WONT50 LFPW 080952 SECURITE ON METAREA 2, METEO-FRANCE, WARNING NR 20, THURSDAY 8 JANUARY 2026 AT 0950 UTC GENERAL SYNOPSIS, THURSDAY 8 OF JANUARY AT 00 UTC. LOW "GORETTI" 1006 48N22W, QUICKLY MOVING NORTHEAST AND DEPENING, EXPECTED 985 50N10W BY 08/12UTC, THEN 968 OVER EAST OF THE ENGLISH CHANNEL BY 09/00UTC, THEN 975 OVER NETHERLAND 09/12 UTC. ASSOCIATED TROUGH IN SOUTHWEST, WITH LOW 1017 34N42W, MOVING NORTH, EXPECTED 1014 38N39W BY 09/00UTC, THEN MERGING WITH NEXT TROUGH. NEW LOW EXPECTED 994 52N45W BY 09/12UTC. ASSOCIATED TROUGH REACHING FARADAY, ALTAIR AND ACORES AT END. HIGH 1036 36N21W, SLOW-MOVING WITH LITTLE CHANGE. MONSOON TROUGH ENTERS THE ATLANTIC ALONG THE COASTAL BORDER OF GUINEA AND SIERRA LEONE, THEN RUNS SOUTHWESTWARD TO 06N18W. ITCZ CONTINUES WESTWARD FROM 06N18W ACROSS 03N30W TO 04N46W. ROMEO. CONTINUING TO 09/09 UTC. NORTHWEST 8, LOCALLY SOUTHWEST 8 OR 9 IN EAST AT FIRST. SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH. ALTAIR. CONTINUING TO 08/09 UTC. IN FAR EAST, SOUTHWEST 8. SEVERE GUSTS. AGAIN FROM 09/06 UTC TO 09/12 UTC AT LEAST. SOUTH 8 IN WEST. SEVERE GUSTS. CHARCOT. CONTINUING TO 08/15 UTC. SOUTHWEST 8, AT TIMES 9 IN FAR NORTH. SEVERE GUSTS. ACORES. FROM 09/00 UTC TO 09/12 UTC AT LEAST. SOUTH 8 IN WEST. SEVERE GUSTS. PAZENN. CONTINUING TO 09/12 UTC AT LEAST. SOUTHWEST 8 OR 9 LOCALLY 10 IN NORTH, VEERING WESTERLY IN AFTERNOON, THEN DECREASING WEST OR NORTHWEST 8 IN THE FIRST PART OF NIGHT. VIOLENT GUSTS. HIGH, LOCALLY VERY HIGH IN FAR NORTHEAST. IROISE. CONTINUING TO 09/12 UTC AT LEAST. SOUTHWEST 8, VEERING WEST 9 OR 10 THIS AFTERNOON, THEN WEST OR NORTHWEST 8 OVERNIGHT. VIOLENT GUSTS. BECOMING HIGH, TEMPORARILY VERY HIGH IN EVENING. YEU. CONTINUING TO 09/12 UTC AT LEAST. SOUTHWEST INCREASING 8, THEN 8 OR 9 THIS AFTERNOON, AND VEERING WEST OR NORTHWEST 8 OVERNIGHT. VIOLENT GUSTS. BECOMING HIGH, TEMPORARILY VERY HIGH IN EVENING. ROCHEBONNE. CONTINUING TO 09/12 UTC AT LEAST. WEST OR SOUTHWEST INCREASING 8, THEN 8 OR 9 THIS AFTERNOON, AND VEERING WEST 8 OVERNIGHT. SEVERE GUSTS. BECOMING HIGH. CANTABRICO. CONTINUING TO 09/12 UTC AT LEAST. WEST OR SOUTHWEST 8, INCREASING TEMPORARILY 8 OR 9 IN NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON, AND VEERING WESTERLY 8 OR 9 EVERYWHERE IN LATE NIGHT. SEVERE GUSTS. BECOMING HIGH. FINISTERRE. CONTINUING TO 09/12 UTC. WEST OR SOUTHWEST 8 OR 9 IN NORTH, DECREASING WEST 8 IN EVENING, THEN VEERING WEST OR NORTHWEST IN SECOND PART OF NIGHT. SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH IN NORTH. BT *=