Bulletinset for METAREA 3 Edition date (UTC): 2026-10-11 18:21:14 ============================ EAST / HIGH SEAS FORECAST ============================ FQME26 LGAT 111400 WEATHER BULLETIN ON METAREA 3 HELLENIC NATIONAL MET. SERVICE ATHENS, SUNDAY 11 OCTOBER 2026 / 1600 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 11-10-26/09 UTC NEAR STATIONARY EXTENDED LOW WITH FRONTAL ACTIVITY AND CENTRES 1009 OVER GULF OF GENOA AND 1007 OVER SOUTH ADRIATIC IS EXPECTED WITH CENTRES 1009 AND 1008 RESPECTIVELY BY 11/15 UTC. RELATIVELY HIGH PRESSURES 1018 OVER TUNISIA AND 1016 OVER EAST BLACK SEA PART 3 FORECAST UP TO 12 OCTOBER 16 UTC NORTH ADRIATIC VARIABLE OR SOUTHEAST 3 OR 4 SOON EAST UP TO 5. SLIGHT. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM CENTRAL ADRIATIC NORTH NORTHWEST 4 OR 5 AND OVER NORTH VARIABLE OR SOUTHEAST 4. SLIGHT. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM SOUTH ADRIATIC NORTH NORTHWEST 4 OR 5 SOON OVER EAST NORTH NORTHEAST. SLIGHT OR MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM BOOT NORTHWEST 4 OR 5 OVER WEST 5 OR 6 SOON NORTH NORTHWEST 4 OR 5. SLIGHT OR MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM MELITA NORTHWEST 5 OR 6 SOON 3 UP TO 5. UP TO MODERATE GABES NORTHWEST 4 OR 5 VERY SOON OVER WEST VARIABLE 3 OR 4. UP TO MODERATE SIDRA NORTHWEST 5 OR 6 VERY SOON 4 OR 5. MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR NORTH IONIO NORTHWEST 4 OR 5 AND WEST OF 19.50 5 OR 6 SOON NORTH NORTHWEST. MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM SOUTH IONIO WEST NORTHWEST 4 OR 5 SOON NORTH NORTHWEST. MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM PATRAIKOS VARIABLE OR WEST SOUTHWEST 4. SLIGHT. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM KORINTHIAKOS WEST NORTHWEST 4 OR 5 VERY SOON 5 OR 6. MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM KITHIRA SEA WEST 5 AND EAST OF 23.00 AND SOUTH OF 36.20 SOUTHWEST 5 OR 6 VERY SOON WEST NORTHWEST 4 OR 5. UP TO MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM SOUTHWEST KRITIKO WEST NORTHWEST 4 OR 5. SLIGHT OVER WEST MODERATE. PROBABLY LOCALLY POOR. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM SOUTHEAST KRITIKO IERAPETRA WEST SOUTHWEST 4 AND OVER SOUTH VARIABLE. SMOOTH OR SLIGHT TAURUS CYCLONIC 5 AND OVER EAST EAST NORTHEAST 5 OR 6. SLIGHT OR MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM DELTA NORTHWEST 3 UP TO 5 SOON WEST NORTHWEST 3 OR 4. SLIGHT CRUSADE WEST NORTHWEST 4 OVER NORTH NORTH 5 VERY SOON OVER NORTH 6 OR 7. SLIGHT OVER NORTH UP TO MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM KASTELLORIZO SEA WEST NORTHWEST 3 UP TO 5 VERY SOON OVER WEST SOUTHWEST. SLIGHT. PROBABLY POOR. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM RODOS SEA VARIABLE OR SOUTHWEST 3 OR 4 VERY SOON SOUTH SOUTHEAST. SMOOTH KARPATHIO SOUTH SOUTHWEST 4 SOON SOUTHWEST UP TO 5. SLIGHT WEST KRITIKO SOUTH SOUTHEAST 3 UP TO 5 AND WEST OF 24.00 SOUTHWEST 5 OR 6 VERY SOON WEST SOUTHWEST 4 OR 5. SLIGHT OR MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM EAST KRITIKO SOUTHEAST 3 OR 4 VERY SOON SOUTH SOUTHEAST. SMOOTH OR SLIGHT. LOCALLY POOR SOUTHWEST AEGEAN SOUTH SOUTHWEST 5 OR 6 VERY SOON SOUTHWEST. MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM SOUTHEAST AEGEAN IKARIO SOUTH SOUTHEAST 4 OR 5 AND WEST OF 24.50 SOUTH SOUTHWEST 5 OR 6. SLIGHT OR MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM SAMOS SEA SOUTH SOUTHWEST 4 OR 5 VERY SOON SOUTH SOUTHEAST. SMOOTH OR SLIGHT SARONIKOS SOUTH 5 OR 6 VERY SOON WEST NORTHWEST 3 UP TO 5. UP TO MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM SOUTH EVVOIKOS SOUTH SOUTHWEST 5 OR 6 SOON WEST 4. UP TO MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR. THUNDERSTORM KAFIREAS STRAIT SOUTH SOUTHWEST 5 OR 6 SOON SOUTHWEST 4. MODERATE. POOR. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM CENTRAL AEGEAN SOUTH 5 OR 6 DECREASING SOON. MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM NORTHWEST AEGEAN CYCLONIC 5 OR 6 SOON NORTHWEST 5. UP TO MODERATE. LOCALLY POOR UP TO VERY POOR. THUNDERSTORM PROBABLY STRONG NORTHEAST AEGEAN SOUTH 5 OR 6. MODERATE. LOCALLY VERY POOR. THUNDERSTORM PROBABLY STRONG THRAKIKO SOUTH SOUTHEAST 4 OR 5 AND WEST OF 24.50 VARIABLE OR EAST 4. SLIGHT. LOCALLY POOR UP TO VERY POOR. THUNDERSTORM PROBABLY STRONG THERMAIKOS VARIABLE 4 VERY SOON NORTH NORTHWEST 4 OR 5. SLIGHT. LOCALLY POOR UP TO VERY POOR. THUNDERSTORM PROBABLY STRONG MARMARA VARIABLE 3 OR 4. SMOOTH. LOCALLY POOR WEST BLACK SEA SOUTHEAST 6 OR 7 AND OVER SOUTHWEST SOUTH SOUTHEAST 4 OR 5. MODERATE. LOCALLY VERY POOR EAST BLACK SEA EAST