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BAY OF BISCAY BULLETIN (METAREA 2)

METEO-FRANCE

THU 8 JAN 2026 AT 1015 UTC



WIND IN BEAUFORT.



1 : WARNING NR 13.





2 : GENERAL SYNOPSIS, THU 8 AT 00 UTC

LOW "GORETTI" 1006 48N22W, QCKY MOV NE AND DEPENING, EXP 985 50N10W

BY 08/12UTC, THEN 968 OVER E OF THE ENGLISH CHANNEL BY 09/00UTC, THEN

975 OVER NETHERLAND 09/12 UTC.

ASSOCIATED TROUGH IN SW, WITH LOW 1017 34N42W, MOV N, EXP 1014 38N39W

BY 09/00UTC, THEN MERGING WITH NXT TROUGH.

NEW LOW EXP 994 52N45W BY 09/12UTC. ASSOCIATED TROUGH REACHING

FARADAY, ALTAIR AND ACORES AT END.

HIGH 1036 36N21W, SLOW-MOV WITH LITTLE CHANGE.







3 : FCST TO FRI 9 AT 12 UTC



IROISE.

SW 7 OR 8, VEER W 9 OR 10 THIS AFTERNOON, THEN W OR NW 7 OR 8

OVERNIGHT. VIOLENT GUSTS.

ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH, BECMG HIGH, TEMPO VERY HIGH THIS EVENING, AND

DECR VERY ROUGH TOMORROW MORNING.

LOC POOR VIS IN RAIN OR SHWRS.



YEU.

SW INCR 7 OR 8, THEN 8 OR 9 THIS AFTERNOON, AND VEER W OR NW 7 OR 8

OVERNIGHT. VIOLENT GUSTS.

ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH, BECMG HIGH IN AFTERNOON, TEMPO VERY HIGH IN N IN

EVENING, AND DECR VERY ROUGH TO HIGH TOMORROW MORNING.

LOC POOR VIS IN RAIN OR SHWRS.



ROCHEBONNE.

W OR SW INCR 7 OR 8, THEN 8 OR 9 THIS AFTERNOON, VEER W 7 OR 8

OVERNIGHT. SEV GUSTS.

ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH, BECMG HIGH IN AFTERNOON.

LOC POOR VIS IN RAIN OR SHWRS.



CANTABRICO.

W OR SW 7 OR 8, INCR TEMPO 8 OR 9 IN NW THIS AFTERNOON, AND VEER W 8

OR 9 EVERYWHERE IN LATE NIGHT. SEV GUSTS.

ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH, BECMG VERY ROUGH OR HIGH IN AFTERNOON, THEN HIGH

NXT NIGHT.

LOC POOR VIS IN RAIN OR SHWRS.



FINISTERRE.

IN N : W OR SW 8 OR 9, DECR W 7 OR 8 IN EVENING, VEER W OR NW IN

SECOND PART OF NIGHT, THEN DECR 6 OR 7 AT END. SEV GUSTS.

IN S : SW 6 OR 7,

DECR W 5 OR 6 IN EVENING. GUSTS.

VERY ROUGH, LOC HIGH IN N.

POOR VIS IN RAIN OR SHWRS.



PAZENN.

SW 8 OR 9 LOC 10 IN N, VEER W IN AFTERNOON, THEN DECR W OR NW 7 OR 8

IN THE FIRST PART OF NIGHT. VIOLENT GUSTS.

HIGH, TEMPO VERY HIGH IN FAR NE, BECMG VERY ROUGH OR HIGH IN SECOND

PART OR NIGHT.

POOR VIS IN RAIN OR SHWRS.







4 : TEND FOR NEXT 24 H

OVER ALL AREAS OF BAY OF BISCAY, THREAT OF W GALE TO SEV GALE.





BT

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