Bulletinset for METAREA 3 Edition date (UTC): 2026-01-11 09:03:25 ============================ EAST / HIGH SEAS WARNING ============================ WWME22 LGAT 110800 GALE WARNING ON METAREA 3 HELLENIC NATIONAL MET. SERVICE WARNING NR 044 - SUNDAY 11 JANUARY 2026/1000 UTC GENERAL SYNOPSIS 11-01-26/03 UTC EXTENDED LOW WITH CENTRE 998 SOUTH ADRIATIC AND A SECONDARY LOW WITH CENTRE 992 OVER WEST BLACK SEA. HIGH PRESSURES 1018 BY COASTS OF LIBYA AND OF EGYPT SOUTH ADRIATIC FROM 11/19 UTC AT LEAST TO 11/22 UTC NORTHWEST 7 OR 8 BOOT OVER EAST CONTINUING AT LEAST TO 11/22 UTC NORTHWEST 7 OR 8 MELITA CONTINUING TO 11/19 UTC NORTHWEST 8 OR 9 AND FROM 11/16 UTC 7 OR 8 GABES CONTINUING AT LEAST TO 11/22 UTC NORTHWEST 8 OR 9 SIDRA CONTINUING AT LEAST TO 11/22 UTC NORTHWEST 8 OR 9 NORTH IONIO CONTINUING AT LEAST TO 11/22 UTC NORTHWEST 7 OR 8 SOUTH IONIO CONTINUING AT LEAST TO 11/22 UTC NORTHWEST 7 OR 8 KITHIRA SEA CONTINUING AT LEAST TO 11/22 UTC WEST NORTHWEST 7 OR 8 SOUTHWEST KRITIKO CONTINUING AT LEAST TO 11/22 UTC WEST NORTHWEST 8 OR 9 SOUTHEAST KRITIKO IERAPETRA CONTINUING AT LEAST TO 11/22 UTC WEST SOUTHWEST 8 OR 9 TAURUS OVER WEST CONTINUING AT LEAST TO 11/22 UTC SOUTHWEST 7 OR 8 DELTA OVER NORTH CONTINUING AT LEAST TO 11/22 UTC SOUTHWEST 7 OR 8 KASTELLORIZO SEA CONTINUING AT LEAST TO 11/22 UTC WEST SOUTHWEST 7 OR 8 RODOS SEA CONTINUING TO 11/16 UTC WEST SOUTHWEST 7 OR 8 KARPATHIO CONTINUING AT LEAST TO 11/22 UTC WEST SOUTHWEST 7 OR 8 WEST KRITIKO CONTINUING AT LEAST TO 11/22 UTC WEST 8 EAST KRITIKO CONTINUING AT LEAST TO 11/22 UTC WEST 8 SOUTHWEST AEGEAN SOUTH OF 37.00 CONTINUING TO 11/16 UTC WEST 7 OR 8 SOUTHEAST AEGEAN IKARIO SOUTH OF 37.00 CONTINUING TO 11/19 UTC WEST SOUTHWEST 7 OR 8 AND 11/13 UTC WEST NORTHWEST NORTHEAST AEGEAN FROM 11/19 UTC AT LEAST TO 11/22 UTC NORTHEAST 7 OR 8 NORTHWEST AEGEAN FROM 11/19 UTC AT LEAST TO 11/22 UTC NORTH NORTHWEST 7 OR 8 EAST BLACK SEA OVER EAST CONTINUING TO 11/16 UTC SOUTHEAST 7 OR 8 ============================ WEST / HIGH SEAS WARNING ============================ WOMQ50 LFPW 110644 WARNING ON METAREA 3, METEO-FRANCE WARNING NR 21, SUNDAY 11 JANUARY 2026 AT 0640 UTC GENERAL SYNOPSIS, SUNDAY 11 OF JANUARY AT 00 UTC. LOW 998 OVER SOUTH OF ADRIATIC SEA, MOVING EASTWARD. HIGH PRESSURES BUILDING AROUND 1025 FROM SPAIN TO FRANCE, THEN EXTENDING TO WHOLE BASIN THIS AFTERNOON. NEW SHALLOW LOW 1020 DEEPENING IN GULF OF LION TOMORROW MORNING. MINORQUE. CONTINUING TO 11/09 UTC. IN NORTHWEST, NORTH OR NORTHWEST 8. SEVERE GUSTS. LION. CONTINUING TO 11/09 UTC. NORTHWEST 8. SEVERE GUSTS. PROVENCE. CONTINUING TO 11/12 UTC. NORTHWEST 8 OR 9 IN WEST, DECREASING 8 AT SUNRISE. SEVERE GUSTS. SARDAIGNE. CONTINUING TO 11/09 UTC. NORTHWEST 8 IN FAR NORTH. SEVERE GUSTS. ANNABA. CONTINUING TO 11/09 UTC. NORTHWEST 8 NEAR CAPE TEULADE. SEVERE GUSTS. TUNISIE. CONTINUING TO 11/12 UTC. NORTHWEST 8. SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH, DECREASING AT FIRST.