Bulletinset for METAREA 3 Edition date (UTC): 2026-07-30 21:36:59 ============================ EAST / HIGH SEAS WARNING ============================ WWME22 LGAT 301930 GALE WARNING ON METAREA 3 HELLENIC NATIONAL MET. SERVICE WARNING NR 338 - THURSDAY 30 JULY 2026/2200 UTC GENERAL SYNOPSIS 30-07-26/15 UTC LOW PRESSURES 1002 OVER TAURUS AND HIGH PRESSURES 1020 OVER NORTHEAST BALKANS KITHIRA SEA EAST OF 22.30 CONTINUING AT LEAST TO 31/10 UTC NORTH NORTHEAST 7 OR 8 SOUTHWEST KRITIKO EAST OF 22.00 CONTINUING AT LEAST TO 31/10 UTC NORTH 7 OR 8 SOUTHEAST KRITIKO IERAPETRA WEST OF 27.30 AND NORTH OF 34.00 CONTINUING TO 31/07 UTC NORTH NORTHWEST 7 OR 8 KARPATHIO SOUTH OF 35.20 CONTINUING TO 31/07 UTC NORTHWEST 7 OR 8 WEST KRITIKO WEST OF 24.00 CONTINUING AT LEAST TO 31/10 UTC NORTH NORTHEAST 7 OR 8 SOUTHWEST AEGEAN CONTINUING AT LEAST TO 31/10 UTC NORTH NORTHEAST 7 OR 8 AND FROM 31/04 UTC 8 SOUTHEAST AEGEAN IKARIO EAST OF 25.40 CONTINUING TO 31/10 UTC NORTH NORTHWEST 7 OR 8 SOUTHEAST AEGEAN IKARIO WEST OF 25.40 CONTINUING AT LEAST TO 31/10 UTC NORTH 8 AND NORTH OF 37.20 8 OR 9 SOUTH EVVOIKOS CONTINUING AT LEAST TO 31/10 UTC NORTH 8 KAFIREAS STRAIT CONTINUING AT LEAST TO 31/10 UTC NORTH 8 OR 9 CENTRAL AEGEAN CONTINUING AT LEAST TO 31/10 UTC NORTH NORTHEAST 8 AND WEST OF 25.40 AND SOUTH OF 38.10 8 OR 9 NORTHEAST AEGEAN SOUTH OF 39.50 CONTINUING AT LEAST TO 31/10 UTC NORTH NORTHEAST 7 OR 8 ============================ EAST / HIGH SEAS FORECAST ============================ FQME28 LGAT 302000 WEATHER BULLETIN ON METAREA 3 HELLENIC NATIONAL MET. SERVICE ATHENS, THURSDAY 30 JULY 2026 / 2200 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 338 PART 2 GENERAL SYNOPSIS 30-07-26/15 UTC LOW PRESSURES 1002 OVER TAURUS AND HIGH PRESSURES 1020 OVER NORTHEAST BALKANS PART 3 FORECAST UP TO 31 JULY 22 UTC NORTH ADRIATIC NORTH NORTHWEST 3 OR 4. SMOOTH OR SLIGHT. LOCALLY POOR CENTRAL ADRIATIC NORTHWEST 3 UP TO 5. UP TO SLIGHT. LOCALLY POOR SOUTH ADRIATIC NORTH NORTHWEST 4 OR 5. SLIGHT BOOT NORTH NORTHWEST 3 UP TO 5 SOON NORTH NORTHEAST. UP TO SLIGHT MELITA NORTH NORTHEAST 3 OR 4 SOON NORTH NORTHEAST OVER NORTH UP TO 5. UP TO SLIGHT. LOCALLY POOR GABES NORTHEAST 3 OR 4 OVER WEST UP TO 5. SLIGHT. LOCALLY POOR. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM SIDRA NORTH NORTHEAST 3 UP TO 5. SLIGHT NORTH IONIO NORTH NORTHEAST AND OVER EAST EAST NORTHEAST 4 OR 5 SOON SOUTH OF 38.00 5 OR 6. SLIGHT SOUTH IONIO NORTH NORTHEAST 4 OR 5 SOON NORTH OF 37.00 UP TO 6. SLIGHT OVER EAST UP TO MODERATE PATRAIKOS NORTHEAST 5 OR 6 SOON EAST NORTHEAST. SLIGHT OR MODERATE KORINTHIAKOS EAST NORTHEAST AND OVER EAST NORTH NORTHEAST 5 OR 6 SOON 6 OR 7. MODERATE KITHIRA SEA NORTH NORTHEAST 6 OR 7 AND EAST OF 22.30 7 OR 8. MODERATE OVER EAST UP TO ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR SOUTHWEST KRITIKO NORTH NORTHEAST 5 OR 6 AND EAST OF 22.00 NORTH 7 OR 8 SOON OVER WEST NORTH 4 OR 5. MODERATE OVER EAST ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR SOUTHEAST KRITIKO IERAPETRA NORTH NORTHWEST 5 OR 6 WEST OF 27.30 AND NORTH OF 34.00 7 OR 8 SOON WEST OF 27.30 AND NORTH OF 34.00 6 OR 7. MODERATE OVER NORTH UP TO ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR TAURUS