Bulletinset for METAREA 2 Edition date (UTC): 2026-01-27 18:55:28 ============================ HIGH SEAS WARNING ============================ WONT50 LFPW 270948 SECURITE ON METAREA 2, METEO-FRANCE, WARNING NR 60, TUESDAY 27 JANUARY 2026 AT 0945 UTC GENERAL SYNOPSIS, TUESDAY 27 OF JANUARY AT 00 UTC. LOW "JOSEPH" 957 52N32W, MOVING EAST AND EXPECTED 963 52N20W BY 28/00 UTC, THEN MOVING SOUTHEAST AND EXPECTED 974 50N16W BY 28/12 UTC. LOW "CHANDRA" 964 49N13W, MOVING NORTHEAST AND EXPECTED 954 52N09W BY 27/12 UTC, THEN MOVING NORTHWEST AND EXPECTED 965 56N22W BY 28/12 UTC. NEW LOW EXPECTED 971 47N51W BY 28/00 UTC, MOVING NORTHEAST AND EXPECTED 953 49N36W BY 28/12 UTC. PERSISTENCE OF A DISTURBED FLOW ABOVE 35N. FARADAY. CONTINUING TO 28/12 UTC AT LEAST. WESTERLY 8 OR 9, VEERING NORTHWEST IN EAST SOON, THEN INCREASING AGAIN CYCLONIC 9 OR 10 IN WEST AT END. . SEVERE TO VIOLENT GUSTS. HIGH OR VERY HIGH AND CROSS. ROMEO. CONTINUING TO 28/12 UTC AT LEAST. WEST OR SOUTHWEST 8 IN WEST, INCREASING TEMPORARILY 9 SOON, THEN VEERING WESTERLY LATER. SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH, OR VERY HIGH. ALTAIR. CONTINUING TO 28/12 UTC AT LEAST. WESTERLY 8 OR 9, LOCALLY 10 IN SOUTH, BACKING QUICKLY SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST 8 OR 9, LOCALLY 10 IN WEST LATER, AT TIMES CYCLONIC, THEN VEERING WESTERLY AT END. SEVERE OR VIOLENT GUSTS. HIGH OR VERY HIGH AND CROSS. CHARCOT. CONTINUING TO 27/12 UTC. WEST 8. SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH.OR VERY HIGH. AGAIN FROM 27/15 UTC TO 28/12 UTC AT LEAST. WEST 8 IN NORTH, BUT WEST OR SOUTHWEST 8 OR 9 IN SOUTH, TEMPORARILY 10 IN FAR SOUTH. SEVERE OR VIOLENT GUSTS. HIGH OR VERY HIGH. ACORES. CONTINUING TO 28/12 UTC AT LEAST. WESTERLY 8, LOCALLY 9 OR 10 IN NORTH. SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH, LOCALLY VERY HIGH IN NORTH, AT TIMES CROSS. JOSEPHINE. CONTINUING TO 28/12 UTC AT LEAST. WEST OR SOUTHWEST 8, AT TIMES 9 IN WEST SOON, INCREASING QUICKLY 9 OR 10 IN NORTH . SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH OR VERY HIGH AND CROSS. PAZENN. CONTINUING TO 27/12 UTC. WEST OR SOUTHWEST 8. SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH. IROISE, YEU. CONTINUING TO 27/15 UTC. SOUTHWEST 8. SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH. ROCHEBONNE, CANTABRICO. CONTINUING TO 27/12 UTC. IN WEST, SOUTHWEST 8. SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH. PORTO. FROM 28/00 UTC TO 28/12 UTC AT LEAST. CYCLONIC 8 OR 9, LOCALLY 10, BECOMING WEST OR NORTHWEST 8 AT END. SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH, BECOMING VERY HIGH IN SOUTH LATER. SAO VICENTE. CONTINUING TO 27/12 UTC. SOUTHWEST 8, DECREASING FROM WEST. SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH. AGAIN FROM 27/21 UTC TO 28/12 UTC AT LEAST. SOUTHWEST 8 OR 9, VEERING WESTERLY LATER. SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH, TEMPORARILY VERY HIGH. CADIZ, GIBRALTAR STRAIT. CONTINUING TO 27/15 UTC. SOUTHWEST 8. SEVERE GUSTS. BECOMING HIGH.AND CROSS. AGAIN FROM 28/03 UTC TO 28/12 UTC AT LEAST. SOUTHWEST 8 OR 9. SEVERE GUSTS. BECOMING HIGH AND CROSS. CASABLANCA. CONTINUING TO 27/15 UTC. SOUTHWEST 8. SEVERE GUSTS. AGAIN FROM 28/09 UTC TO 28/12 UTC AT LEAST. IN NORTH, SOUTHWEST 8. SEVERE GUSTS. VERY HIGH. BT *= ============================ HIGH SEAS FORECAST ============================ FQNT50 LFPW 270949 A SECURITE Weather bulletin on METAREA 2, METEO-FRANCE