= ============================ EAST / HIGH SEAS FORECAST ============================ FQME24 LGAT 110800 WEATHER BULLETIN ON METAREA 3 HELLENIC NATIONAL MET. SERVICE ATHENS, SUNDAY 11 JANUARY 2026 / 1000 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 44 PART 2 GENERAL SYNOPSIS 11-01-26/03 UTC EXTENDED LOW WITH CENTRE 998 SOUTH ADRIATIC AND A SECONDARY LOW WITH CENTRE 992 OVER WEST BLACK SEA. HIGH PRESSURES 1018 BY COASTS OF LIBYA AND OF EGYPT PART 3 FORECAST UP TO 12 JANUARY 10 UTC NORTH ADRIATIC EAST NORTHEAST 6 OR 7 VERY SOON 5 OR 6 SOON 4 OR 5. OVER WEST SOUTH SOUTHEAST 4. MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR CENTRAL ADRIATIC NORTH 5 OR 6 OVER WEST 6 OR 7 SOON 6 OR 7. MODERATE SOON UP TO ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM SOUTH ADRIATIC NORTH NORTHWEST 6 OR 7 SOON NORTHWEST 7 OR 8. MODERATE SOON UP TO ROUGH. LOCALLY VERY POOR. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM BOOT NORTHWEST 7 OR 8 OVER WEST 6 OR 7. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH SOON ROUGH. LOCALLY VERY POOR. THUNDERSTORM MELITA NORTHWEST 8 OR 9 SOON 7 OR 8. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH SOON ROUGH. VERY POOR. THUNDERSTORM GABES NORTHWEST 8 OR 9. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH. UP TO VERY POOR. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM SIDRA NORTHWEST 8 OR 9. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH. VERY POOR. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM NORTH IONIO NORTHWEST 7 OR 8. ROUGH. UP TO VERY POOR. THUNDERSTORM SOUTH IONIO NORTHWEST 7 OR 8. ROUGH AND OVER SOUTH UP TO VERY ROUGH SOON ROUGH. VERY POOR. THUNDERSTORM PATRAIKOS WEST NORTHWEST 6 OR 7 SOON NORTHWEST. MODERATE OR ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM KORINTHIAKOS WEST NORTHWEST 6 OR 7 VERY SOON 5 OR 6. MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM KITHIRA SEA WEST NORTHWEST 7 OR 8. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH SOON ROUGH. VERY POOR. THUNDERSTORM SOUTHWEST KRITIKO WEST NORTHWEST 8 OR 9. VERY ROUGH SOON ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH. LOCALLY VERY POOR. THUNDERSTORM SOUTHEAST KRITIKO IERAPETRA WEST SOUTHWEST 8 OR 9. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM TAURUS SOUTHWEST 7 OR 8 OVER EAST PART CYCLONIC 6 OR 7. MODERATE OVER WEST ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM DELTA SOUTHWEST 6 OR 7 OVER NORTH 7 OR 8. ROUGH. LOCALLY VERY POOR. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM CRUSADE SOUTHWEST 5 OR 6 VERY SOON 6 OR 7 INCREASING LATER. MODERATE SOON MODERATE OR ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM KASTELLORIZO SEA WEST SOUTHWEST 7 OR 8. ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM RODOS SEA WEST SOUTHWEST 7 OR 8 SOON WEST NORTHWEST 6 OR 7. UP TO ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM KARPATHIO WEST SOUTHWEST 7 OR 8. ROUGH. LOCALLY VERY POOR. THUNDERSTORM WEST KRITIKO WEST 8. ROUGH OVER WEST UP TO VERY ROUGH. LOCALLY VERY POOR. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM EAST KRITIKO WEST 8. ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM SOUTHWEST AEGEAN SOUTH OF 37.00 WEST 7 OR 8 SOON WEST NORTHWEST 6. NORTH OF 37.00 WEST NORTHWEST 5 OR 6 SOON NORTH NORTHWEST. MODERATE OVER SOUTH ROUGH. VERY POOR. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM SOUTHEAST AEGEAN IKARIO SOUTH OF 37.00 WEST SOUTHWEST 7 OR 8 VERY SOON WEST NORTHWEST SOON 6 OR 7. NORTH OF 37.00 WEST NORTHWEST 6 OR 7 VERY SOON NORTHWEST 5 OR 6. MODERATE OVER SOUTH ROUGH. VERY POOR. