Bulletinset for METAREA 2 Edition date (UTC): 2026-01-21 21:03:07 ============================ HIGH SEAS WARNING ============================ WONT50 LFPW 211946 SECURITE ON METAREA 2, METEO-FRANCE, WARNING NR 49, WEDNESDAY 21 JANUARY 2026 AT 1945 UTC GENERAL SYNOPSIS, WEDNESDAY 21 OF JANUARY AT 12 UTC. LOW 969 JUST SOUTHWEST OF IRELAND SLOW MOVING NORTHWEST AND FILLING. ASSOCIATED TROUGH TOWARDS THE BAY OF BISCAY AND IBERIAN PENINSULA DRIFTING OVER ENGLISH CHANNEL. LOW "INGRID" 1009 43N39W DEEPENING EAST-NORTHEAST, EXPECTED 998 45N27W BY 22/00 UTC, THEN 974 47N18W BY 22/12 UTC AND 958 47N10W BY 23/00 UTC. FARADAY. CONTINUING TO 23/00 UTC AT LEAST. WEST OR NORTHWEST 8 OR 9 FROM WEST, OCCASIONALLY 10 IN EAST SOON. SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH OR VERY HIGH. ROMEO. CONTINUING TO 22/00 UTC. NORTHWEST 8 IN FAR NORTHEAST. SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH OR VERY HIGH. AGAIN FROM 22/06 UTC TO 23/00 UTC AT LEAST. CYCLONIC 8 OR 9, MAINLY WEST OR NORTHWEST, OCCASIONALLY 10 OR 11, DECREASING 8 IN WEST AT END. SEVERE OR VIOLENT GUSTS. HIGH OR VERY HIGH. ALTAIR. CONTINUING TO 23/00 UTC AT LEAST. WEST OR SOUTHWEST 8 FROM WEST, INCREASING WEST OR NORTHWEST 8 OR 9 AT FIRST. SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH FROM WEST, LOCALLY VERY HIGH IN NORTH LATER. CHARCOT. CONTINUING TO 21/21 UTC. NORTHWEST 8 IN FAR NORTHEAST. SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH OR VERY HIGH. AGAIN FROM 22/03 UTC TO 23/00 UTC AT LEAST. WEST OR NORTHWEST 8 OR 9 FROM WEST, DECREASING 8 IN WEST AT END. SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH OR VERY HIGH. ACORES. FROM 22/06 UTC TO 23/00 UTC AT LEAST. WEST OR NORTHWEST 8 IN FAR NORTH. SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH IN FAR NORTH. JOSEPHINE. FROM 22/06 UTC TO 23/00 UTC AT LEAST. WEST OR NORTHWEST 8 IN FAR NORTH. SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH IN NORTH. PAZENN. CONTINUING TO 22/06 UTC. NORTHWEST 8. SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH OR VERY HIGH. AGAIN FROM 22/12 UTC TO 23/06 UTC AT LEAST. SOUTHWESTERLY 8 FROM SOUTHWEST, BECOMING CYCLONIC 9 TO 11 FROM WEST BY 22/21 UTC. SEVERE GUSTS. INCREASING VERY HIGH. IROISE, YEU. FROM 22/00 UTC TO 22/06 UTC. NORTHWESTERLY AT TIMES 8. SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH. AGAIN FROM 22/18 UTC TO 23/06 UTC AT LEAST. SOUTHERLY 8, VEERING SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST 8 OR 9 AT END. SEVERE GUSTS. INCREASING HIGH AND CROSSED. ROCHEBONNE. CONTINUING TO 22/03 UTC. WESTERLY 8. SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH. AGAIN FROM 22/21 UTC TO 23/06 UTC AT LEAST. SOUTHERLY 8, VEERING SOUTHWEST, LOCALLY 9 IN WEST, AT END. SEVERE GUSTS. INCREASING HIGH AND CROSSED. CANTABRICO. CONTINUING TO 22/09 UTC. WESTERLY 8. SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH. AGAIN FROM 22/21 UTC TO 23/06 UTC AT LEAST. SOUTHWESTERLY 8, LOCALLY 9 IN WEST. SEVERE GUSTS. INCREASING HIGH AND CROSSED. FINISTERRE. CONTINUING TO 22/00 UTC. WEST OR NORTHWEST 8. SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH, LOCALLY VERY HIGH IN NORTHWEST. AGAIN FROM 22/12 UTC TO 23/06 UTC AT LEAST. SOUTHERLY 8, VEERING WESTERLY 8 OR 9 IN EVENING. SEVERE GUSTS. INCREASING VERY HIGH. PORTO. FROM 22/15 UTC TO 23/00 UTC AT LEAST. WEST 8 IN NORTH. SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH. BT *= ============================ HIGH SEAS FORECAST ============================ FQNT52 LFPW 211951 A SECURITE Weather