Bulletinset for METAREA 3 Edition date (UTC): 2026-08-09 16:50:25 ============================ EAST / HIGH SEAS WARNING ============================ WWME22 LGAT 091330 GALE WARNING ON METAREA 3 HELLENIC NATIONAL MET. SERVICE WARNING NR 348 - SUNDAY 09 AUGUST 2026/1600 UTC GENERAL SYNOPSIS 09-08-26/09 UTC LOW PRESSURES 1006 OVER TAURUS AND HIGH 1020 OVER NORTH BALKANS KAFIREAS STRAIT CONTINUING AT LEAST TO 10/04 UTC NORTH 7 OR 8 ============================ EAST / HIGH SEAS FORECAST ============================ FQME26 LGAT 091400 WEATHER BULLETIN ON METAREA 3 HELLENIC NATIONAL MET. SERVICE ATHENS, SUNDAY 09 AUGUST 2026 / 1600 UTC - WIND SPEED: BEAUFORT SCALE - SEA STATE: TOTAL SIGNIFICANT BE AWARE: WIND GUSTS CAN BE 40 PERCENT STRONGER THAN THOSE GIVEN HERE AND MAX WAVE HEIGHT UP TO TWICE THAN SIGNIFICANT PART 1 WARNING NR 348 PART 2 GENERAL SYNOPSIS 09-08-26/09 UTC LOW PRESSURES 1006 OVER TAURUS AND HIGH 1020 OVER NORTH BALKANS PART 3 FORECAST UP TO 10 AUGUST 16 UTC NORTH ADRIATIC NORTHWEST 3 OR 4 SOON VARIABLE. UP TO SLIGHT CENTRAL ADRIATIC NORTHWEST 3 UP TO 5 SOON 3 OR 4. SLIGHT SOUTH ADRIATIC NORTH NORTHWEST 4 OR 5. SLIGHT BOOT NORTH 4 OR 5. SLIGHT MELITA NORTH NORTHEAST 3 OR 4 OVER EAST VARIABLE SOON VARIABLE. SLIGHT GABES NORTH NORTHEAST 3 OR 4 SOON VARIABLE. SLIGHT SIDRA NORTH 4 SOON OVER NORTH UP TO 5. SLIGHT NORTH IONIO EAST OF 19.50 NORTHWEST 3 OR 4 VERY SOON EAST NORTHEAST. WEST OF 19.50 NORTH 5 OR 6 SOON 4 OR 5. SLIGHT SOUTH IONIO NORTH NORTHWEST 3 OR 4 SOON NORTH NORTHEAST. SLIGHT PATRAIKOS NORTHEAST 3 OR 4 VERY SOON 4 OR 5. SLIGHT KORINTHIAKOS SOUTHEAST 3 UP TO 5 OVER EAST PARTS NORTH NORTHEAST LATER NORTH NORTHEAST 4 OR 5. SLIGHT KITHIRA SEA WEST OF 22.30 NORTH NORTHWEST 3 UP TO 5 VERY SOON NORTH NORTHEAST SOON 4 OR 5. EAST OF 22.30 NORTH NORTHEAST 5 OR 6 AND SOUTH OF 35.30 6 OR 7. SLIGHT OVER EAST MODERATE SOUTHWEST KRITIKO NORTH NORTHWEST 4 OR 5 AND EAST OF 22.00 NORTH 6 OR 7. SLIGHT OVER EAST MODERATE SOUTHEAST KRITIKO IERAPETRA NORTH OF 34.00 NORTH NORTHWEST 5 OR 6 AND EAST OF 26.20 6 OR 7. SOUTH OF 34.00 NORTHWEST 4 OR 5. MODERATE TAURUS WEST SOUTHWEST 5 OR 6 SOON 4 OR 5 OVER EAST CYCLONIC DECREASING LATER. SLIGHT OR MODERATE DELTA WEST 4 OVER SOUTH PARTS NORTH NORTHWEST SOON VARIABLE. SLIGHT CRUSADE WEST SOUTHWEST 4 OR 5 OVER SOUTH PARTS NORTH NORTHWEST 3 OR 4 SOON VARIABLE 3 OR 4. SLIGHT KASTELLORIZO SEA WEST SOUTHWEST 4 SOON VARIABLE. SLIGHT RODOS SEA CYCLONIC 3 UP TO 5 SOON WEST NORTHWEST. SLIGHT KARPATHIO NORTHWEST 5 OR 6 AND SOUTH OF 35.20 6 OR 7. MODERATE WEST KRITIKO NORTHWEST 4 OR 5 AND WEST OF 24.00 NORTH NORTHEAST 5 OR 6. MODERATE EAST KRITIKO WEST NORTHWEST 5 OR 6 OVER EAST 6. MODERATE SOUTHWEST AEGEAN NORTH 6 OR 7. MODERATE SOUTHEAST AEGEAN IKARIO NORTH 6 OR 7 SOON OVER EAST 6. MODERATE SAMOS SEA NORTH 5 OR 6 OVER WEST 6. UP TO MODERATE SARONIKOS NORTH 4 OR 5 AND EAST OF 23.40 NORTH NORTHEAST 5 OR 6. SLIGHT UP TO MODERATE SOUTH EVVOIKOS NORTH 6 OR 7 SOON 7. MODERATE KAFIREAS STRAIT NORTH 7 OR 8. MODERATE UP TO ROUGH CENTRAL AEGEAN NORTH 7. MODERATE NORTHWEST AEGEAN NORTH NORTHWEST 4 OR 5 VERY SOON NORTH NORTHEAST SOON 5 OR 6. SLIGHT SOON OVER EAST MODERATE NORTHEAST AEGEAN NORTH NORTHEAST 6 OR 7. MODERATE THRAKIKO NORTH NORTHEAST 4 OR 5 VERY SOON EAST NORTHEAST 5 OR 6. SLIGHT THERMAIKOS SOUTH 3 OR 4 VERY SOON NORTH NORTHEAST SOON EAST NORTHEAST UP TO 5. SLIGHT MARMARA NORTH NORTHEAST 5 OR 6 SOON 5. UP TO MODERATE WEST BLACK SEA NORTH NORTHEAST 5 OR 6 OVER SOUTHEAST PARTS WEST SOUTHWEST 4 OR 5. MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM EAST BLACK SEA WEST NORTHWEST 3 UP TO 5 VERY SOON NORTH NORTHWEST 5 OR 6 OVER EAST VARIABLE 3 OR 4. SLIGHT. LOCALLY POOR. