Bulletinset for METAREA 3 Edition date (UTC): 2026-04-30 20:52:51 ============================ EAST / HIGH SEAS WARNING ============================ WWME22 LGAT 302000 GALE WARNING ON METAREA 3 HELLENIC NATIONAL MET. SERVICE WARNING NR 294 - THURSDAY 30 APRIL 2026/2200 UTC GENERAL SYNOPSIS 30-04-26/15 UTC LOW PRESSURES 1013 OVER CENTRAL AEGEAN, TAURUS AND SIDRA AND HIGH 1024 OVER NORTH BALKANS THRAKIKO CONTINUING TO 01/06 UTC NORTHEAST 7 OR 8 NORTHEAST AEGEAN CONTINUING AT LEAST TO 01/10 UTC NORTH NORTHEAST 7 OR 8 NORTHWEST AEGEAN CONTINUING TO 01/10 UTC NORTHEAST 7 OR 8 CENTRAL AEGEAN CONTINUING AT LEAST TO 01/10 UTC NORTH NORTHEAST 7 OR 8 KAFIREAS STRAIT CONTINUING AT LEAST TO 01/10 UTC NORTHEAST 7 OR 8 SOUTH EVVOIKOS FROM 01/01 AT LEAST TO 01/10 UTC NORTHEAST 7 OR 8 SOUTHEAST AEGEAN IKARIO WEST OF 26.00 AND NORTH OF 37.10 FROM 01/04 AT LEAST TO 01/10 UTC NORTHEAST 7 OR 8 ============================ EAST / HIGH SEAS FORECAST ============================ FQME28 LGAT 302000 WEATHER BULLETIN ON METAREA 3 HELLENIC NATIONAL MET. SERVICE ATHENS, THURSDAY 30 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 294 PART 2 GENERAL SYNOPSIS 30-04-26/15 UTC LOW PRESSURES 1013 OVER CENTRAL AEGEAN, TAURUS AND SIDRA AND HIGH 1024 OVER NORTH BALKANS PART 3 FORECAST UP TO 01 MAY 22 UTC NORTH ADRIATIC EAST NORTHEAST 5 OR 6 SOON 4 OR 5 OVER EAST 5 OR 6 LATER NORTH NORTHEAST. MODERATE CENTRAL ADRIATIC NORTH NORTHEAST 5 OR 6 LATER NORTH NORTHWEST. MODERATE SOUTH ADRIATIC NORTH NORTHEAST 6 OR 7 SOON 5 OR 6 LATER NORTH NORTHWEST. MODERATE BOOT NORTH NORTHEAST 6 OR 7. MODERATE MELITA EAST NORTHEAST 5 SOON EAST. SLIGHT SOON OVER EAST UP TO MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR GABES EAST NORTHEAST 4 OR 5. SLIGHT. LOCALLY POOR SIDRA NORTH NORTHEAST 4 OR 5 SOON NORTHEAST OVER NORTH 5 OR 6. SLIGHT SOON OVER NORTH MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR NORTH IONIO NORTH NORTHWEST 4 OR 5 AND WEST OF 19.50 5 OR 6 VERY SOON NORTH NORTHEAST SOON EAST OF 19.50 EAST NORTHEAST AND SOUTH OF 39.00 5 OR 6. SLIGHT OR MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR SOUTH IONIO NORTH NORTHEAST 4 OR 5 SOON 5 OR 6 AND EAST OF 21.00 EAST LATER OVER EAST 6 OR 7. SLIGHT SOON UP TO MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM PATRAIKOS VARIABLE 3 OR 4 VERY SOON EAST NORTHEAST 4 OR 5 SOON 5 OR 6. SLIGHT KORINTHIAKOS EAST NORTHEAST 5 OR 6 VERY SOON 6 OR 7 SOON 5 OR 6 LATER 4 OR 5. UP TO MODERATE KITHIRA SEA NORTH NORTHWEST 3 UP TO 5 VERY SOON EAST OF 22.30 NORTH NORTHEAST 5 OR 6 SOON EAST NORTHEAST 6 OR 7 INCREASING LATER. SLIGHT SOON MODERATE SOUTHWEST KRITIKO NORTH NORTHEAST 4 SOON 4 OR 5 AND EAST OF 21.00 AND NORTH OF 34.00 6 OR 7. SLIGHT SOUTHEAST KRITIKO IERAPETRA WEST NORTHWEST 3 OR 4 OVER SOUTH VARIABLE SOON OVER NORTH UP TO 5 LATER OVER WEST PARTS EAST NORTHEAST 5 OR 6. SLIGHT TAURUS WEST SOUTHWEST 3 OR 4 LATER 4 OR 5. SMOOTH. LOCALLY POOR DELTA VARIABLE 3 OR 4 SOON WEST SOUTHWEST LATER WEST OVER SOUTH PARTS NORTH NORTHWEST. SMOOTH. LOCALLY POOR CRUSADE VARIABLE 3 OR 4 SOON WEST LATER WEST SOUTHWEST OVER SOUTH PARTS NORTH NORTHWEST. SMOOTH OR SLIGHT. LOCALLY POOR KASTELLORIZO SEA WEST NORTHWEST 3 OR 4 SOON WEST SOUTHWEST LATER WEST NORTHWEST 4 OR 