Bulletinset for METAREA 2 Edition date (UTC): 2026-02-01 12:07:00 ============================ HIGH SEAS WARNING ============================ WONT50 LFPW 010756 SECURITE ON METAREA 2, METEO-FRANCE, WARNING NR 71, SUNDAY 1 FEBRUARY 2026 AT 0755 UTC GENERAL SYNOPSIS, SUNDAY 1 OF FEBRUARY AT 00 UTC. COMPLEX LOW 962 54N36W, SLOW MOVING, EXPECTED 972 52N29W BY 02/00 UTC, THEN 977 50N21W BY 02/12 UTC. ASSOCIATED DISTURBED FLOW IN NORTH OF 30N, CROSSING BAY OF BISCAY AT END. SECONDARY LOW DEEPENING 977 48N15W BY 02/00 UTC, THEN 976 48N10W BY 02/12 UTC . FARADAY, ALTAIR. CONTINUING TO 02/12 UTC AT LEAST. WEST OR NORTHWEST 8 OR 9, DECREASING IN WEST AT END. SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH, INCREASING HIGH OR VERY HIGH OVER FARADAY LATER, AT TIMES CROSS. ROMEO. CONTINUING TO 02/12 UTC AT LEAST. SOUTHEAST 8, VEERING WEST OR NORTHWEST FROM WEST SOON. SEVERE GUSTS. BECOMING HIGH, AT TIMES CROSS. CHARCOT. FROM 01/09 UTC TO 02/12 UTC AT LEAST. SOUTHWEST 8, INCREASING WEST OR NORTHWEST 8 OR 9 FROM WEST SOON, THEN DECREASING 8 LATER. SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH, AT TIMES CROSS. ACORES. CONTINUING TO 02/03 UTC. WEST OR NORTHWEST 8 AT TIMES 9 AT FIRST. SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH, AT TIMES CROSS. JOSEPHINE. CONTINUING TO 02/12 UTC. SOUTHWEST 8, VEERING WEST OR NORTHWEST FROM WEST AT FIRST. SEVERE GUSTS. BECOMING HIGH, AT TIMES CROSS. PAZENN. FROM 01/18 UTC TO 02/09 UTC. SOUTHEAST 8. GUSTS. FINISTERRE. FROM 01/21 UTC TO 02/12 UTC AT LEAST. SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST 8, VEERING WESTERLY TOMORROW MORNING. SEVERE GUSTS. BECOMING HIGH AND CROSS TOMORROW MORNING. PORTO. FROM 01/18 UTC TO 02/09 UTC. SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST 8, VEERING WEST LATER. SEVERE GUSTS. BECOMING HIGH. SAO VICENTE. FROM 01/21 UTC TO 02/09 UTC. SOUTHWESTERLY 8. SEVERE GUSTS. BECOMING HIGH FROM NORTHWEST. CADIZ, GIBRALTAR STRAIT. FROM 02/03 UTC TO 02/09 UTC. SOUTHWESTERLY 8. SEVERE GUSTS. CASABLANCA. FROM 02/00 UTC TO 02/09 UTC. WEST OR SOUTHWEST 8. SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH IN FAR NORTHWEST AT END. BT *= ============================ HIGH SEAS FORECAST ============================ FQNT50 LFPW 010915 A SECURITE Weather bulletin on METAREA 2, METEO-FRANCE Toulouse, Sunday 1 February 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 71. Part 2 : General synopsis, Sunday 1 at 00 UTC Complex low 962 54N36W, slow moving, expected 972 52N29W by 02/00 UTC, then 977 50N21W by 02/12 UTC. Associated disturbed flow in north of 30N, crossing Bay of Biscay at end. Secondary low deepening 977 48N15W by 02/00 UTC, then 976 48N10W by 02/12 UTC . High 1026 30N24W, slow moving and expected 1027 31N32W by 02/12 UTC, with associated ridge towards north northwestward. The monsoon trough enters the Atlantic near 07N07W, continues to 05N22W, then ITCZ continues to 04N35W. Part 3 : Area forecasts to Monday 2 at 12 UTC FARADAY, ALTAIR. West or Northwest 8 or 9, decreasing 6 or 7 in west at end. Severe gusts. Very rough or high, increasing high or very high over FARADAY later, at times cross. Increasing long W or NW swell 5 to 6 m at end. Poor or very poor vis in heavy rain or thundery showers. ROMEO. Southeast 7 or 8, veering West or Northwest from west soon. Severe gusts. Very rough or high, at times cross. Long W swell 5 to 6 m at first. Poor or very poor vis in heavy rain or thundery showers. CHARCOT. Increasing Southwest 7 or 8, then increasing West or Northwest 8 or 9 from west soon, then decreasing 7 or 8 later. Severe gusts. Rough or very rough, becoming very rough or high soon, at times cross. Increasing long W or NW swell 5 to 6 m at end. Poor or very poor vis in heavy rain or thundery showers. ACORES. West or Northwest 7 or 8 at times 9 at first, then decreasing 5 to 7 later. Severe gusts. Very rough or high, at times cross. Increasing long W or NW swell 5 to 6 m soon. Poor or very poor vis in heavy rain or thundery showers. JOSEPHINE. Southwest 7 or 8, veering West or Northwest from west at first, then decreasing 6 or 7 at end. Severe gusts. Rough or very rough, becoming very rough or high at first, at times cross. Increasing long W or NW swell 5 to 6 m at end. Poor or very poor vis in heavy rain or thundery showers. IRVING. Westerly 5 to 