FQNT51 LFPW 170903

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BAY OF BISCAY BULLETIN (METAREA 2)

METEO-FRANCE

WED 17 DEC 2025 AT 1015 UTC



WIND IN BEAUFORT.



1 : WARNING NR 197.





2 : GENERAL SYNOPSIS, WED 17 AT 00 UTC

LOW 945 57N32W, MOV NE, EXP 960 59N24W BY 18/12 UTC. ASSOCIATED DEEP

TROUGH CROSSING AREAS ABOVE 35N, EXP EXTENDING FM ENGLISH CHANNEL TO

JOSEPHINE BY 18/12 UTC.

LOW 1005 OVER S OF SPAIN, FLN GRADUALLY.

HIGH 1030 33N24W, WITH ASSOCIATED RIDGE OVER BAY OF BISCAY AT FIRST,

WKN GRADUALLY THEN MERGING WITH NXT ONE.

NEW HIGH EXP 1032 37N38W BY 18/12 UTC.







3 : FCST TO THU 18 AT 12 UTC



IROISE.

SW INCR 7 THIS AFTERNOON, DECR 5 OR 6 OVERNIGHT, INCR 7 OR 8 TOMORROW

IN LATE MORNING. SEV GUSTS.

ROUGH, BECMG ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH AND CROSS IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN

HIGH TOMORROW MORNING.

LONG NW SWELL INCR 6 M TOMORROW MORNING.

POOR VIS IN RAIN.



YEU.

SW 4 TO 6 FM E TO W, INCR 6 OR 7 IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN BACK S OR SW

TOMORROW MORNING, LOC 8 IN W.

ROUGH, BECMG VERY ROUGH AND CROSS FM W IN EVENING, THEN HIGH IN W

TOMORROW MORNING.

LONG NW SWELL INCR 6 M TOMORROW MORNING.

POOR VIS IN RAIN.



ROCHEBONNE.

SW 4 OR 5, LOC VRB 2 TO 4 IN E AT FIRST, INCR S OR SW 5 OR 6 IN

EVENING, INCR 6 OR 7 TOMORROW MORNING, LOC 8 IN W. SEV GUSTS.

ROUGH, BECMG VERY ROUGH AND CROSS FM OVERNIGHT.

LONG NW SWELL 3 TO 3.5, INCR 5 TO 6 M FM NW TOMORROW MORNING.

POOR VIS IN RAIN IN NW IN THE EVENING.



CANTABRICO.

MAINLY S 3 TO 5, INCR 5 OR 6 TONIGHT, THEN 6 OR 7 AT END. GUSTS.

ROUGH, LOC MOD IN SE, BECMG VERY ROUGH FM NW OVERNIGHT, THEN LOC HIGH

IN FAR NW AT END.

LONG NW SWELL 3 TO 3.5 M, ABATING IN THE EVENING, INCR GRADUALLY 5 TO

6 M FM W AT END.



FINISTERRE.

S OR SW 6 OR 7, INCR 7 OR 8 TORNIGHT, THEN 8 OR 9 TOMORROW IN LATE

MORNING. SEV GUSTS.

ROUGH, BECMG HIGH AND CROSS TONIGHT.

LONG NW SWELL 3 TO 4 M, THEN 5 TO 6 M OVERNIGHT, THEN 6 OR 7 M

TOMORROW MORNING.

POOR VIS IN RAIN OR SHWRS.



PAZENN.

S OR SW 6 OR 7, INCR 7 OR 8 IN SE OVERNIGHT, THEN 8 OR 9 IN SE

TOMORROW MORNING. SEV GUSTS.

ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH AND CROSS, BECMG HIGH FM NW OVERNIGHT.

LONG NW SWELL 3 TO 3.5 M, THEN 6 TO 7 M OVERNIGHT.

POOR VIS IN RAIN OR SHWRS.







4 : TEND FOR NEXT 24 H

S OR SW NEAR GALE OR GALE OVER IROISE, YEU, ROCHEBONNE AND

CANTABRICO, AND SEV GALE OVER SE PAZENN AND FINISTERRE.





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