Bulletinset for METAREA 2 Edition date (UTC): 2026-01-07 11:01:18 ============================ HIGH SEAS WARNING ============================ WONT50 LFPW 070912 SECURITE ON METAREA 2, METEO-FRANCE, WARNING NR 17, WEDNESDAY 7 JANUARY 2026 AT 0910 UTC GENERAL SYNOPSIS, WEDNESDAY 7 OF JANUARY AT 00 UTC. NEW ATLANTIC LOW "GORETTI", EXPECTED 1012 47N24W BY 07/18 UTC, 1003 48N20W BY 08/00 UTC, THEN 984 50N08W BY 08/12 UTC. FARADAY. FROM 07/15 UTC TO 08/03 UTC. IN SOUTHEAST, SOUTHWEST 8, OCCASIONALLY 9. SEVERE GUSTS. ROMEO. FROM 07/21 UTC TO 08/12 UTC AT LEAST. SOUTHWEST 8 OR 9, DECREASING IN WEST SOON. SEVERE GUSTS. BECOMING HIGH. ALTAIR. CONTINUING TO 08/06 UTC. SOUTHWEST 8, DECREASING FROM WEST SOON. SEVERE GUSTS. CHARCOT. FROM 08/00 UTC TO 08/12 UTC AT LEAST. SOUTHWEST 8, DECREASING IN WEST AT END. SEVERE GUSTS. PAZENN. FROM 08/03 UTC TO 08/12 UTC AT LEAST. SOUTHWEST 8 OR 9. SEVERE GUSTS. BECOMING HIGH AND CROSS. IROISE, YEU, ROCHEBONNE. FROM 08/09 UTC TO 08/12 UTC AT LEAST. WEST OR SOUTHWEST 8 IN WEST. GUSTS. CANTABRICO. FROM 08/06 UTC TO 08/12 UTC AT LEAST. WEST OR SOUTHWEST 8 IN NORTHWEST. GUSTS. FINISTERRE. FROM 08/06 UTC TO 08/12 UTC AT LEAST. SOUTHWEST 8 OR 9 IN NORTH. SEVERE GUSTS. LOCALLY HIGH AND CROSS IN NORTH. BT *= ============================ HIGH SEAS FORECAST ============================ FQNT50 LFPW 070912 A SECURITE Weather bulletin on METAREA 2, METEO-FRANCE Toulouse, Wednesday 7 January 2026 at 1015 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 17. Part 2 : General synopsis, Wednesday 7 at 00 UTC Low 993 56N00W, with associated trough in Bay of Biscay, moving east at first. New Atlantic low "GORETTI", expected 1012 47N24W by 07/18 UTC, 1003 48N20W by 08/00 UTC, then 984 50N08W by 08/12 UTC. High 1035 38N23W, slow-moving and expected 1036 34N20W by 08/12 UTC. Monsoon trough enters the Atlantic near the coastal border of Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone, then reaches southwestward to 04N19W. ITCZ axis extending from 04N19W to 05N35W to 06N50W. Part 3 : Area forecasts to Thursday 8 at 12 UTC FARADAY. In northwest, backing Northwest 4 to 6, then decreasing 3 to 5 in far southwest at end. In southeast, Southwest 5 or 6, increasing 7 or 8 soon, occasionally 9, then gradually decreasing Northwest 6 or 7 later. Severe gusts. Becoming rough or very rough, cross in east later. Moderate or poor vis in rain or showers, gradually improving from west soon. ROMEO. West or Southwest 5 or 6, increasing Southwest 7 or 8 from west soon, at times 9, then decreasing Northwest 6 or 7 in west later. Severe gusts. Moderate or rough, becoming very rough and cross later, at times high. Moderate or poor vis in rain or showers, soon. ALTAIR. Southwest 7 or 8, gradually decreasing Northwesterly 5 or 6 from west soon, then Variable 3 to 5 in west at end. Severe gusts. Rough or very rough, cross in far northeast later. Moderate or poor vis in rain or showers, gradually improving from northwest later. CHARCOT. In northwest, Southwest 5 or 6, increasing 7 or 8 later, then decreasing Northwest 6 or 7 at end. Severe gusts. in southeast, Northwesterly 4 or 5, increasing Southwest 5 or 6 soon, then West or Southwest 7 or 8 at end. Severe gusts. Moderate or rough, becoming rough or very rough later, locally cross in far north. Moderate or poor vis in rain from northwest later. ACORES. In west, South or Southwest 5 or 6, locally 7 in far north, gradually becoming Variable Cyclonic 4 to 6 later. Gusts. In east, becoming Southerly 3 to 5, then increasing Southwest 4 or 5 soon, locally 6 in north. Moderate or rough. Moderate or poor vis in rain in northwest. JOSEPHINE. Variable Clockwise 3 to 5, at times 6 in east at first, increasing West or Southwest 5 or 6 in north later. Moderate or rough. IRVING. In west, Southeasterly 4 or 5, at times 6 in west. in east, Southeasterly 3 or 4, at times 5. Moderate or rough. MADEIRA. In northwest, Notheasterly 3 or 4, at times 5 at first, becoming Variable 2 to 4 later. In southeast, North or Northeast 4 or 5, locally 6 in far southeast, decreasing 3 to 5 later. Moderate or rough decreasing moderate at end. PAZENN. Westerly 