5. SMOOTH. LOCALLY POOR RODOS SEA WEST 3 OR 4 SOON WEST NORTHWEST LATER 4 OR 5. SMOOTH OR SLIGHT. LOCALLY POOR KARPATHIO WEST NORTHWEST 3 OR 4 SOON NORTHWEST 4 OR 5 LATER 5 OR 6. SLIGHT WEST KRITIKO WEST SOUTHWEST 4 OR 5 VERY SOON NORTH NORTHWEST 5 SOON NORTH NORTHEAST 5 OR 6 LATER OVER WEST 6 OR 7. SLIGHT SOON MODERATE EAST KRITIKO WEST 4 OR 5 VERY SOON WEST NORTHWEST SOON NORTH NORTHWEST LATER OVER EAST 5 OR 6. SLIGHT SOON UP TO MODERATE SOUTHWEST AEGEAN NORTHEAST 6 OR 7. SLIGHT OR MODERATE SOON MODERATE SOUTHEAST AEGEAN IKARIO EAST OF 26.00 WEST NORTHWEST 4 OR 5 VERY SOON NORTH NORTHWEST 5 SOON 6. WEST OF 26.00 NORTH NORTHEAST 6 OR 7 OVER SOUTH PARTS WEST 5 VERY SOON NORTH NORTHEAST 6 OR 7 SOON NORTH OF 37.10 NORTHEAST 7 OR 8. SLIGHT OR MODERATE SOON MODERATE OVER NORTH UP TO ROUGH SAMOS SEA WEST SOUTHWEST 3 OR 4 OVER NORTH PARTS WEST NORTHWEST VERY SOON NORTH NORTHWEST 4 OR 5 SOON 5 OR 6. SLIGHT SARONIKOS NORTH NORTHEAST 5 OR 6 VERY SOON EAST OF 23.40 6 OR 7 SOON NORTHEAST. SLIGHT SOON UP TO MODERATE SOUTH EVVOIKOS NORTHEAST 6 OR 7 VERY SOON 7 OR 8. MODERATE KAFIREAS STRAIT NORTHEAST 7 OR 8. MODERATE OR ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR CENTRAL AEGEAN NORTH NORTHEAST 7 OR 8. ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR NORTHWEST AEGEAN NORTHEAST 7 OR 8 DECREASING LATER. MODERATE OR ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM NORTHEAST AEGEAN NORTH NORTHEAST 7 OR 8. ROUGH. LOCALLY POOR THRAKIKO NORTHEAST 7 OR 8 SOON 6 OR 7 LATER 5 OR 6. MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR THERMAIKOS NORTH NORTHWEST 6 OR 7 VERY SOON NORTH NORTHEAST 5 OR 6 SOON 4 OR 5 LATER VARIABLE 3 OR 4. UP TO MODERATE. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM MARMARA NORTHEAST 5 OR 6 VERY SOON 6 OR 7. MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM WEST BLACK SEA NORTHEAST 6 OR 7 SOON 5 OR 6. MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM EAST BLACK SEA EAST NORTHEAST 4 OR 5 OVER NORTH 5 OR 6 SOON NORTH NORTHEAST 5 OR 6. SLIGHT OR MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS LOCALLY GALE NORTHEAST WINDS OVER AEGEAN= ============================ WEST / HIGH SEAS FORECAST ============================ FQMQ54 LFPW 301926 Weather bulletin on METAREA 3, METEO-FRANCE Toulouse, Thursday 30 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 30 at 12 UTC In a weak gradient of high pressure, Easterly moderate or fresh flow over the basin. Shallow low temporarily deepening just west of Corsica in late night. Part 3 : Area forecasts to Saturday 2 at 00 UTC EAST OF CABRERA. East or Southeast 2 to 4, temporarily 5 near midday. Slight, becoming slight or moderate in E swell in the morning. Poor vis due to some fog patches. BALEARES. East or Northeast 3 to 5, temporarily 6 in extreme north in the morning. Becoming slight or moderate from northeast. Poor vis due to some fog patches, then in showers in the morning, occasionally thundery. MINORQUE. East or Northeast 3 to 5, decreasing Easterly 3 or 4 in afternoon. Slight or moderate. Poor vis due to some fog patches. LION. Easterly 4 or 5, at times 6 in the morning, decreasing Southeasterly 3 or 4 in late afternoon. Gusts. Moderate, decreasing slight or moderate at