Toulouse, Tuesday 27 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 60. Part 2 : General synopsis, Tuesday 27 at 00 UTC Low "JOSEPH" 957 52N32W, moving east and expected 963 52N20W by 28/00 UTC, then moving southeast and expected 974 50N16W by 28/12 UTC. Low "CHANDRA" 964 49N13W, moving northeast and expected 954 52N09W by 27/12 UTC, then moving northwest and expected 965 56N22W by 28/12 UTC. New low expected 971 47N51W by 28/00 UTC, moving northeast and expected 953 49N36W by 28/12 UTC. Persistence of a disturbed flow above 35N. High belt 1025 along 26N, with little change. The monsoon trough reaches the Atlantic near 09N13W and continues southwestward to 06N18W. The ITCZ extends from 06N18W to 00N29W and to 03S41W. Part 3 : Area forecasts to Wednesday 28 at 12 UTC FARADAY. Westerly 8 or 9, veering Northwest in east soon, temporarily decreasing temporarily Westerly 5 to 7 later, then increasing again Cyclonic 8 to 10 in west at end. Severe to violent gusts. High or very high and cross. Long NW swell 7 or 8 m. Poor or very poor vis in very heavy rain or thundery squalls. ROMEO. West or Southwest 7 or 8 in west, increasing temporarily 9 soon, veering Westerly later., then locally decreasing 5 or 6 in west at end.Severe gusts. High or very high. Long W swell 7 or 8 m. Poor or very poor vis in very heavy rain or thundery squalls. ALTAIR. Westerly 8 or 9, locally 10 in south, backing quickly South or Southwest 8 or 9 locally 10 in west later, at times Cyclonic, then veering Westerly at end. Severe or violent gusts. High or very high and cross. Long NW swell 8 or 9 m. Poor or very poor vis in very heavy rain or thundery squalls. CHARCOT. West 7 or 8 in north, increasing quickly West or Southwest 8 or 9 in south soon, temporarily 10, then decreasing West or Southwest 7 or 8 at end. Severe or violent gusts. High, or very high. Long W or NW swell, 7 or 8 m. Poor or very poor vis in very heavy rain or thundery squalls. ACORES. Westerly 7 or 8, locally 9 in north, decreasing West or Southwest 7 or 8 later. Severe gusts.Severe gusts. High, locally very high in north, at times cross. Long NW swell 7 or 8 m. Poor or very poor vis in heavy rain or thundery showers mainly in north. JOSEPHINE. West or Southwest 7 or 8, at times 9 in west soon, increasing quickly 8 to 10 in north, then decreasing Westerly 7 or 8 at end. Severe gusts. High and cross, becoming very high in north soon. Long NW swell increasing 5 to 7 m. Poor or very poor vis in heavy rain or thundery showers. IRVING. Westerly 4 to 7, from south to north, backing West or Southwest soon. Gusts. Very rough or high. Long NW swell 5 to 7 m. MADEIRA. Westerly 5 to 7 from south to north, abating 4 to 6 at end. Gusts. Very rough or high. Long NW swell 5 to 7 m . Moderate or poor vis in rain or showers, mainly in west. PAZENN. West or Southwest 7 or 8, decreasing Southwest 6 or 7 soon, becoming Southwesterly later. Severe gusts. High and crossed. Long W or NW swell 4 to 5 m, increasing 5 to 6 m. Poor vis in rain or showers, at times thundery. IROISE, YEU. Southwest 7 or 8, decreasing 5 or 6 soon, then 4 or 5 later and backing South, increasing locally 6 or 7 in west at end. Severe gusts. Very rough or high, becoming very rough at end. Long W swell increasing 5 to 6 m. Poor vis in rain or showers, at times thundery. ROCHEBONNE. Southwest 7 or 8, but 6 or 7 in east, decreasing West or Southwest 5 or 6 soon, then 4 or 5 later and backing Southerly, increasing