WEATHER BULLETIN ON METAREA 3
HELLENIC NATIONAL MET. SERVICE
ATHENS, SUNDAY 11 OCTOBER 2026 / 1000 UTC
- WIND SPEED: BEAUFORT SCALE
- SEA STATE: TOTAL SIGNIFICANT
BE AWARE: WIND GUSTS CAN BE 40 PERCENT STRONGER THAN THOSE GIVEN
HERE AND MAX WAVE HEIGHT UP TO TWICE THAN SIGNIFICANT
PART 1
WARNING NONE
PART 2
GENERAL SYNOPSIS 11-10-26/03 UTC
EXTENDED LOW WITH FRONTAL ACTIVITY AND CENTRES 1009 OVER TYRRHENEAN
SEA AND 1006 SOUTH ADRIATIC IS MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARDS. RELATIVELY
HIGH PRESSURES 1018 OVER EAST BLACK SEA
PART 3
FORECAST UP TO 12 OCTOBER 10 UTC
NORTH ADRIATIC
SOUTHEAST 3 OR 4. SLIGHT
CENTRAL ADRIATIC
NORTH NORTHWEST 3 UP TO 5 SOON OVER NORTH PART SOUTHEAST. SLIGHT
OR MODERATE. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM
SOUTH ADRIATIC
NORTHWEST 4 OR 5 OVER EAST PART CYCLONIC SOON NORTHWEST. SLIGHT
OR MODERATE. THUNDERSTORM
BOOT
WEST NORTHWEST 4 OR 5 SOON NORTH NORTHWEST. SLIGHT OR MODERATE.
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM
MELITA
NORTHWEST 4 OR 5 OVER EAST 5 OR 6 SOON 4 OR 5. MODERATE
GABES
NORTHWEST 4 OR 5. MODERATE
SIDRA
NORTHWEST 5 OR 6 SOON 4 OR 5. MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR
NORTH IONIO
CYCLONIC 3 OR 4 VERY SOON WEST NORTHWEST 4 OR 5. MODERATE VERY SOON
SLIGHT OR MODERATE. THUNDERSTORM
SOUTH IONIO
WEST 4 OR 5 SOON WEST NORTHWEST. SLIGHT OR MODERATE. THUNDERSTORM
PATRAIKOS
SOUTH 4 OR 5 VERY SOON SOUTHWEST 4 SOON WEST. SLIGHT. THUNDERSTORM
KORINTHIAKOS
WEST NORTHWEST 3 OR 4 OVER WEST UP TO 5 SOON 5 OR 6. UP TO SLIGHT
SOON SLIGHT. THUNDERSTORM
KITHIRA SEA
SOUTH SOUTHWEST 4 OR 5 VERY SOON WEST SOUTHWEST SOON WEST 5. SLIGHT.
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM
SOUTHWEST KRITIKO
SOUTHWEST 3 OR 4 AND WEST OF 20.00 WEST NORTHWEST 4 OR 5 SOON WEST
NORTHWEST 4 OR 5. SMOOTH OR SLIGHT OVER WEST UP TO MODERATE
SOUTHEAST KRITIKO IERAPETRA
WEST SOUTHWEST 3 OR 4 SOON SOUTHWEST. SMOOTH
TAURUS
NORTH NORTHWEST 3 OR 4 OVER EAST PART EAST NORTHEAST 5 OR 6. SLIGHT
OR MODERATE
DELTA
WEST NORTHWEST 3 OR 4 OVER NORTH UP TO 5 SOON NORTHWEST 3 OR 4.