5 or 6, increasing Southwest 8 or 9 overnight. Severe gusts. Becoming high and cross. Southwest swell 3 to 3.5 m in northwest tomorrow morning. Locally poor vis in rain or showers. IROISE, YEU, ROCHEBONNE. Northwesterly 5 or 6, backing Westerly in the afternoon, then increasing West or Southwest 6 or 7 overnight, locally 8 in west tomorrow morning. Severe gusts. Slight or moderate, becoming rough in the evening, locally very rough in west tomorrow morning. Locally poor vis in rain or showers. CANTABRICO. Northwesterly 5 or 6, increasing West 6 or 7 in the evening, then backing West or Southwest overnight, locally 8 in northwest tomorrow morning. Severe gusts. Moderate or rough, becoming rough, locally very rough in northwest, overnight. Locally poor vis in rain or showers. FINISTERRE. Northwesterly 4 or 5, increasing West or Southwest 5 or 6 overnight, then Southwest 7 or 8, locally 9 in north, tomorrow morning. Severe gusts. Locally high and cross in north. Locally poor vis in rain or showers. PORTO. Northerly 4 or 5, at times 6 at first, decreasing Northwesterly 2 to 4 soon, then gradually increasing Southwest 4 or 5 later, locally 6 in northwest at end. Rough, decreasing moderate or rough soon. SAO VICENTE. In far southeast, Variable 2 to 4, at times 5, becoming Northeastelry later. Elsewhere, Northerly 4 or 5, at times 6, gradually decreasing Northwesterly 2 to 4 later. Moderate or rough, locally slight or moderate in far southeast, decreasing moderate later, locally slight in far southeast. Moderate vis in scattered showers, improving soon. CADIZ. Westerly 2 to 4, becoming Variable Cyclonic 3 to 5 soon. Slight or moderate. Moderate vis in scattered showers soon. GIBRALTAR STRAIT. Westerly 2 to 4, locally 5 in far east, increasing West or Southwest 4 or 5 soon. Slight, locally moderate in west at end. Moderate vis in scattered showers soon. CASABLANCA. Northeasterly 3 to 5, locally Variable 2 to 4 in northeast, decreasing 2 to 4 at end. Moderate or rough, decreasing moderate soon, locally slight in far northeast. AGADIR. Northeast 5 or 6, locally 7 along coast, gradually decreasing 4 or 5 later, but locally Variable 2 to 4 in far southeast. Rough, gradually decreasing moderate soon. METEOR. East or Southeast 4 or 5, but 5 or 6 in southeast. Rough, decreasing moderate or rough soon. CANARIAS. Northeast 5 or 6, locally 7 between islands and in southeast, gradually 5 or 6 later, locally 4 or 5 in far northeast. Gusts. Rough, decreasing moderate in far northeast at end. TARFAYA. Northeast, 6 or 7, decreasing 5 or 6 soon, then gradually 4 or 5 later, locally Variable 2 to 4 in southeast at end. Gusts. Rough, locally very rough at first, decreasing moderate at end. CAPE VERDE. Increasing East or Northeast 5 or 6. Gusts. Rough, locally moderate in southwest, gradually becoming rough later, at times cross in east. Moderate vis in scattered showers. CAP BLANC. Northeast 5 or 6, increasing 6 or 7 soon, then decreasing 5 or 6 at end. Gusts. Rough, at times cross later. Moderate in sand haze in far east. CAP TIMIRIS. Northeast 5 or 6, from north, at times 7 in far north soon, decreasing East or Northeast 5 or 6 at end. Gusts. Moderate or rough at times cross, temporarilly very rough in northwest soon, Moderate vis in sand haze in far east. SIERRA LEONE. North or Northeast 4 or 5, at times 6 in far north, but locally Variable 2 to 4 in far southeast. Becoming moderate locally rough in north, but locally slight in far southeast. Poor vis in some thundery showers in far southeast. GULF OF GUINEA. Southwesterly 2 to 4, but locally Variable in far northwest. Severe gusts in thundersqualls. Slight, locally moderate in far west. Poor or very poor vis in thundersqualls. POINTE NOIRE. South or Southeast 2 to 4. Severe gusts in far east in thundersqualls. Slight, locally moderate in far west. Poor or very poor vis in thundersqualls in east. Part 4 : outlook for next 24 hours Over all areas of Bay of Biscay, threat of Westerly gale to severe gale. Persistence of Northwestelry near gale or gale over ROMEO and CHARCOT. Threat of Southerly near gale or gale over FARADAY, ALTAIR and ACORES.