locally 6 or 7 in far west at end. Severe gusts. Very rough or high, becoming very rough at end. Long W or NW swell increasing 5 to 6 m. Poor vis in rain or showers, at times thundery. CANTABRICO. In west, West or Southwest 6 or 7, at times 8 at first, decreasing 5 or 6 soon, backing Southerly 4 or 5 later, at times 6. Severe gusts. In east, Westerly 4 or 5, backing Southwesterly soon, then Southerly later. Very rough or high, becoming very rough at end. Long W or NW swell increasing 5 to 6 m. Poor vis in rain or showers, at times thundery. FINISTERRE. West or Southwest 6 or 7, decreasing 5 or 6 soon, increasing Southwesterly 6 or 7 later. Severe gusts. High and crossed. Long NW swell 4 to 5 m, increasing 6 to 7 m. Poor vis in rain or showers, at times thundery. PORTO. Westerly 6 or 7, backing Southwest 8 or 9, temporarily Cyclonic 8 to 10 later, then decreasing West or Northwest 7 or 8 at end. Severe gusts. High, increasing very high later in south. Long NW swell increasing 5 to 7 m. Very poor vis in very heavy rain or thundery squalls. SAO VICENTE. Southwest 7 or 8, decreasing temporarily West 6 or 7 soon, then backing Southwest 8 or 9 soon, and veering Westerly later. Severe gusts. Very rough or high and cross, increasing temporarily very high in northwest later. Long NW swell increasing 5 to 7 m. Poor or very vis poor in rain or thundery showers. CADIZ, GIBRALTAR STRAIT. Southwest increasing 7 or 8, decreasing Westerly 6 or 7 soon, then increasing Southwest 8 or 9 later. Severe gusts. Very rough, becoming high later. Long W or NW swell 4 or 5 m, becoming cross. Poor or very vis poor in heavy rain or thundery showers. CASABLANCA. West or Southwest 7 or 8, decreasing 5 to 7 soon, then locally increasing Southwest 7 or 8 in north later. Severe gusts. Very rough increasing high soon. Long NW swell 5 to 7 m. Moderate or poor vis in rain or showers later. AGADIR, TARFAYA. Southwest 4 to 6 from south to north, decreasing Westerly 3 to 5 later. Gusts. Rough increasing very rough soon. Long NW swell 5 m. Moderate vis in scattered rain or thundery showers in north. METEOR. Variable 2 to 4, becoming Variable Clockwise 2 to 4.later. Moderate, becoming rough or very rough in NW swell from north soon.. NW swell 5 m. Moderate vis in showers in north. CANARIAS. Variable 2 to 4, mainly West or Northwest, temporarily West or Northwest 4 or 5 in north. Moderate or rough, increasing rough or very rough in NW swell. CAPE VERDE, CAP BLANC, CAP TIMIRIS. Northeasterly 4 or 5, increasing temporarily 6 over CAP BLANC soon. Moderate, increasing rough soon, then very rough later, in long NW swell 4.5 m, everywhere else extreme southeast. Moderate vis due to sand haze in south. SIERRA LEONE. Northeast 4 or 5, locally Variable 2 to 4 in far southeast. Gusts. Moderate, increasing rough at end in northwest. Moderate vis due to sand haze. GULF OF GUINEA. Southerly 2 to 4, at times Variable 1 to 3. Severe or violent gusts in thundersqualls. Slight, locally moderate in west. Poor or very poor vis in thundersqualls. POINTE NOIRE. South or Southeast 3 or 4, locally 2 or 3 in far east. Severe or violent gusts in thundersqualls. Slight or moderate. Poor or very poor vis in thundersqualls. Part 4 : outlook for next 24 hours Persistence of Westerly gale or severe gale north of 34N, with threat of storm over FARADAY, ALTAIR, and west of ROMEO. Persistence of Southwesterly near gale in all areas of the Bay of Biscay.