Bulletinset for METAREA 3 Edition date (UTC): 2026-04-17 00:43:10 ============================ EAST / HIGH SEAS WARNING ============================ WWME22 LGAT 162000 GALE WARNING ON METAREA 3 HELLENIC NATIONAL MET. SERVICE WARNING NR 280 - THURSDAY 16 APRIL 2026/2200 UTC GENERAL SYNOPSIS 16-04-26/15 UTC LOW WITH CENTRE 997 OVER EAST LIBYA IS MOVING SLOWLY EAST NORTHEASTWARDS AND IS EXPECTED 998 BY EAST COASTS OF LIBYA BY 17/03 UTC. HIGH PRESSURES 1020 OVER NORTHEAST BALKANS AND 1018 OVER NORTH ITALY KITHIRA SEA CONTINUING AT LEAST TO 17/10 UTC NORTHEAST 7 OR 8 AND FROM 17/04 UTC NORTH NORTHEAST SOUTHWEST KRITIKO EAST OF 21.00 CONTINUING TO 17/10 UTC NORTH NORTHEAST 7 OR 8 SOUTHEAST KRITIKO IERAPETRA NORTH OF 33.00 AND WEST OF 27.00 CONTINUING TO 17/10 UTC NORTH NORTHEAST 7 OR 8 SOUTHWEST AEGEAN CONTINUING AT LEAST TO 17/10 UTC NORTH 7 OR 8 SOUTHEAST AEGEAN IKARIO WEST OF 26.00 CONTINUING AT LEAST TO 17/10 UTC NORTH 7 OR 8 SOUTHEAST AEGEAN IKARIO EAST OF 26.00 FROM 17/01 UTC AT LEAST TO 17/10 UTC NORTH NORTHWEST 7 OR 8 WEST KRITIKO WEST OF 24.00 FROM 17/01 UTC AT LEAST TO 17/10 UTC NORTH NORTHEAST 7 OR 8 WEST KRITIKO EAST OF 24.00 FROM 17/04 UTC AT LEAST TO 17/10 UTC NORTH 7 OR 8 SOUTH EVVOIKOS CONTINUING AT LEAST TO 17/10 UTC NORTH 7 OR 8 AND FROM 17/01 UTC 8 KAFIREAS STRAIT CONTINUING AT LEAST TO 17/10 UTC NORTH 8 CENTRAL AEGEAN WEST OF 25.40 CONTINUING AT LEAST TO 17/10 UTC NORTH 7 OR 8 NORTHEAST AEGEAN CONTINUING TO 17/10 UTC NORTH NORTHEAST 7 OR 8 KASTELLORIZO SEA EAST OF 28.50 FROM 17/01 UTC AT LEAST TO 17/10 UTC EAST 7 OR 8 TAURUS OVER WEST FROM 17/04 UTC AT LEAST TO 17/10 UTC EAST 7 OR 8 ============================ EAST / HIGH SEAS FORECAST ============================ FQME28 LGAT 162000 WEATHER BULLETIN ON METAREA 3 HELLENIC NATIONAL MET. SERVICE ATHENS, THURSDAY 16 APRIL 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 280 PART 2 GENERAL SYNOPSIS 16-04-26/15 UTC LOW WITH CENTRE 997 OVER EAST LIBYA IS MOVING SLOWLY EAST NORTHEASTWARDS AND IS EXPECTED 998 BY EAST COASTS OF LIBYA BY 17/03 UTC. HIGH PRESSURES 1020 OVER NORTHEAST BALKANS AND 1018 OVER NORTH ITALY PART 3 FORECAST UP TO 17 APRIL 22 UTC NORTH ADRIATIC NORTHEAST 4 OR 5 OVER SOUTH 5 OR 6. SLIGHT. LOCALLY POOR CENTRAL ADRIATIC NORTHWEST 5 OR 6 OVER EAST NORTHEAST. SLIGHT UP TO MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR SOUTH ADRIATIC NORTH NORTHWEST 5 OR 6 OVER EAST NORTH NORTHEAST LATER 6 OR 7. MODERATE BOOT NORTH 6. MODERATE MELITA NORTH NORTHWEST 4 OR 5 VERY SOON 5 OR 6 LATER 6 OR 7. SLIGHT OR MODERATE. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM GABES NORTH 4 OR 5 VERY SOON OVER WEST 5 OR 6 LATER NORTH NORTHWEST. SLIGHT OR MODERATE. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM SIDRA NORTH NORTHWEST 5 OR 6. MODERATE NORTH IONIO NORTH NORTHEAST 5 AND WEST OF 19.50 NORTH 6. SLIGHT OVER WEST MODERATE. PROBABLY LOCALLY POOR SOUTH IONIO NORTH NORTHEAST 5 OR 6 SOUTH OF 36.00 AND EAST OF 20.00 NORTHEAST 6 OR 7. SLIGHT OR MODERATE OVER SOUTH MODERATE UP TO ROUGH PATRAIKOS EAST NORTHEAST 6 OR 7 VERY SOON 5 OR 6. MODERATE KORINTHIAKOS EAST SOUTHEAST 4 OR 5. SLIGHT KITHIRA SEA NORTHEAST 7 OR 8 SOON NORTH NORTHEAST. ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR SOUTHWEST KRITIKO NORTH NORTHWEST 6 AND EAST OF 21.00 NORTH NORTHEAST 7 OR 8. MODERATE OVER EAST ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM SOUTHEAST KRITIKO IERAPETRA NORTH OF 33.00 EAST NORTHEAST 6 OR 7 AND WEST OF 27.00 NORTH NORTHEAST 7 OR 8. SOUTH OF 33.00 SOUTH SOUTHEAST 6 VERY SOON SOUTHWEST. MODERATE UP TO ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM TAURUS EAST NORTHEAST 5 OR 6 OVER WEST 6 OR 7 SOON 6 OR 7 AND OVER WEST EAST 7 OR 8. MODERATE SOON UP TO ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM DELTA EAST NORTHEAST 5 OR 6 OVER NORTH 6 OR 7 VERY SOON OVER SOUTH SOUTHWEST 5 OR 6. MODERATE. PROBABLY LOCALLY POOR. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM CRUSADE EAST NORTHEAST 5 OR 6 OVER NORTH 6 OR 7 VERY SOON OVER SOUTH SOUTHEAST 5. SLIGHT OR MODERATE KASTELLORIZO SEA EAST NORTHEAST 5 OR 6 VERY SOON 6 OR 7 AND EAST OF 28.50 EAST 7 OR 8. MODERATE SOON UP TO ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM RODOS SEA VARIABLE 4 VERY SOON NORTHWEST 4 OR 5. SLIGHT. LOCALLY POOR. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM KARPATHIO NORTH NORTHEAST 5 AND SOUTH OF 35.20 6 SOON 6. SLIGHT OR MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM WEST KRITIKO NORTH NORTHWEST 5 OR 6 AND WEST OF 24.00 NORTH NORTHEAST 6 OR 7 VERY SOON WEST OF 24.00 7 OR 8 SOON EAST OF 24.00 NORTH 7 OR 8. MODERATE OR ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM EAST KRITIKO NORTH NORTHWEST 5 OR 6 VERY SOON 6 OR 7. MODERATE VERY SOON UP TO ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM SOUTHWEST AEGEAN NORTH 7 OR 8. ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM SOUTHEAST AEGEAN IKARIO WEST OF 26.00 NORTH 7 OR 8. EAST OF 26.00 NORTH NORTHWEST 6 OR 7 VERY SOON 7 OR 8. ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM SAMOS SEA NORTH 5 OR 6 SOON NORTH NORTHWEST 5. SLIGHT OR MODERATE SARONIKOS NORTH NORTHWEST 5 OR 6 AND EAST OF 23.50 NORTH NORTHEAST 6 OR 7. MODERATE SOUTH EVVOIKOS NORTH 7 OR 8 VERY SOON 8. ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR KAFIREAS STRAIT NORTH 8. ROUGH. POOR CENTRAL AEGEAN NORTH 7 AND WEST OF 25.40 7 OR 8. UP TO ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR NORTHWEST AEGEAN NORTH NORTHWEST 4 OR 5 AND EAST OF 24.00 NORTH NORTHEAST 5 OR 6. SLIGHT OVER EAST MODERATE NORTHEAST AEGEAN NORTH NORTHEAST 7 OR 8. MODERATE OR ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR THRAKIKO EAST NORTHEAST 5 AND EAST OF 24.50 6 OR 7. SLIGHT OR MODERATE. PROBABLY LOCALLY POOR THERMAIKOS VARIABLE 3 OR 4. SMOOTH OR SLIGHT. LOCALLY POOR MARMARA NORTHEAST 4 OR 5. SLIGHT. LOCALLY POOR WEST BLACK SEA EAST NORTHEAST 6 OR 7 AND