Bulletinset for METAREA 3 Edition date (UTC): 2026-08-08 16:13:45 ============================ EAST / HIGH SEAS FORECAST ============================ FQME26 LGAT 081400 WEATHER BULLETIN ON METAREA 3 HELLENIC NATIONAL MET. SERVICE ATHENS, SATURDAY 08 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 NONE PART 2 GENERAL SYNOPSIS 08-08-26/09 UTC LOW PRESSURES 1004 OVER CYPRUS AND 1007 OVER EAST BLACK SEA. HIGH PRESSURES 1020 OVER NORTHWEST BALKANS PART 3 FORECAST UP TO 09 AUGUST 16 UTC NORTH ADRIATIC NORTHEAST 4 OR 5. SLIGHT CENTRAL ADRIATIC NORTH NORTHWEST 4 OR 5 SOON OVER EAST NORTHEAST. SLIGHT. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM SOUTH ADRIATIC NORTH NORTHWEST 5 OR 6 SOON OVER EAST NORTHEAST. SLIGHT OR MODERATE BOOT NORTH NORTHWEST 4 OR 5 OVER SOUTHWEST 5 OR 6 LATER NORTH 5 OR 6. SLIGHT MELITA NORTH NORTHWEST 4 OR 5. SLIGHT OR MODERATE GABES NORTH NORTHEAST 3 OR 4 SOON NORTHWEST. SLIGHT SIDRA NORTH NORTHWEST 3 OR 4 OVER SOUTH NORTHEAST UP TO 5. SLIGHT NORTH IONIO NORTH NORTHWEST 3 OR 4 AND WEST OF 19.50 4 OR 5 SOON NORTH NORTHEAST. SLIGHT OVER WEST UP TO MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR SOUTH IONIO NORTHWEST 3 OR 4 SOON NORTH NORTHWEST. SLIGHT. LOCALLY POOR PATRAIKOS VARIABLE 3 OR 4. SMOOTH OR SLIGHT. LOCALLY POOR KORINTHIAKOS VARIABLE 3 OR 4 LATER NORTHEAST 4 OR 5. SMOOTH OR SLIGHT KITHIRA SEA NORTHWEST 4 LATER NORTH 5 OR 6. SLIGHT SOUTHWEST KRITIKO NORTH NORTHWEST 4 AND EAST OF 22.30 5 OR 6. SLIGHT OR MODERATE SOUTHEAST KRITIKO IERAPETRA NORTHWEST 4 OR 5 AND NORTH OF 34.00 5 OR 6 SOON OVER NORTH 6 OR 7. SLIGHT OR MODERATE TAURUS WEST SOUTHWEST 5 OR 6 SOON 4 OR 5. SLIGHT OR MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR DELTA WEST NORTHWEST 4 OR 5. SLIGHT OR MODERATE CRUSADE WEST SOUTHWEST 4 OR 5 OVER SOUTH NORTHWEST 4. SLIGHT OR MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR KASTELLORIZO SEA WEST 4 OR 5 SOON VARIABLE 4. SLIGHT RODOS SEA WEST NORTHWEST 3 UP TO 5 SOON 3 OR 4. UP TO SLIGHT KARPATHIO NORTHWEST 5 OR 6 SOON SOUTH OF 35.20 6 OR 7. MODERATE WEST KRITIKO WEST NORTHWEST 4 OR 5 LATER OVER EAST NORTH 5 OR 6. SLIGHT EAST KRITIKO WEST NORTHWEST 5 AND EAST OF 25.40 5 OR 6. UP TO MODERATE SOUTHWEST AEGEAN NORTH NORTHEAST 4 OR 5 SOON NORTH NORTHWEST LATER NORTH 5 OR 6. SLIGHT SOUTHEAST AEGEAN IKARIO NORTH NORTHWEST 5 OR 6 AND EAST OF 25.20 6 OR 7 LATER NORTH 6 OR 7. MODERATE SAMOS SEA NORTH NORTHWEST 5 OR 6 VERY SOON NORTH OF 37.20 6 OR 7. MODERATE SARONIKOS NORTH NORTHWEST 4 LATER NORTH NORTHEAST 5 OR 6. UP TO SLIGHT SOUTH EVVOIKOS NORTH 5 LATER 6. SLIGHT OR MODERATE KAFIREAS STRAIT NORTH 5 OR 6 LATER 7. MODERATE CENTRAL AEGEAN NORTH 6 AND SOUTH OF 38.20 AND EAST OF 25.10 6 OR 7. MODERATE NORTHWEST AEGEAN NORTHWEST 3 OR 4 SOON NORTHEAST EAST OF 24.00 4 OR 5. SLIGHT NORTHEAST AEGEAN NORTH 4 OR 5 SOON NORTHEAST 5 OR 6. SLIGHT THRAKIKO NORTH NORTHWEST 3 OR 4 VERY SOON NORTHEAST 4 OR 5. UP TO SLIGHT THERMAIKOS VARIABLE 3 OR 4 SOON NORTH NORTHWEST. UP TO SLIGHT MARMARA NORTHEAST 3 OR 4 SOON 4 OR 5 LATER 5 OR 6. UP TO SLIGHT. LOCALLY POOR WEST BLACK SEA NORTH NORTHEAST 5 OR 6 OVER EAST CYCLONIC 3 UP TO 5 SOON OVER WEST 6 OR 7. UP TO MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM EAST BLACK SEA WEST NORTHWEST 3 OR 4. SLIGHT. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS PROBABLY LOCALLY GALE NORTH WINDS OVER AEGEAN= ============================ WEST / HIGH SEAS FORECAST ============================ FQMQ54 LFPW 080703 Weather bulletin on METAREA 3, METEO-FRANCE Toulouse, Saturday 8 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, Saturday 8 at 00 UTC Weak gradient of pressure near 1014/1016 over basin. Shallow low deepening 1011 over algerian coast in late day. Shallow low 1012 in east of Corsica, filling at first. Part 3 : Area forecasts to Sunday 9 at 12 UTC EAST OF CABRERA. Clockwise 1 to 3, increasing Est or Southeast 3 or 4 from southwest in afternoon, then locally 5 in far south overnight. Smooth or slight. BALEARES. South or Southeast 2 to 4, temporarily Southeast 5 or 6 in gulf of Valencia in afternoon, backing mainly Easterly in morning. Smooth or slight. MINORQUE. Variable 1 to 3, increasing Southerly 2 to 4 in evening, then backing East or Southeast in morning. Smooth. LION. Variable 2 to 4, becoming Southerly 3 or 4 in afternoon, temporarily 5 near Roussillon, then becoming Variable 2 to 4 overnight. Smooth or slight. PROVENCE. Variable 2 to 4, locally West or Northwest in west at first, decreasing 1 to 3 overnight. Smooth or slight, decreasing smooth in evening. LIGURE. Variable 2 to 4, temporarily West or Southwest in evening, then North 3 to 5 in gulf of Genoa in second part of the night. Smooth or slight. CORSE. West or Southwest 2 to 4, becoming Variable 1 to 3 from north in evening. Slight, decreasing smooth in evening. SARDAIGNE. West or Northwest 2 to 4, locally 5 in far southeast, becoming Variable 1 to 3 overnight, locally East or Southeast 2 to 4 in far southwest. Smooth or slight, decreasing smooth in late night. MADDALENA. - Leeward Bonifacio strait : West 4 or 5, decreasing 2 to 4 overnight, then Variable 1 to 3 at end. - Elsewhere : Variable 2 to 4, mainly Northwesterly. Smooth or slight, decreasing smooth in morning. ELBE. Northwesterly 2 to 4, veering Northerly in late night. Smooth or slight, decreasing smooth in morning. ALBORAN. Variable 1 to 3 . Smooth. Moderate or poor vis due to some fog patches. Moderate vis due to sand haze. PALOS. East or Northeast 2 to 4, locally Variable 1 to 3 in west, becoming Cyclonic 2 to 4 in far northeast overnight, temporarily 3 to 5 in late night. Smooth, locally slight in east. Moderate or poor vis due to some fog patches. Moderate vis due to sand haze. ALGER. Easterly increasing 4 or 5, at times 6 in west, then becoming Cyclonic 2 to 4 in west in morning. Slight, incresaing temporarily slight or moderate in west in late day, till morning. WEST OF CABRERA. East or Southeast increasing 3 or 4, temporarily 4 or 5 in far southeast in late day, till early morning, and backing East or Northeast in west in late day. Smooth or slight, increasing slight in late night, temporarily moderate in far southwest. ANNABA. - in west : East or Northeast increasing 2 to 4, at times 5 near coasts, then increasing East or Southeast 3 or 4, locally 5 in extreme southwest, overnight. - in east : North or Northwest 3 or 4, locally 5 near Cape Teulade, decreasing Northerly 1 to 3 overnight, and veering Northeasterly at end. Slight, decreasing smooth or slight in evening. TUNISIE. Northwesterly 3 to 5, locally Cyclonic in far northeast, decreasing mainly Northerly 2 to 4 overnight, and becoming Variable in west in late night. Decreasing smooth or slight, locally moderate in far southeast at first. CARBONARA. Northeasterly 2 to 4, becoming Variable 1 to 3 in west in late afternoon, and Northerly 2 to 3 in east. Smooth or slight, becoming smooth in tomorrow morning. LIPARI. Mainly Northwesterly 2 to 4, temporarily Cyclonic in north at first. Smooth or slight. Moderate vis in coastal showers in far east in second part of night. CIRCEO. Becoming Northerly 2 to 4, then Northwesterly at end. Smooth or slight. Part 4 : outlook for next 24 hours No significant change.