weather bulletin for Metarea 2, Meteo-France,
Toulouse, Tuesday 7 October 2008 at 09 UTC.
- Wind speed in Beaufort scale - sea : total significant -
- please be aware, wind gusts can be a further 40 percent stronger
than the averages given here, and maximum waves may be up to twice
the significant height.
Part 1 : warning : 443
Part 2 : general synopsis, Tuesday 7 at 00 UTC
Low 974 61n25w, slowly moving west and filling. Associated trough
extending southeast.
In this trough, low 994 49n12w, moving northeast, expected near
Shetland islands at night.
Low 1013 40n61w, moving northeast and quickly deepening, expected
961 51n39w by 8/12 UTC.
High 1025 32n22w, drifting north and building, expected 1028 36n21w
by 8/12 UTC.
Tropical wave along 19w/20w south of 11n moving west. Low
expected 1009 along the wave near 8n later.
Tropical wave along 36w south of 15n moving west 10 kts.
ITCZ along 11n14w 5n24w 10n35w 9n41w.
Part 3 : area forecasts to Wednesday 8 at 12 UTC
Faraday :
west or southwest 5 or 6, occasionally 7 in daytime, backing
southerly 5 to 7, but 8 or 9 in west, at end. Severe gusts. Rough,
at times very rough in daytime, becoming very rough or high in west
at end. Showers, locally thundery, then rain.
Romeo :
westerly 4 or 5, at times 6. Rough. Showers, locally thundery.
Altair :
west or southwest 4 or 5, temporarily 6 in daytime, backing south
or southwest 4 to 6, but 7 or 8 in west, at end. Severe gusts.
Rough, becoming very rough or high in northwest later. Showers,
locally thundery, then rain.
Charcot :
westerly 3 to 5, at times 6 in north. Rough. Showers, locally
thundery.
Acores :
mainly southwesterly 2 to 4, increasing 5 or 6 in northwest later.
Moderate or rough, becoming locally very rough in far north
scattered rain.
Josephine :
northwesterly 3 or 4, temporarily westerly 4 or 5 in southeast at
first, becoming variable clockwise 2 to 4, locally northerly in
east, later. Moderate or rough. Rain.
Irving :
variable clockwise 2 to 4, increasing southerly 4 or 5 in far
northwest at end. Moderate.
Madeira :
north or northeast 3 or 4, temporarily northwesterly in north in
daytime, increasing 4 or 5 in east at end. Becoming moderate.
Scattered rain in north.
Pazenn :
westerly 5 or 6, occasionally 7 at first, decreasing 3 or 4 soon,
then backing mainly southwest 2 to 4 at end. Rough, temporarily
very rough at first, decreasing later. Showers, becoming locally
thundery at end.
Iroise, Yeu :
southwest 6 or 7, veering westerly 4 or 5 soon, then northwesterly
3 or 4 this evening. Rough, temporarily very rough at first,
becoming moderate later. Rain then scattered showers.
Rochebonne :
southwesterly 4 to 6, veering westerly 3 or 4 soon, then northwest
later. Moderate, temporarily rough in west in daytime. Rain then
scattered showers.
Cantabrico :
southwesterly 4 to 6, veering westerly 4 or 5 soon, then
northwesterly 4 or 5, at times 6 in south, later. Moderate,
temporarily rough in west in daytime. Rain then scattered showers.
Finisterre :
west or northwest 4 to 6, decreasing 3 or 4 soon, then backing
southwesterly at end. Rough, decreasing. Rain then showers.
Porto :
northwesterly 4 or 5, temporarily southwesterly 5 to 7 at first,
decreasing 3 or 4 soon, then rough, decreasing. Rain then showers.
Sao Vicente :
westerly 3 or 4, occasionally 5 at first, gradually veering
northwest or north from northwest. Moderate. Rain.
Cadiz :
westerly 3 or 4, veering northwesterly later. Slight, becoming
locally moderate. Rain.
Gibraltar Strait :
westerly 3 or 4, increasing 4 or 5 soon, occasionally 6 overnight.
Slight, becoming locally moderate. Rain.
Casablanca :
northerly 3 or 4, locally 5 in south, veering north or northeast 4
or 5 at end. Becoming moderate. Scattered rain in north.
Agadir :
north or northeast 3 or 4, locally 5 in east, increasing 5 or 6,
locally 7 in east, later. Becoming moderate or rough.
Meteor :
easterly 4 or 5. Moderate, locally rough in south.
Canarias :
northeast 4 or 5, increasing 5 or 6 soon. Moderate becoming locally
rough in south.
Tarfaya :
north or northeast 3 or 4, increasing 4 or 5 soon. Moderate.
Cape Verde :
east or northeast 4 or 5, occasionally 6 in east, veering east or
southeast in west soon. Moderate or rough. Thundersqualls with
severe gusts.
Cap Blanc :
northeast 5 or 6, occasionally 7 in southeast. Rough.
Cap Timiris :
northeast 4 or 5, locally 6 in north, but backing westerly 3 or 4
in far southeast. Moderate or rough.
Sierra Leone :
in northwest, easterly 3 to 5. Elsewhere, variable 2 to 4,
occasionally 5, mainly southwesterly in southeast, becoming locally
cyclonic 4 to 6 in far south later. Moderate. Thundersqualls with
severe gusts.
Gulf of Guinea :
in west, southerly 3 or 4, occasionally 5. In east, southwesterly 3
or 4. Moderate. Thundersqualls with severe gusts, mainly in north
and in far East.
Pointe noire :
in west, southeast 4 or 5, decreasing 3 or 4 later. In east,
southerly 3 or 4, decreasing 2 to 4 later and backing westerly in
east. Moderate. Isolated thundersqualls with severe gusts near
coast..
Part 4 : outlook for next 24 hours :
Southwesterly severe gale, with threat of storm expected in
Faraday.
Southwesterly gale, with threat of severe gale expected in Faraday.
Southwesterly near gale expected in Romeo, acores
northerly gale expected in Agadir.
Northerly near gale expected in Casablanca, Tarfaya.
Threat of northeast near gale in canarias, cap Blanc.
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