CYCLONIC 3 UP TO 5 AND OVER WEST NORTH NORTHEAST 5 OR 6 SOON 3 UP TO 5 LATER WEST SOUTHWEST 3 OR 4. SLIGHT DELTA WEST NORTHWEST 3 OR 4. SLIGHT OVER WEST UP TO MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR CRUSADE WEST SOUTHWEST 3 OR 4. SLIGHT. LOCALLY POOR KASTELLORIZO SEA WEST NORTHWEST 3 OR 4 OVER WEST 4 OR 5. SLIGHT OVER SOUTH MODERATE RODOS SEA VARIABLE 3 OR 4 AND WEST OF 27.30 NORTH NORTHWEST 4 OR 5. SLIGHT OVER WEST UP TO MODERATE KARPATHIO NORTHWEST 6 OR 7 AND SOUTH OF 35.20 7 OR 8 SOON 6 OR 7. MODERATE OR ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR WEST KRITIKO NORTH NORTHWEST 6 OR 7 AND WEST OF 24.00 NORTH NORTHEAST 7 OR 8. MODERATE OVER WEST UP TO ROUGH EAST KRITIKO WEST NORTHWEST 6 OR 7 AND EAST OF 26.00 7 SOON 6 OR 7. MODERATE OVER EAST UP TO ROUGH SOUTHWEST AEGEAN NORTH NORTHEAST 7 OR 8 SOON 8. ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR SOUTHEAST AEGEAN IKARIO WEST OF 25.40 AND NORTH OF 37.20 NORTH 8 OR 9 WEST OF 25.40 AND SOUTH OF 37.20 NORTH 8 AND EAST OF 25.40 NORTH NORTHWEST 7 OR 8. MODERATE OR ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR SAMOS SEA NORTH 5 OR 6 AND NORTH OF 37.20 NORTH NORTHEAST 6 OR 7. MODERATE SARONIKOS NORTH 5 OR 6 AND SOUTH OF 37.40 6 OR 7. MODERATE OVER SOUTH UP TO ROUGH SOUTH EVVOIKOS NORTH 8. MODERATE OR ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR KAFIREAS STRAIT NORTH 8 OR 9. ROUGH. POOR CENTRAL AEGEAN NORTH NORTHEAST 8 WEST OF 25.40 AND SOUTH OF 38.10 8 OR 9. ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR NORTHWEST AEGEAN NORTH NORTHEAST 5 OR 6. MODERATE NORTHEAST AEGEAN NORTH NORTHEAST 6 OR 7 AND SOUTH OF 39.50 7 OR 8. MODERATE OVER SOUTH UP TO ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR THRAKIKO EAST NORTHEAST 5 OR 6 SOON NORTHEAST. MODERATE THERMAIKOS SOUTH SOUTHEAST 3 OR 4 OVER SOUTH EAST UP TO 5 SOON VARIABLE 3 OR 4. SLIGHT MARMARA NORTHEAST 5 OR 6. MODERATE WEST BLACK SEA NORTH NORTHEAST 3 OR 4 AND OVER SOUTH EAST NORTHEAST 5 OR 6. SLIGHT OVER SOUTH MODERATE EAST BLACK SEA NORTH NORTHEAST AND OVER EAST CYCLONIC 3 UP TO 5. SLIGHT OR MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM OVER EAST OUTLOOK FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS LOCALLY GALE NORTH WINDS OVER AEGEAN= ============================ WEST / HIGH SEAS FORECAST ============================ FQMQ54 LFPW 301908 Weather bulletin on METAREA 3, METEO-FRANCE Toulouse, Thursday 30 July 2026 at 21 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, Thursday 30 at 12 UTC Weak gradient of high pressure 1017-1019 over the basin, weakening around 1015-1017 tomorrow midday and 1014-1015 at end. Shallow low around 1012-1013 near French Riviera and East of Tyrrhenian sea tomorrow evening. Part 3 : Area forecasts to Saturday 1 at 00 UTC EAST OF CABRERA. East or Southeast 2 to 4 from north to south. - in north : smooth. - in south : slight. BALEARES. - In far southwest : Cyclonic 2 to 4, but locally Southeast 5 or 6 near Cabo de San Antonio at first, increasing Southeast 3 to 5 in afternoon, occasionally 6 in late day, then decreasing Cyclonic 2 to 4, at times 5, at end. - Elsewhere : Southerly 2 to . - in far southwest : slight. - elsewhere : smooth. Moderate