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM SAMOS SEA WEST SOUTHWEST 6 OR 7 VERY SOON 5 OR 6 OVER NORTH WEST NORTHWEST 5. MODERATE. POOR. THUNDERSTORM SARONIKOS NORTHWEST 4 OR 5 SOON NORTH NORTHWEST. UP TO MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR SOUTH EVVOIKOS WEST NORTHWEST 4 OR 5 VERY SOON NORTHWEST SOON 5 OR 6. UP TO MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR KAFIREAS STRAIT WEST NORTHWEST 5 OR 6 SOON NORTHWEST 7. MODERATE LATER UP TO ROUGH. POOR CENTRAL AEGEAN WEST NORTHWEST 5 OR 6 SOON NORTH NORTHWEST 6 OR 7. MODERATE LATER UP TO ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM NORTHWEST AEGEAN NORTHWEST 6 OR 7 OVER EAST PART NORTHEAST SOON NORTH NORTHWEST 7 OR 8. MODERATE SOON UP TO ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR NORTHEAST AEGEAN NORTHEAST 6 OR 7 SOON 7 OR 8. MODERATE SOON UP TO ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM THRAKIKO NORTHEAST 5 OR 6 SOON 6 OR 7. MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM THERMAIKOS NORTH NORTHWEST 6 OR 7 SOON 7. MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM MARMARA NORTHEAST 5 OR 6 VERY SOON 6 OR 7. MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM WEST BLACK SEA NORTH 6. MODERATE OR ROUGH. LOCALLY VERY POOR. THUNDERSTORM EAST BLACK SEA WEST SOUTHWEST 6 OR 7 OVER EAST PART SOUTHEAST 7 OR 8 SOON 5 OR 6 AND OVER EAST PART CYCLONIC 6 OR 7. MODERATE OR ROUGH. LOCALLY VERY POOR. THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS LOCALLY GALE WINDS OVER IONIO, NORTH AEGEAN, BOOT, SIDRA, CRUSADE AND THE SOUTH OF CRETE.= ============================ WEST / HIGH SEAS FORECAST ============================ FQMQ54 LFPW 110755 Weather bulletin on METAREA 3, METEO-FRANCE Toulouse, Sunday 11 January 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 21. Part 2 : General synopsis, Sunday 11 at 00 UTC Low 998 over south of Adriatic Sea, moving eastward. High pressures building around 1025 from Spain to France, then extending to whole basin this afternoon. New shallow low 1020 deepening in Gulf of Lion tomorrow morning. Part 3 : Area forecasts to Monday 12 at 12 UTC EAST OF CABRERA. Variable 2 to 4, mainly Northwest, but North or Northwest 5 or 6, at times 7, in far northeast at first, backing everywhere Westerly this afternoon, then Southwest later. Gusts in far northeast at first. Rough or very rough, gradually decreasing slight or moderate this evening. Long N swell 3 m in far east, abating this evening. BALEARES. Northwest 3 or 4, at times 5 in Ebro Delta at first, becoming South or Southwest 3 or 4 in afternoon, then locally increasing 4 or 5 near islands in late night. Slight or moderate, decreasing smooth or slight this evening. MINORQUE. Decreasing North or Northwest 6 or 7, but 4 or 5 in southwest, gradually decreasing Westerly 2 to 4 everywhere in afternoon, then backing SouthWest 4 or 5 later, locally 6 near Cape Begur at end. Gusts. Rough or very rough, gradually decreasing slight or moderate this afternoon. Long N swell 3 m in far east, abating this evening. LION. Decreasing Northwest 6 or 7, and 3 to 5 in afternoon, then becoming Cyclonic 4 or 5 later, locally Southwest 6 near Cape Begur at end. Gusts. Moderate or rough, gradually decreasing smooth or slight in afternoon, but slight or moderate at end. PROVENCE. In west, North or Northwest 7 or 8, at times 9 at first, decreasing 5 or 6 this afternoon, and Variable 2 to 4 in first part of night, locally increasing