weather bulletin for Metarea 2, Meteo-France,


Toulouse,  Sunday 21 March 2010 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 : warning : 171.




Part 2 : general synopsis, Sunday 21 at 00 UTC




Low 980 59n26w, drifting west, expected 981 58n31w by 22/12utc.


Shallow low 1007 42n35w, moving northeast and deepening, expected


989 just northwest or Ireland by 22/00utc. New shallow low


deepening in northwest of Faraday later, expected 990 52n27w by


22/12utc.


Low 1011 35n47w, moving east, expected 1013 over Azores Islands by


22/12utc.


Shallow low area 1017 in west of Gibraltar Strait, filling later.


High 1028 over Irving, extended with ridge to cape Finisterre,


drifting northeast, expected 1026 over east of Josephine by


22/12utc, extended with ridge to Germany.






ITCZ along 07n11w 06n15w 05n27w. Thermal low 1007 over senegal.








Part 3 : area forecasts to Monday 22 at 12 UTC




Faraday :


west or northwest 5 or 6, occasionally 7 in north, but locally


southwest 7 or 8 in far southeast at first, increasing southwest or


west 6 to 8 later. Gusts. Rough or very rough with west swell,


becoming locally high later. Rain and showers.




Romeo :


southwesterly 6 to 8,  veering west or northwest 5 or 6 soon, then


becoming mainly west 4 to 6 later. Rough or very rough with west


swell. Rain.




Altair :


northwest or north 4 to 6, but southwest 6 or 7 in east at first,


occasionally 8 in northeast, becoming variable 2 to 4 later, but


increasing locally southwest 5 to 7 in northwest. Rough or very


rough with west swell, becoming moderate or rough, locally very


rough in far northwest. Rain in east, then in northwest.




Charcot :


southwest 5 to 7, locally 8 in northwest, becoming variable 2 to 4


in west later, and southwest 5 or 6 in east. Moderate or rough with


west swell, temporarily very rough in northwest. Rain.




Acores :


southwest 4 to 6, locally 7 in north at first, becoming cyclonic in


west soon. Moderate or rough. Rain and showers, locally


thundersqualls with gusts.




Josephine :


in northwest: southwest 3 to 5, temporarily 6 in far northwest. In


southeast: north or northeast 3 to 5, becoming variable 2 to 4


later. Moderate with northwest swell, sometimes rough. Rain in


northwest.




Irving :


south or southwest 4 to 6, but variable 1 to 3 in east, becoming


southerly 3 or 4 in east later and veering north or northwest 5 or


6 in far west at end. Moderate sometimes rough. Rain and showers,


locally thundersqualls with gusts.




Madeira :


north or northeast 4 to 5 occasionally 6 in southeast, but variable


1 to 3 in northwest, becoming mainly east 2 to 4 at end, locally


northeast 5 in southeast. Moderate with northwest swell, sometimes


rough.




Pazenn :


southwest  4 to 6, locally south 2 or 3 in southeast at first,


increasing south or southwest 5 to 7 soon, then veering northwest 4


or 5 in west at end and decreasing southwest  5 or 6 in east.


Moderate with west swell, becoming moderate or rough. Rain later.




Iroise :


southwest 3 or 4, increasing south or southwest 4 to 6 later.


Moderate with west swell, locally rough in northwest at end. Rain


at end.




Yeu, Rochebonne :


variable 1 to 3, increasing southerly 4 or 5 in west later.


Moderate with west swell. Rain in northwest at end.




Cantabrico :


variable 1 to 3, increasing east or south 2 to 4 soon, then


becoming mainly west in west later occasionally 5 near coast, but


variable 1 to 3 in east.  Moderate with northwest swell.




Finisterre :


variable 2 to 4, increasing southwest 4 to 6 from west soon, but


temporarily north 5 in southeast. Moderate with west swell,


becoming rough in northwest later. Rain later.




Porto :


northerly 3 to 4, becoming variable 2 to 4 later. Moderate with


northwest swell.




Sao Vicente :


north or northeast 3 to 5, but locally east in southeast at first,


decreasing 3 or 4 later. Moderate with northwest swell.




Cadiz :


easterly 4 to 6, occasionally 7 near Strait at first, but variable


1 to 3 in north, decreasing mainly north 2 to 4 later. Slight or


moderate, locally rough at first. Scattered rain at first.




Gibraltar Strait :


east 5 or 6, locally 7 in west at first, becoming variable 1 to 3


later. Moderate decreasing. Rain at first.




Casablanca :


mainly north 3 to 5, veering northeasterly later. Moderate with


northwest swell.




Agadir :


northerly 4 or 5, locally 6 in east, veering northeast later.


Moderate with northwest swell.






Meteor :


in northwest : south or southeast 3 or 4, veering southwest 4 or 5


later. Elsewhere : easterly 3 or 4, locally 5 in southeast.


Moderate or rough. Locally showers in northwest later.


Canarias :


northeast 5 or 6. Moderate or rough.


Tarfaya :


northeast 4 or 5. Moderate or rough.


Cape Verde :


northeast 4 or 5, occasionally 6 in east at first. Moderate or


rough. Locally sand haze in southeast.


Cap Blanc :


northeast 5 or 6, occasionally 7. Rough. Sand haze.








Cap Timiris :


north or northeast 4 to 6. Moderate or rough. Sand haze.


Sierra Leone :


north or northeast 4 or 5, locally variable 2 or 3 in southeast.


Slight or moderate, locally rough in northwest. Locally


thundersqualls in far southeast. Sand haze.


Gulf of Guinea :


variable 2 or 3. Slight or moderate. Thundersqualls with severe


gusts.


Pointe Noire :


variable 2 or 3, locally southeast 3 to 5 in south. Slight or


moderate. Thundersqualls in east with severe gusts.








Part 4 : outlook for next 24 hours :




Loc 8 over Faraday decreasing, threat of loc north 8 over acores,


then Josephine.