weather bulletin for Metarea 2, Meteo-France,
Toulouse, Thursday 20 November 2008 at 09 UTC.
- Wind speed in Beaufort scale - sea : total significant -
- 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, Thursday 20 at 00 UTC
Low 1009 in south of Morocco, slow-moving and filling, expected
1018 by 21/12utc
high 1041 49n23w slow-moving expected 1041 47n23w by 21/00utc.
ITCZ along 11n14w 8n22w 6n36w 7n44w 7n53w.
Part 3 : area forecasts to Friday 21 at 12 UTC
Faraday :
in west : southeasterly 4 or 5, veering south or southeast 4 to 6
later
in east : easterly 3 or 4 veering southeasterly later. Moderate or
rough.
Romeo :
north or northeast 3 or 4. Moderate.
Altair :
east or southeast 4 or 5, at times 6 in far west. Moderate or
rough.
Charcot :
northeasterly 4 to 6 from northeast to southeast. Moderate or
rough, decreasing.
Acores :
easterly 4 to 6. Moderate or rough. Showers.
Josephine :
northeast 5 or 6. Rough, decreasing. Showers.
Irving :
easterly 4 or 5, occasionally 6 in northeast later. Moderate or
rough. Showers, locally thundery.
Madeira :
northeast 4 or 5, occasionally 6. Moderate or rough. Showers.
Pazenn :
northerly 4 or 5. Moderate, becoming rough in northeast later.
Iroise, Yeu :
north or northwest 3 to 5, increasing 5 or 6 later. Moderate,
becoming rough later. Some rain.
Rochebonne, cantabrico :
northwest 3 or 4, locally northerly in west, increasing northwest 4
or 5 later. Moderate. Rain.
Finisterre :
northeast 5 or 6, at times 7 in south. Moderate or rough.
Porto :
northeast 5 or 6. Moderate or rough.
Sao Vicente :
northeast 4 to 6, locally 6 or 7 in southeast. Moderate or rough,
decreasing. Some showers.
Cadiz :
east or northeast 6 or 7, but easterly 4 or 5 in north, decreasing
4 to 6 later. Gusts. Rough but moderate in north.
Gibraltar Strait :
easterly 6 or 7, decreasing 5 or 6 later. Gusts. Rough. Showers
locally thundery.
Casablanca :
northeast 5 or 6. Moderate or rough. Showers.
Agadir :
northeast 4 or 5, at times 6 in northeast. Moderate. Showers.
Meteor :
east or southeast 4 or 5, but northeast 3 or 4 in east, increasing
easterly 4 or 5 everywhere at end. Moderate. Thundersqualls with
severe gusts, mainly in west.
Canarias, Tarfaya :
north or northeast 3 to 5, increasing northeast 4 or 5 at end.
Moderate. Showers over canarias.
Cape Verde :
mainly east or northeast 3 to 5, but locally variable 2 to 4 in
northwest. Moderate. Locally thundersqualls with severe gusts,
mainly in west.
Cap Blanc, Cap Timiris :
north or northeast 4 or 5. Moderate.
Sierra Leone :
mainly northeasterly 3 or 4, but variable 2 to 4 in southeast .
Moderate. Locally thundersqualls with severe gusts in far
southeast.
Gulf of Guinea :
in east, southwest 2 to 4. Elsewhere, southerly 2 to 4, backing
southeast soon. Moderate in S swell. Isolated thundersqualls with
severe gusts.
Pointe Noire :
southeast 3 or 4, but in east, south or southwest 2 or 3 veering
southeast later. Moderate in S swell. Isolated thundersqualls with
severe gusts mainly near Equator and near coast.
Part 4 : outlook for next 24 hours :
No gale expected.