South or Southwest 5 in far west at end. Severe gusts. In east, Variable 2 or 3, becoming West or Southwest 3 or 4 in late morning. Rough or very rough, gradually slight or moderate this afternoon. Long W or NW swell 3 in far southeast this morning. LIGURE. Decreasing Northerly 4 or 5, and Variable 2 to 4 in afternoon, then gradually becoming Southwest 4 or 5 in late night, at times 6 near Cape Corsica in morning. Gradually decreasing smooth or slight in daytime, becoming slight or moderate at end. CORSE. Northerly 3 to 5, decreasing Variable 2 to 4 this evening, then becoming Southwesterly 3 to 5 in late night, at times 6 near Balagne in morning. Decreasing moderate or rough in NW swell in morning, and slight or moderate in late afternoon. Long W swell 3 m in south, abating this afternoon. SARDAIGNE. Northwest 7 or 8, decreasing 5 or 6 this afternoon, then Variable 3 or 4 in first part of night, mainly West or Southwest, at times 5 at end in far northwest. Severe gusts. Rough or very rough, gradually decreasing slight or moderate this evening. Long N or NW swell 3 m in southeast, abating in late afternoon. MADDALENA. decreasing Northwesterly 4 or 5 in morning, and Northerly 2 or 3 in first part of night, then locally increasing Southwest 3 or 4, locally 5 leewards Bonifacio strait at end. Slight or moderate, decreasing smooth or slight by midnight. Moderate or poor vis in showers, clearing by noon. ELBE. Northeasterly 3 or 4, at times North 5 near Corsica at first, decreasing Variable 2 to 4 in afternoon, but temporarily Northeast 4 or 5 in far southeast soon, then increasing Southerly 3 or 4, locally 5 in far south et in far north at end. Slight or moderate, decreasing smooth or slight in late afternoon. ALBORAN. Westerly 2 to 4, becoming Variable 1 to 3 overnight. Smooth or slight. PALOS. Southwesterly 2 to 4. Smooth or slight. ALGER. West or Northwest 2 to 4, backing South or Southwest overnight. Moderate, locally rough in east in long N swell, decreasing slight or moderate overnight. WEST OF CABRERA. Northwesterly 2 to 4, locally 4 to 6 in far east at first, backing gradually South or Southwest. Smooth or slight, locally moderate in east at first. ANNABA. Northwest 5 or 6, locally 7 near Cape Teulade, decreasing Westerly 2 to 4 overnight, then backing Southerly at end. Rough or very rough, decreasing rough in the evening, then gradually slight or moderate. Long N swell 3 to 3.5 m, decreasing gradually. TUNISIE. Northwest 6 or 7 at times 8 at first, decreasing 5 or 6 in the afternoon, then gradually 3 or 4 overnight. Severe gusts. Rough, locally very rough in south, decreasing gradually slight or moderate. CARBONARA. North or Northwest 4 or 5, at times 6 at first, decreasing 2 to 4 overnight. Moderate, locally rough in southeast, decreasing gradually slight. Moderate or poor vis in showers in west at first. LIPARI. Northerly 3 to 5, at times 6 near Italian coast, becoming Variable 2 to 4 at end. Severe gusts. Moderate, locally rough in south at first, decreasing gradually slight. Moderate or poor vis in showers, at times thundery, clering overnight. CIRCEO. Northeast or Northeast 3 to 5, becoming Variable 2 to 4 overnight. Slight or moderate, decreasing smooth or slight. Some showers. Part 4 : outlook for next 24 hours South or Southwest moderate or fresh flow.