Bulletinset for METAREA 2 Edition date (UTC): 2026-01-22 23:23:28 ============================ HIGH SEAS WARNING ============================ WONT50 LFPW 222042 SECURITE ON METAREA 2, METEO-FRANCE, WARNING NR 51, THURSDAY 22 JANUARY 2026 AT 2040 UTC GENERAL SYNOPSIS, THURSDAY 22 OF JANUARY AT 12 UTC. LOW "INGRID" 980 47N17W, DEEPENING AND EXPECTED 956 47N10W BY 23/00 UTC, 957 47N07W BY 23/12 UTC, THEN 963 51N06W BY 24/00. LOW 972 55N28W, GRADUALLY MOVING WEST AND EXPECTED 978 57N39W BY 24/00, WITH ASSOCIATED TROUGH IN SOUTH TO AZORES ISLANDS. FARADAY, ALTAIR. CONTINUING TO 24/00 UTC AT LEAST. NORTHWEST 8 OR 9, DECREASING WEST OR SOUTHWEST 8 LATER. SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH OR VERY HIGH, CROSS. ROMEO. CONTINUING TO 24/00 UTC AT LEAST. NORTHWEST 8 OR 9, LOCALLY 10 OR 11 IN FAR NORTHEAST AT FIRST. SEVERE OR VIOLENT GUSTS. HIGH OR VERY HIGH, CROSS. CHARCOT. CONTINUING TO 24/00 UTC AT LEAST. NORTHWEST 8 OR 9. SEVERE OR VIOLENT GUSTS. HIGH OR VERY HIGH, CROSS. ACORES. CONTINUING TO 23/18 UTC. IN NORTHEAST, NORTHWEST 8. SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH. JOSEPHINE. CONTINUING TO 24/00 UTC AT LEAST. NORTHWEST 8. SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH, CROSS. PAZENN. CONTINUING TO 24/00 UTC AT LEAST. WESTERLY 9 TO 11, LOCALLY CYCLONIC 8 IN NORTH, DECREASING 8 OR 9 TOMORROW AFTERNOON, THEN 8 TOMORROW EVENING. VIOLENT GUSTS. HIGH OR VERY HIGH, TEMPORARILY PHENOMENAL (15 M) OVERNIGHT . IROISE, YEU. CONTINUING TO 24/00 UTC AT LEAST. SOUTHERLY 8, INCREASING SOUTHWEST 8 OR 9 OVERNIGHT, TEMPORARILY 10 IN WEST TOMORROW MORNING, DECREASING 8 TOMORROW EVENING. SEVERE OR VIOLENT GUSTS. INCREASING HIGH AND CROSS OVERNIGHT, THEN VERY HIGH TOMORROW MORNING. ROCHEBONNE. CONTINUING TO 23/18 UTC. SOUTHERLY 8, VEERING SOUTHWEST 8 TOMORROW MORNING, LOCALLY 9 IN WEST, AT TIMES 10 IN FAR NORTHWEST. SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH AND CROSS, THEN VERY HIGH TOMORROW MORNING. CANTABRICO. CONTINUING TO 23/15 UTC. SOUTHWESTERLY 8, LOCALLY 9 IN WEST. SEVERE GUSTS. INCREASING HIGH AND CROSS, THEN VERY HIGH IN NORTHWEST TOMORROW MORNING. FINISTERRE. CONTINUING TO 23/15 UTC. WESTERLY 8 OR 9. SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH OR VERY HIGH. PORTO. CONTINUING TO 24/00 UTC AT LEAST. WEST OR NORTHWEST 8. SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH, CROSS. SAO VICENTE. FROM 23/12 UTC TO 24/00 UTC AT LEAST. NORTHWEST 8. SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH, CROSS. CADIZ, GIBRALTAR STRAIT. FROM 23/18 UTC TO 24/00 UTC. WEST OR NORTHWEST 8. SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH IN SOUTHWEST OF CADIZ, AT END. BT *= ============================ HIGH SEAS FORECAST ============================ FQNT52 LFPW 222042 A SECURITE Weather bulletin on METAREA 2, METEO-FRANCE Toulouse, Thursday 22 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 51. Part 2 : General synopsis, Thursday 22 at 12 UTC Low "INGRID" 980 47N17W, deepening and expected 956 47N10W by 23/00 UTC, 957 47N07W by 23/12 UTC, then 963 51N06W by 24/00. Low 972 55N28W, gradually moving west and expected 978 57N39W by 24/00, with associated trough in south to Azores islands. High 1034 40N47W, gradually moving east and expected 1030 33N29W by 24/00 UTC. The monsoon trough enters the Atlantic near the coastal border of Sierra Leone and Liberia, then runs southwestward to 05N16W. ITCZ axis continues from 05N16W across 02N30W to near the Amazon Delta area. Part 3 : Area forecasts to Saturday 24 at 00 UTC FARADAY, ALTAIR. Northwest 7 or 8, at times 9, gradually decreasing West or Southwest 7 or 8 later. Severe gusts. High or very high, cross. Long W or NW swell 5 to 7 m. Poor vis in rain and thundery showers. ROMEO. Northwest 8 or 9, locally 10 or 11 in far northeast, decreasing 7 or 8 soon, at times 9. Severe or violent gusts. High or very high, cross. Long W swell 5 to 7 m. Poor vis in thundery showers. CHARCOT. Northwest 7 or 8, at times 9. Severe or violent gusts. High or very high, cross. Long W or NW swell 5 to 7 m. Poor vis in thundery showers. ACORES. Northwest 5 or 6, but 7 or 8 in northeast, gradually decreasing Westerly 4 to 6 later, at times 7 in far north. Severe gusts. Very rough or high. Long NW swell 5 to 7 m, soon. Poor vis in some showers in far northeast, improving soon. JOSEPHINE. Northwest 7 or 8, decreasing 6 or 7 in west at end. Severe gusts. Very rough or high, cross. Long