SLIGHT
CRUSADE
WEST NORTHWEST 3 OR 4 OVER NORTH PART NORTHEAST SOON OVER NORTH
5 OR 6. SMOOTH OR SLIGHT
KASTELLORIZO SEA
WEST 3 OR 4 SOON WEST SOUTHWEST. UP TO SLIGHT
RODOS SEA
WEST SOUTHWEST 3. SMOOTH
KARPATHIO
SOUTH SOUTHWEST 3 OR 4. UP TO SLIGHT
WEST KRITIKO
SOUTH SOUTHEAST 3 OR 4 OVER WEST PART SOUTH SOUTHWEST 4 OR 5 SOON
WEST SOUTHWEST 4 OR 5. SMOOTH OVER WEST UP TO SLIGHT. LOCALLY POOR
EAST KRITIKO
EAST SOUTHEAST 3 SOON SOUTH SOUTHEAST 3 OR 4. SMOOTH. LOCALLY POOR
SOUTHWEST AEGEAN
SOUTHWEST 5 OR 6 SOON 5. SLIGHT OVER NORTH UP TO MODERATE
SOUTHEAST AEGEAN IKARIO
SOUTH 3 OR 4 OVER WEST PART SOUTH SOUTHWEST 4 OR 5 SOON 4 OR 5.
SMOOTH OR SLIGHT
SAMOS SEA
SOUTH 3 OR 4 VERY SOON SOUTH SOUTHWEST SOON SOUTHEAST 4. SMOOTH OVER
NORTH UP TO SLIGHT
SARONIKOS
SOUTH 4 OR 5 VERY SOON 5 OR 6 SOON WEST NORTHWEST 3 OR 4.
UP TO MODERATE
SOUTH EVVOIKOS
SOUTH 5 SOON 5 OR 6. SLIGHT
KAFIREAS STRAIT
SOUTH SOUTHWEST 5 OR 6. SLIGHT. POOR
CENTRAL AEGEAN
SOUTH SOUTHEAST 4 OR 5 SOON 5 OR 6. SLIGHT. LOCALLY POOR
NORTHWEST AEGEAN
SOUTHEAST 3 UP TO 5 SOON CYCLONIC 5 OR 6 LATER NORTHWEST 4 OR 5.
SMOOTH OR SLIGHT SOON SLIGHT. LOCALLY POOR PROBABLY UP TO VERY POOR
NORTHEAST AEGEAN
SOUTH SOUTHEAST 4 OR 5 VERY SOON 5 OR 6. SLIGHT. LOCALLY POOR
THRAKIKO
SOUTHEAST 3 OR 4 OVER EAST PART WEST SOON SOUTH SOUTHEAST. SMOOTH
OR SLIGHT. LOCALLY POOR UP TO VERY POOR. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM
THERMAIKOS
VARIABLE 3. SMOOTH. LOCALLY POOR PROBABLY UP TO VERY POOR.
THUNDERSTORM
MARMARA
VARIABLE 3 VERY SOON EAST SOUTHEAST SOON VARIABLE. SMOOTH. LOCALLY
POOR PROBABLY UP TO VERY POOR
WEST BLACK SEA
EAST SOUTHEAST 4 OR 5 OVER EAST 5 OR 6. SLIGHT. LOCALLY UP TO VERY
POOR
EAST BLACK SEA
EAST SOUTHEAST 4 OR 5 OVER WEST 5 OR 6. SMOOTH OR SLIGHT. LOCALLY
UP TO VERY POOR
OUTLOOK FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS
GALE FORCE WINDS NOT EXPECTED=
Weather bulletin on METAREA 3,
METEO-FRANCE Toulouse, Sunday 11 October 2026 at 09 UTC
Wind speed in BEAUFORT SCALE.
Sea state in DOUGLAS SCALE.
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 : NO WARNING.
Part 2 : General synopsis, Sunday 11 at 00 UTC
Low 1008 over Ligurian sea, filling 1011 in evening. New low 1010
over Tyrrhenian sea tomorrow, slowly moving southeastwards, expected
1012 Monday at noon. Pressure around 1017 in west of the basin,
little change.
Part 3 : Area forecasts to Monday 12 at 12 UTC
EAST OF CABRERA.
Variable 1 to 3, at times 4 in north, locally increasing Northwest 3
or 4 in far northeast at end.
Decreasing smooth or slight from west in daytime.
BALEARES.