OVER NORTH ANTICYCLONIC 3 UP TO 5. MODERATE OVER NORTH SLIGHT. LOCALLY VERY POOR EAST BLACK SEA EAST NORTHEAST 5 AND OVER SOUTHEAST VARIABLE 4. SLIGHT. LOCALLY VERY POOR OUTLOOK FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS GALE FORCE WINDS NOT EXPECTED= ============================ WEST / HIGH SEAS FORECAST ============================ FQMQ54 LFPW 161847 Weather bulletin on METAREA 3, METEO-FRANCE Toulouse, Thursday 16 April 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 16 at 12 UTC High pressures 1017-1020 over the basin, with little change tomorrow. Part 3 : Area forecasts to Saturday 18 at 00 UTC EAST OF CABRERA. Variable 1 to 3. Smooth or slight, becoming smooth at end. BALEARES. Southwesterly 2 to 4, but locally Cyclonic 3 to 5 in far southwest. Smooth or slight. Poor vis in some fog patches. MINORQUE. Northwesterly 2 to 4. Smooth or slight, becoming smooth at end. LION. Northwesterly 2 to 4, backing Southwesterly in afternoon. Smooth or slight, decreasing smooth in morning. PROVENCE. Northwesterly 2 to 4. Smooth or slight, decreasing smooth at midday. LIGURE. Variable 1 to 3, temporarily increasing North 4 in Gulf of Genoa in late night, then becoming Westerly 2 to 4 in afternoon. Smooth. CORSE. Variable 1 to 3, becoming Northwesterly 3 or 4 in far southeast at end. Smooth or slight, becoming smooth at midday, except leeward strait. Poor vis in some fog patches in south. SARDAIGNE. North or Northwest 2 to 4. Slight, decreasing smooth or slight in morning, then smooth at end. Poor vis due to coastal fog patches. MADDALENA. Northwesterly 1 to 3, increasing 3 or 4 in late night, then at times 5 in northeast at end. Smooth or slight. ELBE. North or Northwest 2 to 4, increasing 3 to 5 in afternoon. Smooth or slight. ALBORAN. Easterly 2 to 4. Smooth or slight, becoming smooth at end except in strait.. Poor vis due to coastal fog patches. PALOS. East or Northeast 2 to 4. Smooth or slight. ALGER. Easterly 2 to 4, but Variable 1 to 3 in east. Smooth or slight. WEST OF CABRERA. Variable 1 to 3, mainly Southerly. Smooth. ANNABA. West or Northwest 3 or 4, decreasing 2 to 4 in the morning. Slight or moderate, becoming slight in late night, then smooth or slight at end. Poor vis due to fog patches. TUNISIE. West or Northwest 4 or 5, but at times 6 in south at first, and North or Northwest 1 to 3 in far northeast. Slight or moderate. CARBONARA. Northerly 1 to 3, backing West or Northwest 2 to 4 in morning. Slight, becoming smooth or slight in late night. Poor vis due to fog patches. LIPARI. Northwesterly 2 to 4. Smooth or slight. Moderate or poor vis in thundery rain or showers along coast in afternoon, then fog patches at end. CIRCEO. Variable 2 to 4, mainly Northwesterly. Smooth or slight. Moderate or poor vis in some thundery showers along coast in afternoon. Part 4 : outlook for next 24 hours Variable light or moderate flow, locally Northwesterly moderate in south of Sardinia.