Bulletinset for METAREA 3 Edition date (UTC): 2026-07-02 01:33:43 ============================ WEST / HIGH SEAS WARNING ============================ WOMQ50 LFPW 011802 WARNING ON METAREA 3, METEO-FRANCE WARNING NR 173, WEDNESDAY 1 JULY 2026 AT 1800 UTC GENERAL SYNOPSIS, WEDNESDAY 1 OF JULY AT 12 UTC. COMPLEX LOW 1007 OVER LIGURIAN SEA FIRST, THEN OVER TYRRHENIAN SEA ON THURSDAY, AND SLOWLY FILLING, EXPECTED 1011 AT END. HIGH PRESSURES AROUND 1020 IN WEST, WITH LITTLE CHANGE. NEW SHALLOW LOW 1015 ALONG ALGERIAN COAST TOMORROW AFTERNOON. MINORQUE. CONTINUING TO 02/12 UTC. IN NORTHEAST, NORTHWEST 8. SEVERE GUSTS. LION. CONTINUING TO 02/15 UTC. NORTHWEST 8. SEVERE GUSTS. PROVENCE. CONTINUING TO 02/12 UTC. IN WEST, NORTHWEST 8. SEVERE GUSTS.= ============================ EAST / HIGH SEAS FORECAST ============================ FQME28 LGAT 012000 WEATHER BULLETIN ON METAREA 3 HELLENIC NATIONAL MET. SERVICE ATHENS, WEDNESDAY 01 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 NONE PART 2 GENERAL SYNOPSIS 01-07-26/15 UTC LOW PRESSURES 1006 OVER TAURUS AND RELATIVELY HIGH 1016 OVER NORTHEAST BALKANS PART 3 FORECAST UP TO 02 JULY 22 UTC NORTH ADRIATIC NORTH NORTHWEST 5 OR 6 VERY SOON NORTH NORTHEAST OVER EAST 6 OR 7 LATER 4 OR 5. SLIGHT OR MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM CENTRAL ADRIATIC NORTH NORTHWEST 5 OR 6 OVER EAST NORTH NORTHEAST. SLIGHT. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM SOUTH ADRIATIC VARIABLE 3 OR 4 SOON OVER WEST NORTHWEST UP TO 5. UP TO SLIGHT BOOT WEST NORTHWEST 3 UP TO 5 OVER WEST 5 OR 6. SLIGHT OVER WEST UP TO MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM MELITA NORTHWEST 4 OR 5 OVER NORTH 5 OR 6. SLIGHT OR MODERATE GABES VARIABLE 3 OR 4 OVER EAST NORTHWEST UP TO 5. SLIGHT SIDRA WEST NORTHWEST 4 OR 5 SOON OVER NORTH WEST 5 OR 6. SLIGHT NORTH IONIO VARIABLE 3 OVER WEST NORTHWEST 4. UP TO SLIGHT SOUTH IONIO WEST NORTHWEST 4 OR 5 SOON UP TO 4. SLIGHT PATRAIKOS VARIABLE 2 OR 3 SOON SOUTHWEST UP TO 4. SMOOTH KORINTHIAKOS WEST NORTHWEST 3 OR 4. UP TO SLIGHT KITHIRA SEA WEST NORTHWEST 4 OR 5. SLIGHT SOUTHWEST KRITIKO WEST NORTHWEST 4 OR 5 SOON EAST OF 22.00 5 OR 6. SLIGHT SOON UP TO MODERATE SOUTHEAST KRITIKO IERAPETRA WEST NORTHWEST 4 OR 5. SLIGHT. UP TO POOR TAURUS WEST SOUTHWEST 4 OR 5 SOON OVER WEST CYCLONIC 3 UP TO 5. SLIGHT OR MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR DELTA WEST 4 OR 5. SLIGHT CRUSADE WEST SOUTHWEST 4 OR 5 OVER SOUTH NORTHWEST 4. SLIGHT. LOCALLY POOR KASTELLORIZO SEA WEST NORTHWEST 5 LATER OVER WEST 5 OR 6. SLIGHT RODOS SEA WEST NORTHWEST 4 OR 5. SLIGHT KARPATHIO WEST NORTHWEST 4 OR 5. SLIGHT WEST KRITIKO WEST SOUTHWEST 5. SLIGHT EAST KRITIKO WEST NORTHWEST 4 OR 5. SLIGHT SOUTHWEST AEGEAN WEST 4 OR 5 OVER NORTH VARIABLE 3 OR 4 SOON VARIABLE 3 OR 4. SLIGHT SOUTHEAST AEGEAN IKARIO VARIABLE 3 OR 4 SOUTH OF 36.20 WEST UP TO 5. UP TO SLIGHT. UP TO POOR SAMOS SEA WEST NORTHWEST 4 OR 5 LATER OVER NORTH 5 OR 6. SLIGHT SARONIKOS VARIABLE 3 SOON WEST UP TO 4. UP TO SLIGHT SOUTH EVVOIKOS VARIABLE 3. SMOOTH OR SLIGHT KAFIREAS STRAIT VARIABLE 3 OR 4. SLIGHT CENTRAL AEGEAN VARIABLE 3 OR 4 OVER WEST WEST UP TO 5. UP TO SLIGHT NORTHWEST AEGEAN NORTH NORTHWEST 3 OR 4 OVER EAST