or poor vis in rainy showers, at times thundery, in north at end. MINORQUE. Southerly 1 to 3, occasionally 4 near Mallorca and in far northwest. Smooth, locally slight in far northwest at first. LION. Southerly 2 to 4, but Cyclonic in far northwest at first, becoming Cyclonic in second part of night, then Southerly in afternoon, and increasing Northwest 3 to 5 in northwest at end. Smooth or slight, decreasing smooth in morning. Moderate or poor vis due to some fog patches in second part of night and in morning, then locally in thundery showers in far north tomorrow afternoon. PROVENCE. - In west : Southerly 1 to 3, veering Southwesterly in afternoon, occasionally 4. - In east : Westerly 2 to 4, increasing West or Southwest 3 to 5 in afternoon, at times Southwest 6 near Saint-Raphael in late day. Smooth, but locally slight in northeast. Moderate or poor vis in northwest due to some fog patches overnight, then in thundery showers in northwest, tomorrow afternoon. LIGURE. - in far north : Variable 1 to 3. - elsewhere : West or Southwest 2 to 4, increasing 3 to 5 tomorrow afternoon, at times 6 off French Riviera. Smooth or slight, becoming locally moderate in far southwest in late day. CORSE. - In north : Westerly 2 to 4, increasing West or Southwest 3 or 4 tomorrow afternoon, at times 5 in far northwest. - In south : West or Northwest 2 to 4, increasing temporarily 4 or 5 near strait in afternoon. Smooth or slight. SARDAIGNE. Clockwise 1 to 3, locally North 4 along Sardinian coasts. Smooth, becoming locally slight near Sardinia coast in late day. MADDALENA. - leeward Bonifacio strait : Variable 1 to 3 at first, increasing West 3 or 4 in second part of night, then 4 or 5 tomorrow afternoon, at times 6 in late day. - elsewhere : Northwest 2 to 4, at times 5 in far northeast. Smooth or slight. ELBE. - in far southwest : Variable 1 to 3. - elsewhere : Northwest 3 to 5, at times 6 near Elbe in afternoon. Smooth or slight, becoming slight at end. ALBORAN. Variable 1 to 3, mainly Easterly. Smooth. Poor vis due to some fog patches. PALOS. - in west : Variable 1 to 3 - in east : Easterly 1 to 3, at times 4 at first. Smooth, locally slight in east till late day. ALGER. East 3 or 4, at times 5 near coasts at first, decreasing Variable 1 to 3 in far southwest in morning. Slight. WEST OF CABRERA. Southeasterly 2 to 4. Smooth or slight. ANNABA. Mainly Northeasterly 2 to 4. Smooth, locally slight in far west. TUNISIE. Northerly 2 to 4, becoming temporarily Southerly 3 or 4 near Sardinia in afternoon. Smooth, locally slight in far east. CARBONARA. Northwesterly 2 to 4 from west to east, at times Southerly 2 to 3 near Sardinia coast in late day. Smooth, becoming smooth or slight in morning. LIPARI. Mainly Northwesterly 2 or 3, at times 4 in west. Smooth, becoming smooth or slight in morning. CIRCEO. - in far southeast : Variable 1 to 3. - elsewhere : Northwesterly 3 to 5, occasionally 6 in late day in far northwest. Smooth or slight, locally moderate in far north at end. Part 4 : outlook for next 24 hours Westerly moderate flow from gulf of Lion to Tyrrhenian sea, locally fresh near Bonifacio bouches and French Riviera in afternoon. Mainly Easterly moderate flow in south.