South or Southwest 2 to 4, locally Variable near coasts, temporarily
Southwest 5 near Cape Nao soon.
Smooth or slight, decreasing smooth at end.
MINORQUE.
Variable 2 to 4, locally increasing Northwest 4 or 5 in east later.
Smooth or slight, at times moderate in east at first, locally
increasing moderate in far east later.
Moderate vis in some showers in south at end.
LION.
Northwest 4 or 5, temporarily 5 or 6 soon, then decreasing North or
Northwest 3 to 5 from west to east at end.
Slight or moderate, locally smooth near shore.
PROVENCE.
West or Northwest 6 or 7, decreasing 5 or 6 later, then backing North
in west, and Northeast 4 or 5 in east at end. Gusts.
Moderate or rough from west to east, decreasing slight or moderate
later.
LIGURE.
Cyclonic 3 to 5, locally Southwest 5 or 6 in far southeast,
temporarily increasing Southwest 6 or 7 in far southeast soon, then
becoming Northeast 4 or 5, at times 6 in north, at end. Gusts.
Slight or moderate.
Moderate vis in some showers, at times thundery later.
CORSE.
Westerly 5 or 6, increasing locally 7 in northeast at first and soon,
then decreasing Variable 2 to 4, but becoming Northeast 4 or 5 in
northwest at end.
Moderate or rough, decreasing moderate later.
SARDAIGNE.
West or Northwest 3 to 5 from southwest to northeast, locally 6 in
far northeast at first, increasing Northwest 4 or 5, at times 6 in
northwest later.
Decreasing slight or moderate from southwest, locally rough in far
northeast at first.
Moderate vis in some showers later and at end.
MADDALENA.
West or Northwest 5 or 6, locally 7 in axis of strait, but becoming
Variable 2 to 4 in far north, then decreasing Northwesterly 3 to 5,
but Northeast 2 or 3 in far north at end. Gusts.
Slight or moderate, locally becoming moderate or rough leeward strait
at first.
ELBE.
Variable 2 to 4, locally Southwest 5 or 6 near and leeward Cape
Corse, decreasing mainly Northeasterly 3 or 4, at times 5, at end.
Slight or moderate, at times rough near Cape Corse, but smooth or
slight leeward Corsica.
Moderate vis in some showers, at times thundery in north later.
ALBORAN, PALOS.
Variable 1 to 3, temporarily 4 in far north at first.
Smooth.
ALGER.
Easterly 1 to 3, at times 4 at first, backing Northeasterly in second
part of night.
Smooth or slight, temporarily moderate in far east at first.
WEST OF CABRERA.
South or Southwest 2 to 4, decreasing Clockwise 1 to 3 in second part
of night.
Smooth, at times slight in far northwest in evening.
ANNABA.
Variable 2 to 4, but Northwest 4 or 5 in far northeast at first,
becoming Northwesterly in second part of night.
Moderate, decreasing slight in evening.
Moderate vis in showers at end.
TUNISIE.
West or Northwest 4 or 5, locally 6 in far north, decreasing Westerly
2 to 4 in evening.
Moderate, decreasing gradually slight overnight.
Moderate vis in showers at end.
CARBONARA.
Northwest 4 or 5, at times Variable in far west at first, decreasing
Westerly 3 or 4 in second part of night.
Slight or moderate.
Moderate vis in showers at end.
LIPARI.
Northwesterly 3 to 5, decreasing Westerly 2 to 4 in second part of
night. Gusts in thunderstorms.
Slight or moderate.
Moderate or poor vis in showers, at times thundery.
CIRCEO.
Northwesterly 3 to 5, becoming gradually Cyclonic overnight. Gusts in
thunderstorms.
Becoming slight or moderate.
Moderate or poor vis in showers in evening, at times thundery.
Part 4 : outlook for next 24 hours
North or Northwest moderate flow, locally fresh from gulf of Lion to
Corsica at first, then locally becoming North fresh flow over
Tyrrhenian sea on Tuesday. Variable light or moderate in southwest of
basin, becoming East or Northeast on Monday.