Bulletinset for METAREA 2 Edition date (UTC): 2026-03-01 17:13:23 ============================ HIGH SEAS WARNING ============================ WONT50 LFPW 010843 SECURITE ON METAREA 2, METEO-FRANCE, WARNING NR 137, SUNDAY 1 MARCH 2026 AT 0840 UTC GENERAL SYNOPSIS, SUNDAY 1 OF MARCH AT 00 UTC. LOW 982 56N22W, MOVING NORTHEAST AND EXPECTED 963 65N10W BY 02/12 UTC. ASSOCIATED TROUGH EXTENDING OVER FARADAY AND ALTAIR, MOVING EAST, CROSSING ROMEO, CHARCOT AND JOSEPHINE, REACHING WEST OF THE BAY OF BISCAY AND PORTUGAL AT END. NEW ATLANTIC TROUGH REACHING FARADAY AND ALTAIR AT END. HIGH 1029 OVER SOUTH FRANCE, MOVING NORTHEAST. HIGH 1035 33N35W, SLOW-MOVING AND MERGING WITH THE NEXT ONE. HIGH 1035 43N48W, MOVING SOUTHEAST AND EXPECTED 1034 37N33W BY 02/12 UTC. ASSOCIATED RIDGE EXTENDING NORTHWARDS AND MOVING EAST. EAST OF FARADAY. CONTINUING TO 02/06 UTC. NORTHWEST 8, OCCASIONALLY 9 IN FAR NORTHWEAST SOON. SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH. WEST OF FARADAY. CONTINUING TO 01/21 UTC. NORTHWEST 8. SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH IN EAST. AGAIN FROM 02/06 UTC TO 02/12 UTC AT LEAST. SOUTH 8 OR 9. SEVERE GUSTS. ROMEO. CONTINUING TO 01/18 UTC. SOUTHWEST 8 IN EAST. GUSTS. AGAIN FROM 01/21 UTC TO 02/09 UTC. NORTHWEST 8 IN WEST. SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH IN WEST. ALTAIR. CONTINUING TO 02/12 UTC AT LEAST. NORTHWEST 8, DECREASING GRADUALLY FROM WEST SOON, THEN INCREASING SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST 8 IN FAR NORTHWEST AT END. SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH IN FAR NORTHEAST. CHARCOT. FROM 02/00 UTC TO 02/12 UTC. NORTH OR NORTHWEST 8 IN WEST. GUSTS. HIGH IN WEST. NORTHWEST OF PAZENN. FROM 01/09 UTC TO 02/00 UTC. SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST 8. SEVERE GUSTS. CADIZ, GIBRALTAR STRAIT. CONTINUING TO 02/09 UTC. EAST 8 IN AND LEEWARD STRAIT. GUSTS. BT *= ============================ HIGH SEAS FORECAST ============================ FQNT50 LFPW 010939 A SECURITE Weather bulletin on METAREA 2, METEO-FRANCE Toulouse, Sunday 1 March 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 137. Part 2 : General synopsis, Sunday 1 at 00 UTC Low 982 56N22W, moving northeast and expected 963 65N10W by 02/12 UTC. Associated trough extending over FARADAY and ALTAIR, moving east, crossing ROMEO, CHARCOT and JOSEPHINE, reaching west of the Bay of Biscay and Portugal at end. New atlantic trough reaching FARADAY and ALTAIR at end. High 1029 over south France, moving northeast. High 1035 33N35W, slow-moving and merging with the next one. High 1035 43N48W, moving southeast and expected 1034 37N33W by 02/12 UTC. Associated ridge extending northwards and moving east. The monsoon trough enters the Atlantic along the coast of Guinea near 11N16W, then extends southwestward to 05N18W. The ITCZ continues from 05N18W to the coast of Brazil near 03S38W. Part 3 : Area forecasts to Monday 2 at 12 UTC FARADAY. In west, Northwest 7 or 8, decreasing 3 to 5 from west soon, temporarily Clockwise 2 to 4 later, then increasing South 8 or 9 at end. Severe gusts. In east, Northwest 7 or 8, occasionally 9 in far northeast soon, decreasing 4 to 6 at end. Severe gusts. Becoming very rough or high, decreasing rough or very rough in west later. Long NW swell 5 to 6 m in east later. Moderate or poor vis in showers, then in rain in west at end. ROMEO. In west, Northwest 6 or 7, increasing 7 or 8 soon, then decreasing North or Northwest 6 or 7 at end. Severe gusts. In east, Southwerst 7 or 8, decreasing Northwesterly 5 or 6 soon, temporarily 4 or 5 later, then increasing North 6 or 7 in east at end. Gusts. Rough or very rough, becoming high in west later. Long W or NW swell 5 to 6 m in west at end. Poor vis in rain and showers. ALTAIR. Northwest 6 or 7, at times 8, decreasing gradually North or Northwest 3 to 5 from west soon, temporarily Clockwise 2 to 4, then increasing South or Southwest 6 or 7 in west at end, locally 8 in far northwest. Severe gusts. Rough or very rough, becoming high in far northeast soon. NW swell 5 to 5.5 m in northwest at end. Moderate or poor vis in showers in east, improving later, then moderate vis in far northwest at end. CHARCOT. In west, veering Northwest 6 or 7, then increasing North or Northwest 7 or 8 at end. Gusts. In east, Southwest 6 or 7, decreasing Northwesterly 5 or 6 soon, then veering North or Northwest at en, locally 4 or 5 in north. Gusts. Rough or very rough, becoming very rough or high in west later. Poor vis in rain and showers. ACORES. Veering North or Northwest 5 or 6, locally 7 in far northeast, but West or Northwest 4 or 5 in south at first, veering North or Northwest 3 to 5 from west soon, then becoming Clockwise 2 to 4 in west at end. Gusts. Moderate or rough, becoming rough or very rough in