FQMQ72 LEMM 081600

STATE MET AGENCY OF SPAIN



TARIFA NAVTEX SERVICE AREA



ISSUED AT 20:00 UTC ON WEDNESDAY 08 APRIL 2026



VALID UNTIL FRIDAY 10 AT 20:00 UTC



GALE OR NEAR GALE WARNINGS: ALBORAN, PALOS.



GENERAL SYNOPSIS AT 12 UTC WEDNESDAY 8 AND EVOLUTION.



LOW SW PORTUGAL 1008, SPREADING TO MOROCCO. HIGH WESTERN

MEDITERRANEAN 1020, WKN.



24 HOURS FCST:



SAO VICENTE: E OR SE 4 OR 5, LOC 6 IN W, DECR E OR NE 3 TO 5 IN

THE MORNING, AND TO VRB 2 OR 3 IN SE. SLGT OR MOD, BECMG SMOOTH

OR SLGT. NW 4 OR 6 M SWELL. UNTIL MORNING. SHWRS.



CADIZ: SE 2 TO 4, VEER N, AND TO NW 2 TO 4 IN THE AFTERNOON.

SMOOTH. IN SW, NW 3 OR 4 M SWELL. SHWRS AND THUNDERSTORMS.



GIBRALTAR STRAIT: VRB 2 TO 4, BECMG NW 3 OR 4 IN THE AFTERNOON.

SMOOTH. SHWRS.



ALBORAN: W 3 TO 5 DECR VRB 2 OR 3, AND INCR E 4 TO 7 IN NE

OVERNIGHT. SMOOTH OR SLGT BECMG MOD OR ROUGH IN NE. E 2 M SWELL

FM THE AFTERNOON. ISOL SHWR IN W AT FIRST. MOD OR GOOD.



PALOS: E OR NE 4 TO 6 LOC VRB 2 OR 3 IN S UNTIL MIDDAY, AND INCR

6 OR 7 IN SW IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOOTH TO MOD.



ALGERIA: E 3 TO 5. SMOOTH OR SLGT.



CASABLANCA: CYCLONIC, MAINLY S, 4 TO 6, DECR E OR NE 3 TO 5 IN

THE AFTERNOON, FM N. SLGT OR MOD, BECMG SMOOTH IN NE. NW 4 OR 6 M

SWELL. BECMG 3 OR 4 M SWELL. SHWRS AND THUNDERSTORMS.=