NORTHEAST. UP TO SLIGHT NORTHEAST AEGEAN NORTH NORTHEAST 3 UP TO 5. UP TO SLIGHT THRAKIKO NORTHEAST 4 OR 5 VERY SOON OVER WEST VARIABLE 3 OR 4. UP TO SLIGHT THERMAIKOS NORTH NORTHWEST 3 OR 4. UP TO SLIGHT MARMARA NORTHEAST 4 OR 5 VERY SOON 3 OR 4. SLIGHT. LOCALLY POOR WEST BLACK SEA CYCLONIC 3 UP TO 5 OVER SOUTH EAST NORTHEAST 5 OR 6. SLIGHT OVER SOUTH UP TO MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM EAST BLACK SEA VARIABLE 4 OVER NORTH EAST NORTHEAST UP TO 5. SLIGHT. LOCALLY POOR OUTLOOK FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS GALE FORCE WINDS NOT EXPECTED= ============================ WEST / HIGH SEAS FORECAST ============================ FQMQ54 LFPW 011957 Weather bulletin on METAREA 3, METEO-FRANCE Toulouse, Wednesday 1 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 : WARNING NR 173. Part 2 : General synopsis, Wednesday 1 at 12 UTC Complex low 1007 over Ligurian sea first, then over Tyrrhenian sea on Thursday, and slowly filling, expected 1011 at end. High pressures around 1020 in west, with little change. New shallow low 1015 along Algerian coast tomorrow afternoon. Part 3 : Area forecasts to Friday 3 at 00 UTC EAST OF CABRERA. Northerly increasing 5 to 6 from north, at times 7 in far northeast with gusts, backing North or Northwest tomorrow by noon, locally 4 or 5 in west. Increasing moderate or rough from north, and rough or very rough in late night. Increasing long NW swell 3 to 3.5 m in southeast by noon. Moderate or poor vis in some showers near island later. BALEARES. Variable 3 or 5, locally 5 or 6 in Ebro Delta, becoming West or Southwest 3 or 4 at end. Slight, but locally moderate in east. Moderate or poor vis in some showers in south soon. MINORQUE. North or Northwest 7 or 8, decreasing Northwest 6 or 7 tomorrow afternoon with severe gusts, locally Northwest 4 or 5 in west. Rough or very rough, decreasing moderate or rough at end. NE swell 3 to 3.5 m in southwest in afternoon. LION. Northwest 7 or 8 with severe gusts, decreasing 6 or 7 in afternoon but still with severe gusts. Rough or very rough, but locally slight or moderate close to the coast, decreasing moderate or rough at end. PROVENCE. In west, Northwest 7 or 8 with severe gusts, decreasing 6 or 7 by noon still with severe gusts. In east, Northerly 3 to 5, decreasing Variable 1 to 3 at end. In west, rough or very rough, decreasing moderate or rough later. In east, moderate or rough, decreasing slight or moderate at end. Long W swell 3 to 3.5 m in east at first. LIGURE. Northeasterly 5 or 6, decreasing 3 or 4 tomorrow in late afternoon. Gusts in thunderstorms. Slight or moderate, temporarily rough and cross in far southwest at first, decreasing smooth or slight at end. Poor vis due to showers, at times thundery, clearing soon. CORSE. Increasing Northwest 5 or 6, at times 7 in south at first and in east by noon, decreasing Variable 2 to 4 in evening.Gusts. Moderate or rough and cross, decreasing slight or moderate from north at end. W swell 3 to 3.5 m this evening. Moderate or poor vis due to some showers near Balagne in morning, at times thundery. SARDAIGNE. North or Northwest 5 to 7 from southeast to northwest, increasing 6 or 7 with severe gusts