bulletin on METAREA 2, METEO-FRANCE Toulouse, Wednesday 21 January 2026 at 2215 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 : WARNING NR 49. Part 2 : General synopsis, Wednesday 21 at 12 UTC Low 969 just southwest of Ireland slow moving northwest and filling. Associated trough towards the Bay of Biscay and Iberian Peninsula drifting over English Channel. Low "INGRID" 1009 43N39W deepening east-northeast, expected 998 45N27W by 22/00 UTC, then 974 47N18W by 22/12 UTC and 958 47N10W by 23/00 UTC. High 1032 31N36W drifting west and merging with the next high. New high expected 1033 36N42W by 23/00 UTC. Monsoon trough from coast of Guinea to 06N16W. ITCZ from 06N16W across 02N30W to 00N48W. Part 3 : Area forecasts to Friday 23 at 00 UTC FARADAY. West or Southwest 4 or 5, increasing West or Northwest 8 or 9, occasionally 10 in east soon. Severe gusts. Rough or very rough, becoming high or very high soon. Long W swell 5 to 7 m at end. Poor vis in rain and thundery showers. ROMEO. Westerly 4 or 5, but locally Northwest 6 or 7 in northeast at first, increasing Cyclonic 8 or 9, mainly West or Northwest, occasionally 10 or 11, decreasing 7 or 8 in west at end. Severe or violent gusts. High or very high, decreasing temporarily very rough or high soon. Long W swell 5 to 7 m. Poor vis in rain or showers, at times thundery. ALTAIR. Increasing West or Southwest 7 or 8 from west, increasing West or Northwest 8 or 9 at first. Severe gusts. Very rough, becoming very rough or high soon, then high or very high later. Long NW swell5 to 6 m in east at first. Poor vis in rain, then in showers at times thundery. CHARCOT. West or Northwest 4 to 6, becoming temporarily West or Southwest at first, then increasing West or Northwest 8 or 9 soon, decreasing 7 or 8 in west at end. Severe gusts. High or very high, decreasing temporarily very rough or high soon. Long NW swell 6 to 8 m, abating later, then NW swell 5 m in east at end. Poor vis in rain or showers, at times thundery. ACORES. Westerly 5 or 6, locally 7 in north, veering West or Norhwest soon, and increasing 7 or 8 in north. Severe gusts. Rough or very rough, becoming high in far north soon. Long NW swell 5 to 6 m in east t first. Poor vis in some rain or due to fog patches. JOSEPHINE. West or Northwest 4 or 5, increasing 5 or 6 from west soon, locally 7 or 8 in north. Severe gusts. Very rough or high. Long NW swell 5 to 7 m. Poor vis in some rain. IRVING. Northwesterly 3 to 5 from south to north, veering North or Northwest 4 or 5 at end. Moderate or rough. Moderate vis in some rain in north later. MADEIRA. Northwest 4 or 5, increasing West or Northwest 5 or 6 in far north soon. Rough or very rough. Long NW swell 5 m in northeast soon. Moderate vis in rain or showers in northeast. PAZENN. Northwest 7 or 8, decreasing Westerly 5 or 6 soon, then increasing Southwesterly 7 or 8 from southwest later and becoming Cyclonic 9 to 11 from west at end. Severe gusts. High or very high, cross with W swell, becoming high soon, temporarily very rough or high later, then increasing high or very high at end. Long W swell 5.5 to 6.5 m, decreasing 4 to 5m later. Poor vis in rain or showers. IROISE, YEU. Veering West or Northwest 7 at first, at times 8, backing Westerly 5 or 6 soon, then increasing Southerly 7 or 8 at end. Severe gusts. High, becoming very rough later. Long West swell increasing 5 to 6m soon, then decreasing 3 to 4 later. Poor vis in rain or showers. ROCHEBONNE, CANTABRICO. Westerly 7 or 8, decreasing 5 or 6 