7 from south to north, decreasing Northwesterly 4 to 6 at end. Gusts. Rough or very rough in long NW swell. Moderate vis in rain or showers, clearing soon. MADEIRA. West or Southwest 4 to 6 increasing Westerly 5 to 7 from south to north at first, then decreasing Northwesterly 4 to 6 at end. Gusts. Rough or very rough in long NW swell, locally high in far north later and at end. Increasing long W or NW swell 5 to 6 m at end. Moderate vis in rain or showers. PAZENN. Variable 2 to 4, temporarily Northwesterly 5 or 6 in northeast at first, increasing Southeast 5 or 6 in the afternoon, then 7 or 8 in the evening, becoming Cyclonic 7 at end . Severe gusts. Very rough, becoming cross in tonight. Long NW swell 3 to 4 m, abating tomorrow morning. Poor vis in rain or thundery showers. IROISE, YEU, ROCHEBONNE. Westerly 5 or 6, decreasing Variable 2 to 4 in evening, increasing Southeast 5 or 6 overnight, then 6 or 7 tomorrow morning. Severe gusts. Rough or very rough, decreasing rough tonight. Long NW swell 3 to 4 m, abating tomorrow morning. Locally poor vis in rain or showers. CANTABRICO. West or Southwest 5 or 6, decreasing Variable 2 to 4 in the afternoon, then increasing Southeast 5 or 6 overnight, increasing 7 in east tomorrow morning, and veering West or Southwest 5 or 6 in west. Severe gusts. Rough or very rough, decreasing rough in the evening. Long NW swell 3 to 4 m, abating tomorrow morning.. Locally poor vis in rain or showers. FINISTERRE. Variable 2 to 4, increasing South 5 or 6 in the afternoon, then 7 or 8 in the evening, veering West or Northwest in west tomorrow morning. Severe gusts. Rough or very rough, becoming very rough and cross in overnight, then high from southwest tomorrow morning. Long NW swell 3 to 4 m, abating tomorrow morning. Poor vis in rain or showers, becoming thundery overnight. PORTO. Southwesterly 3 to 5, increasing South or Southwest 7 or 8, then veering West later. Severe gusts. Rough, becoming very rough soon, then very rough or high at end. Increasing long W or NW swell 5 to 6 m at end. Poor or very poor vis in heavy rain or thundery showers. SAO VICENTE. Increasing Southwesterly 5 or 6, then 7 or 8 soon, decreasing West 6 or 7 at end. Severe gusts. Rough, becoming rough or very rough soon, then very rough or high later. Increasing long W or NW swell 5 to 6 m at end. Poor or very poor vis in heavy rain or thundery showers. CADIZ, GIBRALTAR STRAIT. Southwest 3 or 4, increasing Southwesterly 7 or 8 later, decreasing West 5 to 7 at end. Severe gusts. Moderate or rough, becoming very rough in west CADIZ at end. Poor or very poor vis in heavy rain or thundery showers later and at end. CASABLANCA. Increasing Southwest 4 or 5 from northwest, then West or Southwest 7 or 8 later, then decreasing West 5 or 6 at end. Severe gusts. Rough, becoming rough or very rough later, locally high in far northwest at end. Increasing long W or NW swell 5 to 6 m at end. Poor vis in rain or thundery showers. AGADIR. North or Northwest 3 to 5, increasing West or Southwest 5 or 6 later. Rough by NW swell. Poor vis in rain or thundery showers, later and at end. METEOR. Variable Clockwise 2 to 4, increasing Northerly 4 or 5 soon. Moderate or rough by NW swell. Moderate vis in rain or showers in north at first. CANARIAS. Northeast 3 to 5 from north to south, occasionally 6 between islands, gradually backing Northwesterly soon. Moderate or rough by NW swell. TARFAYA. North or Northwest 3 or 4, at times 5, backing West or Southwest later. Moderate, temporarily rough by NW swell. CAPE VERDE. East or Northeast 4 or 5, at times 6. Gusts. Moderate or rough. CAP BLANC, CAP TIMIRIS. North or Northeast 4 or 5 at times 6. Moderate or rough. SIERRA LEONE. North or Northeast 4 or 5, a times 6, but locally Northwesterly 2 to 4 in far southeast. Gusts. Moderate or rough. GULF OF GUINEA. Southerly 3 or 4, but Variable 1 to 3 in far west. Severe or violent gusts in thundersqualls. Slight or moderate. Poor or very poor vis in thundersqualls. POINTE NOIRE. South or Southeast 2 to 4. Severe or violent gusts in thundersqualls. Decreasing slight or moderate. Poor or very poor vis in thundersqualls. Part 4 : outlook for next 24 hours Threat of Westerly near gale or gale over Bay of Biscay. Persistence or threat of Westerly near gale to severe gale over north of 35N.