NW swell 5 to 7 m. Poor vis in thundery showers. IRVING. Veering Northerly 4 or 5, locally 6 in northeast, then gradually becoming Variable Clockwise 2 to 4 later, at times 5 in east. Moderate or rough, increasing rough or very rough from north soon, in long NW swell 5 or 6 m. Long NW swell 5 or 6 m, later. MADEIRA. Northwest 4 or 5, locally 6 in north, increasing 5 or 6 soon, locally 7 in far north. Gusts. Rough or very rough, becoming very rough or high later. Long NW swell 5 or 6 m, later. Moderate vis in scattered showers in east. PAZENN. Westerly 9 to 11, locally Cyclonic 8 in north, decreasing 8 or 9 tomorrow afternoon, then 7 or 8 tomorrow evening. Violent gusts. High or very high, temporarily phenomenal (15 m) overnight, decreasing high tomorrow evening. Long W swell 6 to 7 m. Poor vis in rain or showers, at times thundery. IROISE, YEU. Southerly 7 or 8, increasing Southwest 8 or 9 overnight, temporarily 10 in west tomorrow morning, then decreasing 7 or 8 tomorrow evening. Severe or violent gusts. Increasing high and cross overnight, very high tomorrow morning, then decreasing high tomorrow evening. Long W swell 4 to 5 m, becoming 5 to 6 m tomorrow morning. Poor vis in rain or showers, at times thundery. ROCHEBONNE. Southerly 7 or 8, veering Southwest 8 tomorrow morning, locally 9 in west, at times 10 in far northwest, then decreasing 6 or 7 tomorrow evening. Severe gusts. Increasing high and cross at first, very high tomorrow morning, then decreasing high tomorrow evening. Long NW swell 3 to 4 m, becoming 6 to 7 m in daytime. Poor vis in rain or showers, at times thundery. CANTABRICO. Southwesterly 8, locally 9 in west, then decreasing 6 or 7 tomorrow afternoon. Severe gusts. Increasing high and cross at first, then very high in northwest tomorrow morning, decreasing high tomorrow evening. Long NW swell 3 to 4 m, becoming 6 to 7 m in daytime. Poor vis in rain or showers, at times thundery. FINISTERRE. Westerly 8 or 9, decreasing 6 or 7 tomorrow afternoon. Severe gusts. High or very high, decreasing high tomorrow evening. Long NW swell 6 to 7 m. Poor vis in rain or showers, at times thundery. PORTO. West or Northwest 6 or 7, at times 8, decreasing West or Southwest 6 or 7 soon, then increasing Northwest at times 8 later. Severe gusts. High, cross. Long NW swell 5 to 7 m, soon. Poor vis in thundery showers. SAO VICENTE. West or Northwest 5 or 6, at times 7, increasing Northwest 7 or 8 later. Severe gusts. Very rough or high, cross. Long NW swell 5 or 6 m, soon. Poor vis in thundery showers. CADIZ, GIBRALTAR STRAIT. Westerly 5 or 6, at times 7, decreasing 4 or 5 soon, then gradually increasing West or Northwest 6 or 7 later, at times 8 at end. Severe gusts. Rough or very rough, decreasing moderate or rough soon, then becoming very rough at end, locally high in southwest of CADIZ. Poor vis in thundery showers. CASABLANCA. West or Southwest 4 or 5, locally 6 or 7 in far northeast, gradually increasing West or Northwest 6 or 7 later. Gusts. Rough or very rough, becoming very rough or high and cross at end. Long NW swell 5 or 6 m, at end. Moderate or poor vis in thundery showers. AGADIR, TARFAYA. Northwest 3 or 4, increasing West or Northwest 4 or 5 soon, then North or Northwest 5 or 6 later. Rough or very rough. Moderate or poor vis in some rain or showers, improving at end. METEOR. North or Northeast 4 or 5 , increasing 5 or 6 in southeast later. Moderate, increasing moderate or rough later. CANARIAS. Northerly 3 or 4, increasing Northerly 5 or 6 later, locally 7 between Islands. Moderate or rough. CAPE VERDE. Northeast 5 or 6. Rough, locally moderate in northeast. CAP BLANC. Northeast 4 or 5, at times 6 at end. Moderate. Moderate vis due to sand haze in southeast. CAP TIMIRIS. Northeast 4 or 5, at times 6 in north 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 in scattered showers in west or due to sand haze. GULF OF GUINEA. Variable 2 to 4, becoming Southeasterly later, except in far northwest. Severe gusts in thundersqualls. Slight or moderate. Poor or very poor vis in thundersqualls. Moderate vis due to sand haze. POINTE NOIRE. South or Southeast 3 or 4, occasionnally 5. Moderate, decreasing slight in far east later. Poor or very poor vis in thundersqualls with severe gusts. Part 4 : outlook for next 24 hours Persistence of West or Northwest near gale or gale over north of 33N, locally severe gale or storm over FARADAY and ROMEO.