Bulletinset for METAREA 3 Edition date (UTC): 2026-02-01 16:37:06 ============================ EAST / HIGH SEAS WARNING ============================ WWME22 LGAT 011400 GALE WARNING ON METAREA 3 HELLENIC NATIONAL MET. SERVICE WARNING NR 111 - SUNDAY 01 FEBRUARY 2026/1600 UTC GENERAL SYNOPSIS 01-02-26/09 UTC EXTENDED LOW WITH FRONTAL ACTIVITY AND TWO CENTRES, THE FIRST CENTRE 993 OVER BOOT AND THE SECOND 995 OVER NORTHWEST AEGEAN IS MOVING EASTWARDS AND THE FIRST CENTRE IS EXPECTED 998 OVER THE SARONIC GULF AND THE SECOND 999 OVER THE NORTHWEST AEGEAN BY 01/21 UTC. RELATIVELY HIGH PRESSURES 1019 OVER NORTHEAST BALKANS. MELITA CONTINUING TO 01/22 UTC NORTHWEST 7 OR 8 GABES OVER EAST CONTINUING AT LEAST TO 01/22 UTC WEST NORTHWEST 7 OR 8 SIDRA CONTINUING TO 02/01 UTC NORTHWEST 7 OR 8 SOUTH IONIO SOUTH OF 36.00 CONTINUING TO 01/22 UTC WEST NORTHWEST 7 OR 8 SOUTHWEST KRITIKO WEST OF 22.00 CONTINUING TO 02/01 UTC WEST NORTHWEST 7 OR 8 SOUTHWEST KRITIKO EAST OF 22.00 CONTINUING TO 02/07 UTC WEST SOUTHWEST 7 OR 8 AND FROM 02/01 UTC WEST NORTHWEST SOUTHEAST KRITIKO WEST OF 27.00 FROM 01/19 AT LEAST TO 02/04 UTC WEST SOUTHWEST 7 OR 8 KASTELLORIZO SEA NORTH OF 35.40 CONTINUING TO 01/22 UTC EAST SOUTHEAST 8 AND FROM 01/19 UTC 7 OR 8 TAURUS OVER WEST CONTINUING TO 01/22 UTC EAST SOUTHEAST 7 OR 8 RODOS SEA EAST OF 27.40 CONTINUING TO 01/19 UTC SOUTHEAST 7 OR 8 NORTHWEST AEGEAN CONTINUING TO 02/01 UTC CYCLONIC 7 OR 8 NORTHEAST AEGEAN NORTH OF 39.40 CONTINUING AT LEAST TO 02/04 UTC EAST NORTHEAST 8 AND FROM 01/19 UTC NORTHEAST 7 OR 8 THRAKIKO CONTINUING AT LEAST TO 02/04 UTC NORTHEAST 8 AND FROM 01/19 UTC 7 OR 8 ============================ WEST / HIGH SEAS WARNING ============================ WOMQ50 LFPW 010702 WARNING ON METAREA 3, METEO-FRANCE WARNING NR 53, SUNDAY 1 FEBRUARY 2026 AT 0700 UTC GENERAL SYNOPSIS, SUNDAY 1 OF FEBRUARY AT 00 UTC. LOW 990 OVER NORTH OF IONIAN SEA, SLOWLY FILLING AND EVACUATING OVER GREECE. MOBILE RIDGE NEAR 1020 OVER SPAIN, MOVING EAST. NEW ATLANTIC TALWEG REACHING WEST OF BASIN IN LATE NIGHT. ALBORAN. FROM 02/06 UTC TO 02/12 UTC AT LEAST. WEST 8. SEVERE GUSTS.= ============================ EAST / HIGH SEAS FORECAST ============================ FQME26 LGAT 011400 WEATHER BULLETIN ON METAREA 3 HELLENIC NATIONAL MET. SERVICE ATHENS, SUNDAY 01 FEBRUARY 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 111 PART 2 GENERAL SYNOPSIS 01-02-26/09 UTC EXTENDED LOW WITH FRONTAL ACTIVITY AND TWO CENTRES, THE FIRST CENTRE 993 OVER BOOT AND THE SECOND 995 OVER NORTHWEST AEGEAN IS MOVING EASTWARDS AND THE FIRST CENTRE IS EXPECTED 998 OVER THE SARONIC GULF AND THE SECOND 999 OVER THE NORTHWEST AEGEAN BY 01/21 UTC. RELATIVELY HIGH PRESSURES 1019 OVER NORTHEAST BALKANS. PART 3 FORECAST UP TO 02 FEBRUARY 16 UTC NORTH ADRIATIC NORTHEAST 5 OR 6 SOON 4 OR 5. SLIGHT CENTRAL ADRIATIC NORTH NORTHWEST 5 OR 6 OVER EAST PART NORTHEAST 4 OR 5. SLIGHT OR MODERATE SOUTH ADRIATIC NORTHWEST 5 OR 6. MODERATE BOOT NORTHWEST 6 OR 7 SOON 5 OR 6. MODERATE OVER SOUTH PART ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM MELITA NORTHWEST 7 OR 8 SOON 6 OR 7 LATER 5 OR 6. ROUGH GABES WEST NORTHWEST 6 OR 7 OVER EAST PART 7 OR 8 SOON 5 OR 6 OVER EAST PART 6 OR 7. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH. POOR SIDRA NORTHWEST 7 OR 8 SOON 6 OR 7 LATER WEST NORTHWEST 5 OR 6. VERY ROUGH. POOR NORTH IONIO NORTH NORTHWEST 5 OR 6. MODERATE SOUTH IONIO WEST NORTHWEST 6 OR 7 AND SOUTH OF 36.00 7 OR 8 SOON 6 OR 7. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM PATRAIKOS NORTHEAST 4 OR 5 SOON VARIABLE 4. SLIGHT KORINTHIAKOS NORTHEAST 5 SOON NORTHWEST 4. SLIGHT KITHIRA SEA SOUTHWEST 6 OR 7 SOON WEST NORTHWEST. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM SOUTHWEST KRITIKO WEST OF 22.00 WEST NORTHWEST 7 OR 8 SOON 6 OR 7. EAST OF 22.00 WEST SOUTHWEST 7 OR 8 SOON WEST NORTHWEST DECREASING LATER. VERY ROUGH. POOR. THUNDERSTORM SOUTHEAST KRITIKO IERAPETRA SOUTHWEST 6 OR 7 VERY SOON WEST OF 27.00 WEST SOUTHWEST 7 OR 8. ROUGH SOON OVER WEST PART VERY ROUGH. POOR. THUNDERSTORM TAURUS OVER WEST PART EAST SOUTHEAST 7 OR 8 OVER EAST PART NORTHEAST 5 OR 6 SOON OVER WEST PART 6 OR 7. MODERATE SOON OVER WEST PART UP TO ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM DELTA SOUTH SOUTHWEST 6 OR 7. MODERATE CRUSADE SOUTH 5 OR 6 OVER NORTH PART EAST SOON 6 OR 7. MODERATE KASTELLORIZO SEA EAST SOUTHEAST 6 OR 7 AND NORTH OF 35.40 8 VERY SOON NORTH OF 35.40 7 OR 8 SOON 6 OR 7 AND SOUTH OF 35.40 SOUTH SOUTHWEST 6 OR 7. ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM RODOS SEA SOUTHEAST 6 OR 7 EAST OF 27.40 7 OR 8 VERY SOON SOUTH SOUTHWEST 5 OR 6. MODERATE OVER EAST PART UP TO ROUGH VERY SOON MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM KARPATHIO SOUTH SOUTHWEST 5 OR 6 SOON 6 OR 7 LATER WEST. MODERATE SOON UP TO ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM WEST KRITIKO SOUTHWEST 5 OR 6 WEST OF 24.00 6 OR 7 SOON WEST 6 OR 7. ROUGH. POOR EAST KRITIKO SOUTHWEST 5 OR 6 SOON WEST 6 OR 7. MODERATE SOON UP TO ROUGH. POOR SOUTHWEST AEGEAN SOUTHWEST 6 OR 7 SOON NORTH NORTHWEST 5 OR 6. ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM SOUTHEAST AEGEAN IKARIO SOUTHWEST 5 OR 6 SOON FROM THE WEST NORTHWEST. MODERATE OVER WEST PART UP TO ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM SAMOS SEA SOUTH SOUTHWEST 5 OR 6. MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM SARONIKOS SOUTH 5 VERY SOON CYCLONIC SOON NORTHWEST 5 OR 6. MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM SOUTH EVVOIKOS SOUTH SOUTHWEST 5 VERY SOON CYCLONIC SOON NORTHWEST 5 OR 6. MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM KAFIREAS STRAIT SOUTHWEST 5 SOON NORTH NORTHWEST. MODERATE UP TO ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM CENTRAL AEGEAN NORTHWEST 5 OVER EAST PART SOUTHWEST VERY SOON CYCLONIC 5 OR 6 SOON NORTHWEST 5 OR 6 AND WEST OF 25.00 6 OR 7. MODERATE UP TO ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM NORTHWEST AEGEAN CYCLONIC 7 OR 8 SOON NORTHWEST 6 OR 7 AND EAST 24.00 NORTHEAST 7 DECREASING LATER. ROUGH. POOR NORTHEAST AEGEAN NORTH OF 39.40 EAST NORTHEAST 8 VERY SOON NORTHEAST 7 OR 8. SOUTH OF 39.40 CYCLONIC 5 OR 6 SOON FROM THE WEST NORTHEAST 7. ROUGH UP TO VERY ROUGH. POOR THRAKIKO NORTHEAST 8 VERY SOON 7 OR 8 LATER 6 OR 7. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH. POOR THERMAIKOS NORTHWEST 5 OR 6 AND SOUTH OF 40.10 6 OR 7 VERY SOON 4 OR 5 AND SOUTH OF 40.10 5 OR 6 SOON 4 OR 5. MODERATE. POOR MARMARA EAST NORTHEAST 7 VERY SOON 6 LATER NORTHEAST 6. MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM WEST BLACK SEA EAST NORTHEAST 6 OR 7 OVER SOUTH PART 7 SOON NORTHEAST 7. MODERATE OR ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR EAST BLACK SEA EAST SOUTHEAST 5 OR 6 OVER NORTH PART NORTHEAST SOON 6 OR 7. MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS GALE FORCE WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED= ============================ WEST / HIGH SEAS FORECAST ============================ FQMQ54 LFPW 010747 Weather bulletin on METAREA 3, METEO-FRANCE Toulouse, Sunday 1 February 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 : WARNING NR 53. Part 2 : General synopsis, Sunday 1 at 00 UTC Low 990 over north of Ionian sea, slowly filling and evacuating over Greece. Mobile ridge near 1020 over Spain, moving east. New Atlantic talweg reaching west of basin in late night. Part 3 : Area forecasts to Monday 2 at 12 UTC EAST OF CABRERA. West or Northwest 4 or 5, backing Southwest in evening then South or Southeast at end. Moderate, locally