kingdom, marine conditions","checkedAt":"2026-10-10","attribution":"Source: Saudi National Center for Meteorology, daily marine-weather forecast published 10 October 2026. Original factual paraphrase; no forecast graphics or source prose reproduced.","publishedAt":"2026-10-10"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/2026-oct10-global-extra-asia-sa-red-sea-marine-forecast","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/2026-oct10-global-extra-asia-sa-red-sea-marine-forecast","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/2026-oct10-global-extra-asia-sa-red-sea-marine-forecast","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/2026-oct10-global-extra-asia-sa-red-sea-marine-forecast","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/2026-oct10-global-extra-asia-sa-red-sea-marine-forecast","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/2026-oct10-global-extra-asia-sa-red-sea-marine-forecast","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/2026-oct10-global-extra-asia-sa-red-sea-marine-forecast"},"corrections":[],"locations":[],"type":"news","classification":{"version":"1","dataKinds":["statistical-release"],"geographies":[{"role":"event-location","countryCode":"SA","subdivisionCode":null}],"evidenceBasis":["forecast"],"measurementPeriod":null}}