in northwest, then decreasing 5 or 6 tomorrow afternoon. Gradually increasing rough or very rough from northwest overnight, then decreasing moderate or rough at end. Increasing long NW swell 3 to 3.5 m in east at end. Moderate or poor vis in showers near coast. MADDALENA. Westerly 3 to 5, but locally 6 or 7 leeward Bonifacio Strait at first, veering Northerly 3 or 4 in second part of night, at times 5 or 6 along the coast of Corsica in afternoon. Gusts. Slight or moderate, decreasing slight at end. Poor vis in thundery showers. ELBE. Mainly Northeasterly 3 to 5, at times 6 in southwest in morning. Gusts. Slight or moderate, decreasing smooth or slight at end. Poor vis in thundery showers. ALBORAN. Mainly Easterly 1 to 3, increasing East 3 to 5 from west to east in second part of night, locally increasing 5 or 6 near Cape Gata in afternoon. Smooth, gradually becoming slight or moderate from east in morning. Moderate or poor vis due to some coastal fog patches overnight. PALOS. Mainly Northeasterly increasing 3 to 5 in evening, at times 6 in far east, then 4 or 5, locally 6 in east by noon with gusts. Smooth or slight, becoming slight or moderate in late night. Moderate or poor vis due to some coastal fog patches overnight. ALGER. East or Northeast 2 4, locally Northwesterly in far east, increasing 3 or 4, at times 5, in west in evening. Gradually becoming slight or moderate this evening, then rough by N swell 3 m in east in morning. Increasing long N swell 3 or 3.5 m in morning. WEST OF CABRERA. Mainly Easterly 3 ot 5 from north to south. Smooth or slight, becoming slight or moderate from north to south later. ANNABA. West or Northwest 4 or 5, increasing 5 or 6 in second part of night, but locally 3 or 4 in far west later. Slight or moderate, becoming gradually rough from north in second part of night, locally very rough in far north soon. Long N or NW swell increasing 3 or 4 m in morning. Moderate or poor vis in showers in far northeast, at times thundery. TUNISIE. West or Northwest 5 or 6, increasing 6 or 7 soon. Gusts. Slight or moderate, becoming moderate or rough in second part of night. Moderate or poor vis in thundery showers in north at end. CARBONARA. Cyclonic 3 to 5, decreasing Northwesterly 2 to 4 at end. Gusts in thunderstorms. Slight or moderate from north to south. Moderate or poor vis in thundery showers by noon. LIPARI. West or Southwest 3 or 4, locally increasing 5 or 6 in far southwest in late night, but becoming Variable 2 to 4 elsewhere. Gusts in thunderstorms. Smooth or slight, becoming slight or moderate from west in morning. Moderate or poor vis in thundery showers from north tomorrow morning. CIRCEO. Variable 3 or 4, at times 5. Gusts in thunderstorms. Smooth or slight, becoming slight in evening, at times moderate in west. Poor vis in thundery showers in second part of night. Part 4 : outlook for next 24 hours Persistence of North or Northwest Near Gale or Gale over LION and MINORQUE, and Northwest Near Gale over PROVENCE, at first, gradually decreasing Friday in afternoon. Cyclonic moderate flow over Tyrrhenian sea, Northeasterly moderate or fresh flow over Alboran Sea. In southwest of basin, Northeasterly moderate or fresh flow.