rough in east at first. BALEARES. West or Northwest 4 or 5, locally 6 in south, backing Southwest in late day then South at end. Slight or moderate. MINORQUE. Northwesterly 4 or 5, locally 6 in far northeast at first, backing Southwest in afternoon then South at end. Slight or moderate, locally rough in northeast at first. LION. Northwesterly decreasing 4 or 5, backing Southwesterly 2 to 4 in late day, then increasing South or Southeast 5 or 6 in morning, at times 7 in far southeast. Gusts. Slight or moderate, locally rough in far south at first, temporarily becoming smooth or slight in late day and overnight. Moderate or poor vis in some coastal fog patches in lat night. PROVENCE. Northwest 5 or 6, backing West or Southwest 4 or 5 in late day then South or Southeast 4 or 5 in late night, at times 6 in extreme northwest at end. Gusts. Slight or moderate, locally rough in south at first. LIGURE. Variable 2 to 4, becoming Easterly 3 to 5 in north at end but Southerly 4 or 5 in south. Slight, at times moderate in far south. Moderate or poor vis in rain or showers overnight. CORSE. Northwest 4 or 5 in south, but Variable 2 to 4 in north, backing Westerly 3 to 5 everywhere overnight then South 4 or 5 at end. Moderate, locally rough in south at first. Moderate or poor vis in some rain or showers overnight. SARDAIGNE. Northwest decreasing 4 or 5, gradually backing Southwest 3 or 4 overnight then backing South 4 or 5 at end. Rough in NW swell, decreasing moderate in late day then slight in north overnight. Moderate vis in some showers in south at first. MADDALENA. North or Northwest 4 or 5, at times 6 in south, decreasing 2 to 4 in late night then backing South 3 or 4 at end. Smooth or slight, locally moderate in south till night. Moderate vis in some showers in south at first. ELBE. Northerly 2 to 4, becoming Variable overnight then South or Southeast 3 or 4 at end, at times 5 in far north. Smooth or slight. Moderate or poor vis in rain or showers in north overnight. ALBORAN. Westerly 4 to 6, decreasing 2 to 4 in evening, increasing 7 or 8 at end. Gusts. Slight or moderate, becoming moderate or rough at end. Poor vis in rain at end. PALOS. Southwest 4 to 6, decreasing South or Southwest 3 to 5 overnight, increasing 5 to 7 at end. Gusts. Slight or moderate. ALGER. Westerly 4 to 6, backing Southerly 3 to 5 overnight. Moderate, locally rough in east at first. Poor or very poor vis in thundery rain or showers, clearing in morning. WEST OF CABRERA. West or Northwest 4 or 5, at times 6, backing Southwest in afternoon, then South in late night. Slight or moderate. ANNABA. Northwest 5 or 6, backing West 3 to 5 in evening,then Southerly in late night. Severe gusts. Rough, abating moderate in evening. Poor vis in showers at first. TUNISIE. Northwest 6 or 7, decreasing 5 or 6 in evening, backing gradually Southerly 3 or 4 at end. Moderate or rough, locally very rough in south at first, becoming slight or moderate at end. Poor or very poor vis in thundery rain or showers, clearing in evening. CARBONARA. Northwest 4 to 6, decreasing 3 or 4 in late night, and backing Southwest in morning. Gusts. Moderate or rough, decreasing slight or moderate from north in evening. Poor vis in thundery showers, clearing in evening. LIPARI. Northerly 5 or 6, backing Northwest 4 or 5 at midday, decreasing West 3 or 4 at end. Moderate, locally rough in southwest till evening. Poor vis in rain or showers mainly in south, at times thundery. CIRCEO. Northwest 3 to 5, decreasing 2 to 4 at end. Gusts. Slight or moderate. Part 4 : outlook for next 24 hours South or Southwest fresh or strong flow over southwest of basin. Southeasterly flow becoming fresh or strong elsewhere then decreasing Westerly moderate or fresh in late night over northwest of basin