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS PROBABLY GALE NORTH WINDS OVER KAFIREAS STRAIT= ============================ WEST / HIGH SEAS FORECAST ============================ FQMQ54 LFPW 090712 Weather bulletin on METAREA 3, METEO-FRANCE Toulouse, Sunday 9 August 2026 at 09 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, Sunday 9 at 00 UTC Weak gradient of pressure 1015 over basin. Shallow low 1011 to 1013 along Algerian coast filling tomorrow morning. Part 3 : Area forecasts to Monday 10 at 12 UTC EAST OF CABRERA. East or Southeast 3 or 4, at times 5 till this evening. Slight. BALEARES. Northeasterly 2 to 4, increasing 3 to 5 overnight, then decreasing 2 to 4 in morning. Smooth or slight. Sand haze in far south. MINORQUE. Southeasterly 2 to 4, temporarily becoming Northeasterly 3 to 5 in late night. Smooth or slight. LION. Becoming Southeasterly 3 to 5, occasionally 6 along Roussillon coast, decreasing 3 or 4 this evening, then becoming Northwesterly 2 to 4 in late night. Severe gusts with coastal thundery showers. Smooth or slight, decreasing smooth in morning. Locally poor vis due to coastal thundery showers this evening, improving in late night. PROVENCE. Southeasterly 2 to 4, locally Variable 1 to 3 in east, becoming everywhere Variable 1 to 3 overnight, locally Southwest 3 or 4 in far northeast at end. Smooth. LIGURE. Variable 2 to 4, becoming Southwesterly in late afternoon, then decreasing 1 to 3 in evening. Smooth, temporarily slight over Gulf of Genoa at first. CORSE. Becoming mainly Northwesterly 1 to 3, then Variable from north overnight. Smooth. SARDAIGNE. Becoming mainly Easterly 1 to 3, locally 3 or 4 in far southwest. Smooth, locally slight in far southwest. MADDALENA. Variable 1 to 3, mainly Northwest in east. Smooth. ELBE. Becoming Northwesterly 1 or 3, at times 4. Smooth. ALBORAN. Variable 1 to 3, increasing West 4 or 5 leeward the strait at end. Smooth, becoming slight leeward the strait at end. Moderate or poor vis due to some fog patches. Moderate vis due to sand haze. PALOS. Variable 1 to 3, locally West 4 or 5 in east at first. Smooth or slight. Moderate or poor vis due to some fog patches. Moderate vis due to sand haze. ALGER. Variable 2 to 4 in west mainly Westerly, but East or Southeast 3 to 5 in east. Slight. Moderate or poor vis due to some fog patches in west. WEST OF CABRERA. Becoming Cyclonic 2 to 4 from south, at times 5 in east till evening. Slight, temporarily moderate in east. ANNABA. Easterly 3 or 4, at times 5 in far southwest, but mainly Easterly 1 to 3 in northeast till midnight. Smooth or slight. TUNISIE. Variable 2 to 4, mainly Northeasterly at times 5 near Sicily at first, becoming Easterly in west in late night. Smooth or slight. CARBONARA. Clockwise 1 to 3. Smooth. LIPARI. Variable 1 to 3, mainly Northerly. Smooth, at times slight at first. Moderate vis in coastal showers in far east. CIRCEO. Variable 1 to 3, mainly Northwesterly, at times 4 near coast in afternoon. Smooth, at times slight near coasts. Moderate vis in coastal showers in afternoon. Part 4 : outlook for next 24 hours No significant change.