weather bulletin for Metarea 2, Meteo-France,





Toulouse,  Wednesday 17 March 2010 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 : 162.















Part 2 : general synopsis, Wednesday 17 at 00 UTC










Low 987 41n33w, moving northeast and deepening, expected 975 50n22w





by 18/00utc, then 976 57n17w by 18/12utc.





Low 992 37n54w, moving east, expected 990 38n 40w by 18/00utc, then





991 40n35w by 18/12utc.





High area 1028 just northeast of  Gibraltar Strait with little





change.















ITCZ along 6n10w 2n20w 1n30w 3n44w.




















Part 3 : area forecasts to Thursday 18 at 12 UTC










Faraday :





cyclonic 7 to 9 in east, and northwest 5 or 6 in west, becoming





westerly 4 to 6 later, then variable 1 to 3 in south at end. Rough





or very rough, locally high in east. Rain and showers.










Romeo :





southerly 7 or 8, occasionally 9 at first,  becoming cyclonic 7 to





9 in west later, then decreasing southwest 4 to 6 at end. Very





rough or high. Rain.










Altair :





cyclonic 6 to 8, temporarily 9 in northeast soon, becoming variable





2 to 4 later, then increasing locally easterly 5 to 7 in southwest





at end. Rough or very rough, locally high in east at first,





decreasing. Rain and showers.










Charcot :





southerly 6 to 8, veering west 4 to 6 in west later, then becoming





variable 2 to 4 at end. Rough or very rough, locally high. Rain.










Acores :





southwesterly 5 to 7, decreasing 4 to 6 soon, and becoming variable





2 to 4 in west, increasing mainly south or southwest 5 to 7 later,





sometimes 8, locally cyclonic in northwest. Rough or very rough.





Rain and showers, locally thundersqualls.










Josephine :





southerly 5 to 7, occasionally 8 in northwest, veering southwest 4





to 6 later. Moderate or rough with west swell, locally very rough





in west. Rain.










Irving :





southwesterly 5 to 7, somtimes 8. Severe gusts. Rough or very





rough, temporarily decreasing. Rain and showers, locally





thundersqualls.










Madeira :





south or southwest 4 to 6 in northwest, variable 1 to 3 in





southeast. Moderate or rough with northwest swell. Rain in





northwest.










Pazenn :





southerly 4 to 6, increasing 6 or 7 later, occasionally 8 in west.





Moderate or rough with west swell, becoming rough or very rough.





Rain later.










Iroise, Yeu, Rochebonne, cantabrico :





mainly southeast 2 to 4, increasing southeast or south 3 to 5





later, then south or southwest 4 to 6 at end, locally 7 in west of





iroise. Slight or moderate. Rain in west at end.










Finisterre :





southerly 3 to 5 increasing 6 or 7 later. Moderate or rough with





west swell, becoming rough or very rough. Rain later.










Porto :





south 4 or 5, increasing 5 or 6 later. Moderate or rough with west





swell. Rain at end.










Sao Vicente :





southeast 3 to 5, veering southwest 3 or 4 later. Moderate or rough





with west swell. Some showers.










Cadiz, Gibraltar Strait :





east or southeast 5 to 7 locally 8 in and near Strait. Moderate or





rough.










Casablanca :





east or southeast 2 to 4,  becoming variable 1 to 3 later.





Moderate.










Agadir :





variable 2 to 4, sometimes south 5 in south. Moderate.















Meteor :





in far southeast, variable 1 to 3. Elsewhere, southwesterly 4 to 6,





increasing 7 in far northwest around 00 UTC. Moderate, but rough in





northwest. Thundery showers in northwest. Severe gusts.





Canarias :





variable 2 to 4, mainly northeast in southeast, becoming





southeasterly 3 or 4 at end, occasionally 5 in far east. Moderate





in NW swell, but rough in northwest abating.





Tarfaya :





variable 2 to 4, but temporarily southeasterly 3 to 5 at first and





at end. Moderate in NW swell.





Cape Verde :





in northwest, south or southwest 3 or 4. Elsewhere, east or





northeast 3 to 5. Moderate.





Cap Blanc, Cap Timiris :





north or northeast 3 to 5. Moderate.




















Sierra Leone :





northeast 3 or 4, occasionally 5, but locally northerly in east and





mainly westerly 2 to 4 in far southeast. Moderate but slight in





southeast.





Gulf of Guinea :





variable 2 to 4, mainly southwesterly. Slight, but moderate in





east. Thundersqualls with severe or violent gusts.





Pointe Noire :





mainly southeasterly 2 to 4, but variable 2 or 3 in east. Moderate





or slight. Thundersqualls with severe or violent gusts in East.




















Part 4 : outlook for next 24 hours :










Cyclonic locally 8 over acores.