soon, then backing South or Southwest 7 or 8 later, locally 9 in west at end. Severe gusts. Very rough or high, becoming crossed later. Long West or NW swell increasing 6 to 7 m soon, then decreasing 4 to 4.5m at end. Poor vis in rain or showers. FINISTERRE. West or Northwest 7 or 8, decreasing Westerly 5 or 6 soon, then increasing Southerly 7 or 8 later and veering Westerly 8 or 9 at end. Severe gusts. High, locally very high in northwest at first, increasing high or very high later. Long NW swell 6 to 7 m, decreasing 4 m later. Poor vis in rain or showers. PORTO. Northwest 6 or 7, decreasing Westerly 4 or 5 soon, and increasing Southwest then West 7 or 8 later. Severe gusts. High. Long NW swell 6 to 8 m. Poor vis in rain or showers, at times thundery later. SAO VICENTE. West or Northwest 5 or 6, decreasing 4 or 5 soon, then backing Southwest 5 or 6 later, and increasing West or Northwest 6 or 7 later. Gusts. Very rough or high. Long NW swell 5 to 7 m. Poor in rain or showers at times thundery at end. CADIZ, GIBRALTAR STRAIT. West or Northwest 5 or 6, decreasing Westerly 4 or 5 soon, then increasing West or Southwest 6 or 7 at end. Gusts, locally severe in strait. Moderate or rough, locally very rough in southwest later. Poor or very poor vis in rain or thundery showers, at first, then at end. CASABLANCA. West or Northwest 4 or 5, locally Southwest 6 or 7 near coasts at first, decreasing 2 to 4 soon, then increasing West or Southwest 4 or 5 later, locally 6 in north. Gusts. Rough, becoming very rough from northwest at first. Long NW swell 5 to 6 m from northwest soon. Moderate or poor vis in rain or showers. AGADIR. In far east, Variable 2 to 4, mainly Southerly. Elsewhere, West or Northwest 4 or 5, decreasing Northwest 3 or 4 soon. Rough in long NW swell, becoming very rough later. Moderate or poor vis in some showers. METEOR. In north, Northerly 3 or 4. In south, Northeast 4 or 5. Moderate, becoming rough in far northeast later. CANARIAS. Northerly 3 or 4. Moderate or rough in long N or NO swell. TARFAYA. North or Northwest 3 or 4, backing Northwest soon. Moderate or rough, becoming rough or very rough in long NW swell at end. Moderate vis in some showers soon. CAPE VERDE. East or Northeast 5 or 6, but 4 or 5 in north, decreasing 4 or 5 in northeast later. Rough, decreasing moderate in notheast soon. Moderate vis in some showers in west or due to sand haze. CAP BLANC. Northeast 4 or 5, at times 6 in south. Moderate or rough, decreasing moderate later. Moderate vis due to sand haze. CAP TIMIRIS. Northeast 5 or 6, but 4 or 5 in east, backing North or Northeast 4 or 5 at end. Moderate or rough. Moderate vis due to sand haze. SIERRA LEONE. North or Northeast 4 or 5, locally 6 in far north, but locally Variable 2 to 4 in far southeast. Moderate or rough. Moderate vis due to sand haze. GULF OF GUINEA. Mainly Southerly 2 to 4, locally Variable 1 to 3 in west. Severe gusts in thundersqualls. Slight or moderate. Poor or very poor vis in thundersqualls with severe gusts. Moderate vis due to sand haze. POINTE NOIRE. South or Southeast 3 or 4. Moderate. Poor or very poor vis in thundersqualls with severe gusts. Part 4 : outlook for next 24 hours Because of "INGRID", Cyclonic severe gale expected over the Bay of Biscay, locally storm in north, temporarily violent storm over PAZENN. Persistence or threat of West or Northwest near gale to severe gale in north of 35N, with threat of violent storm over ROMEO at first, then backing Southwest over FARADAY and ALTAIR at end.