east soon. Moderate vis in rain or showers, improving from northwest soon. JOSEPHINE. West or Southwest 4 or 5, locally 6 in far north, but North or Northeast 3 or 4 in far southeast at first, increasing North or Northwest 6 or 7 from northwest soon. Gusts. Moderate or rough, becoming gradually rough or very rough from northwest soon. Moderate or poor vis in rain or showers from northwest. IRVING. North or Northwest 3 to 5, but North or Northeast in far south at first, veering North or Northeast 4 or 5 soon, locally 6 in east. Gusts. Moderate, becoming rough in east later. Moderate vis in scattered rain, improving at end. MADEIRA. Northwesterly 3 or 4 from northwest, but North or Northeast 4 or 5 in south at first, increasing North 6 or 7 soon. Gusts. Moderate or rough, becoming very rough in far north at end. Moderate vis in rain from northwest later. PAZENN. South or Southwest 6 or 7, locally 8 in northwest, veering North or Northwest 4 or 5, at times 6, from west later. Severe gusts. Rough or very rough and crossed with W swell 3 to 4 m. Poor vis in rain. IROISE. Southwest 5 or 6, increasing South 6 or 7 soon, decreasing Southerly 4 or 5 at end. Gusts. Rough, becoming rough or very rough soon, crossed with W swell. W swell increasing 3 m later. Locally poor vis in rain. YEU. Southwest 5 or 6, backing Southerly soon, decreasing 4 or 5 later. Rough with W swell. W swell increasing 3 m later. Locally poor vis in rain. ROCHEBONNE. South or Southwest 4 or 5, backing South or Southeast soon. Moderate or rough. CANTABRICO. South or Southeast 3 to 5, at times 6 in east later. Moderate or rough. FINISTERRE. Southwest 3 to 5, but increasing 6 or 7 from northwest, veering North 5 or 6 from west later. Severe gusts. Moderate or rough, becoming rough or very rough soon, then rough at end. Poor vis in rain. PORTO. Variable 2 to 4, increasing Southwest 4 to 6 from southeast to northwest soon, then veering North or Northwest 4 or 5 at end, at times 6. Gusts. Moderate or rough. Poor vis in rain later. SAO VICENTE. In far southeast : East or Northeast 5 or 6, veering East or Southeast 4 to 6 later. Gusts. Elsewhere : becoming Variable 2 to 4, increasing Southwesterly 3 to 5 later, then veering North or Northwest 5 or 6 at end. Moderate or rough. Poor vis in rain at end. CADIZ, GIBRALTAR STRAIT. In and leeward strait : East 7 or 8, decreasing East or Southeast 6 or 7 at end. Gusts. Elsewhere : East or Northeast 4 to 6, veering East or Southeast at end. Moderate or rough. CASABLANCA. In far northeast, Northeasterly 2 to 4, becoming Variable later, then Southwesterly 3 to 5 at end. Elsewhere, North or Northeast 4 or 5, decreasing North or Northwest 3 or 4 later, then backing West at end, locally North 5 or 6 in far northwest. Rough, decreasing gradually moderate soon. Moderate or poor vis in rain in far northwest at end. AGADIR. North or Northeast 5 or 6, decreasing North 4 or 5 soon, then Northwesterly 3 or 4 at end. Rough, decreasing moderate later. Moderate or poor vis due to sand haze in far south. METEOR. Northeast 4 to 6 from north to south, increasing 5 or 6 in north at end, and decreasing 4 or 5 in south. Moderate or rough. Moderate vis in scattered rain in north at end. CANARIAS. North or Northeast 4 or 5, locally 6 between islands, decreasing Northerly 3 to 5 later, then increasing North or Northeast 5 or 6 in far northwest at end. Gusts. Moderate or rough. Moderate vis in scattered rain in far northwest at end. TARFAYA. North 4 or 5, locally 6 in far north at first, decreasing North or Northwest 3 or 4 later. Rough, decreasing moderate later. CAPE VERDE. Northeast 5 or 6. Rough. Moderate vis due to sand haze. CAP BLANC, CAP TIMIRIS. North or Northeast 5 or 6, decreasing 4 or 5 soon, at times 6. Rough, decreasing moderate in north of CAP BLANC at end. Moderate vis due to sand haze in east. SIERRA LEONE. North or Northeast 4 or 5, locally 6 in northwest, but Variable 2 to 4 in far southeast. Rough, locally slight or moderate in far southeast. Moderate or poor vis due to sand haze. GULF OF GUINEA. Variable 1 to 3, at times 4, mainly Southerly in east. Severe gusts with thundersqualls. Slight or moderate. Poor vis in thundersqualls. Moderate vis due to sand haze in northwest. POINTE NOIRE. Southeast 2 to 4, but Southerly 1 to 3 in east. Severe gusts with thundersqualls. Slight or moderate. Poor vis in thundersqualls in northwest. Part 4 : outlook for next 24 hours Threat of temporarily North or Northeast near gale in south FINISTERRE. Persistence of Northerly near gale over ROMEO, CHARCOT, PORTO, JOSEPHINE, MADEIRA and CASABLANCE, with threat of gale over JOSEPHINE and MADEIRA. Persistence of South or Southwest near gale or gale over FARADAY and ALTAIR. Persistence of East or Southeast near gale over CADIZ and GIBRALTAR STRAIT at first.