Bulletinset for METAREA 2 Edition date (UTC): 2023-05-29 13:15:10 ============================ HIGH SEAS FORECAST ============================ FQNT50 LFPW 291024 A SECURITE Weather bulletin on METAREA 2, METEO-FRANCE Toulouse, Monday 29 May 2023 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 : NO WARNING. Part 2 : General synopsis, Monday 29 at 00 UTC Thundery low 1009 38N26W, with little change. Thundery low 1009 39N38W, moving east and expected 1008 37N36W by 29/12 UTC, then merging with the previous one and expected 1009 36N26W by 30/12 UTC. Thundery low area 1012-1014 over Iberian peninsula and southwest of France, with little change. High 1032 54N12W drifting northeast, expected 1035 58N11W by 30/12 UTC. Belt of high pressure 1019-1021 along 25N. A monsoon trough enters the Atlantic along the Senegal coast just south of Dakar, then reaches southwestward to 07N22W. ITCZ extends from 04N29W to 05N39W, then from 06N42W to 06N50W. Part 3 : Area forecasts to Tuesday 30 at 12 UTC FARADAY. East or Southeast 3 or 4, at times 5. Moderate. Moderate visibility in some showers. ROMEO. East or Northeast 4 or 5, temporarily 6 in northeast. Moderate, increasing rough later in far northeast. ALTAIR. East or Northeast 4 or 5. Moderate. Moderate or poor visibility in showers mostly in southeast. CHARCOT. East or Northeast 2 to 4 in north, but Southeast in southwest and locally Variable elsewhere. Slight or moderate. Moderate or poor vis in thundery showers. ACORES. In north: Cyclonic 3 to 5. In south : Cyclonic 4 to 6 from southwest. Gusts. Moderate, becoming locally rough in far southwest soon. Poor visibility in severe thundery rain, mostly in the south. JOSEPHINE. In west: Southerly 2 to 4. In east: Southerly 2 to 4, but becoming Westerly in Northeast soon. Slight or moderate. Moderate or poor vis in thundery showers. IRVING. West or Southwest 2 to 4, increasing 5 or 6, then veering North 4 or 5 in far northwest at end. Severe gusts. Moderate, increasing rough in northwest soon. Moderate or poor visibility in thundery showers. MADEIRA. Westerly 2 to 4 from east to west, backing Southwest 4 or 5 from west at end. Slight or moderate. Moderate or poor visibility in thundery showers. PAZENN. Northeast 4 or 5, but 5 or 6 in north, locally 7 in far northeast till evening. Moderate or rough. IROISE. Northeast 5 or 6, locally 7 in north, decreasing 5 or 6 tomorrow evening. Gusts. Moderate or rough. YEU, ROCHEBONNE. Northeasterly 4 or 5, at times 6 at first, increasing Northeast 5 or 6 in evening, and decreasing 3 to 5 tomorrow morning, at times 6 in the evening. Slight or moderate. CANTABRICO. Cyclonic 3 to 5, becoming Variable 2 to 4 in south and mainly Northeasterly 3 to 5 in north. Costal breeze. Gusts. Slight or moderate. Moderate or poor in thundery showers. FINISTERRE. Northeast 3 or 4, increasing 3 to 5 in afternoon, but Variable 2 to 4 in south. Slight or moderate. Moderate Vis in rain or thundery showers. PORTO. Westerly 2 to 4, becoming Variable 1 to 3 in north soon. Slight, becoming moderate in far north at end. Moderate or poor vis in showers, at times thundery. SAO VICENTE. Westerly 2 to 4, temporarily 5 near Faro at first, then in evening. Smooth or slight. Moderate visibility in showers improving soon. CADIZ. West or Northwest 2 to 4, increasing 5 in north in the afternoon, then decreasing 3 or 4 after midnight.. Smooth or slight. GIBRALTAR STRAIT. West 4 or 5, locally 5 or 6 in east. Slight. CASABLANCA. Variable 2 to 4, becoming Northwesterly later. Slight. Moderate or poor visibility with some showers, at times thundery. AGADIR. North or Northwest 2 to 4, at times 5 or 6 in bay of Agadir. Slight. METEOR. West or Southwest 2 to 4, locally Clockwise Variable in south, becoming locally 5 in northwest soon, but clockwise 2 to 4 in southeast. Slight or moderate. Moderate visibility in some showers. CANARIAS. North or Northwest 2 to 4, veering Northeast in east at end. Slight, increasing moderate in west later. TARFAYA. North or Northwest 3 or 4 . Slight. CAPE VERDE. East or Northeast 3 to 5, from northwest to southeast, locally Variable 2 to 4 in far north. Moderate, temporarily becoming rough very soon in southeast. Moderate visibility with sand haze. CAP BLANC. North or Northeast 4 or 5, locally 6 in south. Gusts. Slight or moderate. Moderate visibility sand haze. CAP TIMIRIS. North or Northeast 5 or 6. Gusts. Moderate or rough. Moderate visibility with sand haze. SIERRA LEONE. Northeasterly 4 or 5, at times 6 in far northeast, but locally Variable 2 to 4 in southeast. Moderate, locally rough in northeast with long S 1.7m swell. Thundersqualls with severe or violent gusts in south. Poor visibility with thundersqualls. Sand haze. GULF OF GUINEA. Southeast 2 to 4, at times 5 in south. Moderate or rough with long S swell 2m, abating moderate soon. Thundersqualls with severe or violent gusts. Poor visibility with thundersqualls. POINTE NOIRE. Southeast 4 or 5. Rough with long S swell 1.6m at first, abating moderate soon. Moderate or poor visibility with scattered thundery showers. Part 4 : outlook for next 24 hours Persistence of Northeast near gale over IROISE.