end. PROVENCE. Easterly 4 to 6, decreasing mainly Easterly 2 to 4 in evening. Gusts. Moderate, occasionally slight, temporarily becoming rough in southeast in the morning. LIGURE, North of CORSE. East or Northeast 5 or 6, occasionally 7 in late night and morning, but Variable 2 to 4 in extreme northeast of LIGURE, gradually decreasing mainly Easterly 3 to 5 in afternoon. Gusts. Slight or moderate, occasionally rough in far west of CORSE in the morning, gradually decreasing smooth or slight from northeast in afternoon. South of CORSE. Easterly 4 or 6, temporarily 6 or 7 in far south in the morning, decreasing mainly Easterly 3 to 5 in afternoon. Gusts. Slight or moderate, decreasing smooth or slight at end. SARDAIGNE. In north, Easterly 4 or 5, at times 6, decreasing East or Southeast 2 to 4 at end. Gusts. In south, Variable 2 to 4, occasionally Southeasterly 3 to 5, at times 6 near Cape Teulade at end. Slight or moderate. Poor vis due to some fog patches. MADDALENA. Northerly increasing 4 or 5 from north, at times 6, but Variable 2 to 4 in far southeast. Gusts. Becoming slight or moderate. ELBE. Northeasterly 4 or 5, at times 6, decreasing Northerly 4 or 5 in the morning, then veering Northeasterly in evening. Gusts. Slight, at times moderate, decreasing smooth or slight in afternoon. ALBORAN. Decreasing Variable 1 to 3, temporarily West 3 to 5 in axis of Gibraltar strait overnight, increasing Easterly 3 or 4 in afternoon. Smooth or slight, temporarily smooth in daytime. Poor vis in showers at first, clearing, then due to fog patches at end. PALOS. Variable 2 to 4, locally Northeasterly in far north, increasing Northeasterly 3 or 4 everywhere in afternoon. Smooth or slight. Poor vis in thundery rain or showers temporarily in the morning, clearing. ALGER. Variable 2 to 4, increasing Easterly 3 to 5 from east in evening. Smooth or slight, becoming slight or moderate from east in afternoon. Poor vis in thundery rain or showers in the morning, clearing at end. WEST OF CABRERA. North or Northeast 2 to 4, locally increasing 4 or 5 in far west in second part of night, decreasing Easterly 2 to 4 in evening. Smooth or slight, becoming slight at end. ANNABA. Increasing East 4 or 5, then at times 6 in late night. Gusts. Becoming slight or moderate from north. Poor vis in thundery showers in southwest in the morning, clearing in afternoon. TUNISIE. Northeasterly 3 to 5, locally increasing 5 or 6 in far north in late night. Gusts. Gradually becoming slight or moderate. CARBONARA. Northeasterly 3 or 4, increasing North or Northeast 4 or 5 along Sardinian coast in late night, at times 6 in the morning, decreasing Northeasterly 4 or 5 in afternoon. Slight, becoming slight or moderate in the morning. LIPARI. East or Northeast 3 to 5, occasionally 6 in axis of Italian valleys, backing North or Northeast in afternoon. Gusts. Slight or moderate. Poor vis in coastal showers in far south in the morning. CIRCEO. Mainly Northeasterly 3 to 5, occasionally 6 in axis of Italian valleys, then decreasing Variable 2 to 4 in northwest in evening. Gusts. Slight, occasionally moderate. Part 4 : outlook for next 24 hours Persistence of an Easterly moderate or fresh flow, gradually becoming Southeasterly.