SOUTHEAST 5 OR 6 VERY SOON OVER EAST 6 OR 7 SOON OVER EAST 7. UP TO MODERATE SOON OVER EAST UP TO ROUGH. LOCALLY VERY POOR OUTLOOK FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS GALE FORCE WINDS NOT EXPECTED= ============================ WEST / HIGH SEAS FORECAST ============================ FQMQ54 LFPW 110724 Weather bulletin on METAREA 3, METEO-FRANCE Toulouse, Sunday 11 October 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 : NO WARNING. Part 2 : General synopsis, Sunday 11 at 00 UTC Low 1008 over Ligurian sea, filling 1011 in evening. New low 1010 over Tyrrhenian sea tomorrow, slowly moving southeastwards, expected 1012 Monday at noon. Pressure around 1017 in west of the basin, little change. Part 3 : Area forecasts to Monday 12 at 12 UTC EAST OF CABRERA. Variable 1 to 3, at times 4 in north, locally increasing Northwest 3 or 4 in far northeast at end. Decreasing smooth or slight from west in daytime. BALEARES. South or Southwest 2 to 4, locally Variable near coasts, temporarily Southwest 5 near Cape Nao soon. Smooth or slight, decreasing smooth at end. MINORQUE. Variable 2 to 4, locally increasing Northwest 4 or 5 in east later. Smooth or slight, at times moderate in east at first, locally increasing moderate in far east later. Moderate vis in some showers in south at end. LION. Northwest 4 or 5, temporarily 5 or 6 soon, then decreasing North or Northwest 3 to 5 from west to east at end. Slight or moderate, locally smooth near shore. PROVENCE. West or Northwest 6 or 7, decreasing 5 or 6 later, then backing North in west, and Northeast 4 or 5 in east at end. Gusts. Moderate or rough from west to east, decreasing slight or moderate later. LIGURE. Cyclonic 3 to 5, locally Southwest 5 or 6 in far southeast, temporarily increasing Southwest 6 or 7 in far southeast soon, then becoming Northeast 4 or 5, at times 6 in north, at end. Gusts. Slight or moderate. Moderate vis in some showers, at times thundery later. CORSE. Westerly 5 or 6, increasing locally 7 in northeast at first and soon, then decreasing Variable 2 to 4, but becoming Northeast 4 or 5 in northwest at end. Moderate or rough, decreasing moderate later. SARDAIGNE. West or Northwest 3 to 5 from southwest to northeast, locally 6 in far northeast at first, increasing Northwest 4 or 5, at times 6 in northwest later. Decreasing slight or moderate from southwest, locally rough in far northeast at first. Moderate vis in some showers later and at end. MADDALENA. West or Northwest 5 or 6, locally 7 in axis of strait, but becoming Variable 2 to 4 in far north, then decreasing Northwesterly 3 to 5, but Northeast 2 or 3 in far north at end. Gusts. Slight or moderate, locally becoming moderate or rough leeward strait at first. ELBE. Variable 2 to 4, locally Southwest 5 or 6 near and leeward Cape Corse, decreasing mainly Northeasterly 3 or 4, at times 5, at end. Slight or moderate, at times rough near Cape Corse, but smooth or slight leeward Corsica. Moderate vis in some showers, at times thundery in north later. ALBORAN, PALOS. Variable 1 to 3, temporarily 4 in far north at first. Smooth. ALGER. Easterly 1 to 3, at times 4 at first, backing Northeasterly in second part of night. Smooth or slight, temporarily moderate in far east at first. WEST OF CABRERA. South or Southwest 2 to 4, decreasing Clockwise 1 to 3 in second part of night. Smooth, at times slight in far northwest in evening. ANNABA. Variable 2 to 4, but Northwest 4 or 5 in far northeast at first, becoming Northwesterly in second part of night. Moderate, decreasing slight in evening. Moderate vis in showers at end. TUNISIE. West or Northwest 4 or 5, locally 6 in far north, decreasing Westerly 2 to 4 in evening. Moderate, decreasing gradually slight overnight. Moderate vis in showers at end. CARBONARA. Northwest 4 or 5, at times Variable in far west at first, decreasing Westerly 3 or 4 in second part of night. Slight or moderate. Moderate vis in showers at end. LIPARI. Northwesterly 3 to 5, decreasing Westerly 2 to 4 in second part of night. Gusts in thunderstorms. Slight or moderate. Moderate or poor vis in showers, at times thundery. CIRCEO. Northwesterly 3 to 5, becoming gradually Cyclonic overnight. Gusts in thunderstorms. Becoming slight or moderate. Moderate or poor vis in showers in evening, at times thundery. Part 4 : outlook for next 24 hours North or Northwest moderate flow, locally fresh from gulf of Lion to Corsica at first, then locally becoming North fresh flow over Tyrrhenian sea on Tuesday. Variable light or moderate in southwest of basin, becoming East or Northeast on Monday.