HS 012

Meteo-France Toulouse, Saturday 18 may 2013 at 1015 UTC.
Wind speed in Beaufort scale.
Sea state in Douglas scale.
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 nr 275.
Part 2 : general synopsis, Saturday 18 at 00 UTC
low 1001 overs north of Spain, moving northeast and expected 999 over
west of France by 18/12 UTC, then 1001 over south of Germany by 19/12
UTC.
Low 1000 over Germany, moving eastward and expected 1004 over Ireland
by 19/00 UTC, then moving southward and expected 1007 just south of
Ireland by 19/12 UTC.
Heat low 1002 over Morocco, gradually filling.
High 1032 43n31w, drifting southeast and expected 1034 42n28w by
19/12 UTC.
ITCZ along 07n20w 05n24w 04n26w 02n35w.
Part 3 : area forecasts to Sunday 19 at 12 UTC
Faraday.
In west : southwest 4 or 5, at times 6 in extreme northwest. In east
: west or northwest 3 to 5, increasing 4 or 5 at end.
Moderate or rough.
Romeo.
North or northwest 4 or 5, increasing northwest 4 to 6 at end,
locally 7 in extreme northeast. Gusts.
Rough, decreasing from north.
Rain.
Altair.
Variable clockwise 2 to 4, at times 5 in north.
Moderate or rough, decreasing.
Charcot.
Northwest 4 or 5, at times 6 at first.
Rough, locally very rough at first, decreasing from north.
Some rain.
Acores.
Easterly 2 to 4, locally north or northeast in extreme east.
Moderate or rough with NE swell, decreasing.
Josephine.
North or northwest 4 or 5, at times 6 in northeast.
Rough or very rough with N swell, decreasing.
Rain in northeast.
Irving.
East or northeast 4 or 5 .
Moderate, locally rough in east.
Some showers.
Madeira.
Northeasterly 4 or 5 .
Rough with N swell.
Showers.
Pazenn.
Northerly 4 or 5, locally 6 in far southeast at first, backing west
or northwest 4 to 6 later, then westerly at end.
Moderate or rough with NW swell.
Showers, locally thundery.
Iroise, Yeu, Rochebonne.
North or northeast 4 to 6, backing north or northwest 5 or 6 soon,
locally 7 with gusts in far east of Rochebonne, decreasing west or
northwest 4 or 5 later.
Moderate with NW swell, locally rough in Rochebonne.
Showers, locally thundery.
Cantabrico.
Northerly 4 to 6, but west 5 or 6 at times 7 in far south, becoming
west or northwest 4 to 6 soon, decreasing 4 or 5 later. Gusts.
Moderate or rough with NW swell.
Showers, locally thundery.
Finisterre.
North or northwest 4 to 6, decreasing northwest 4 or 5 soon, then
northwesterly 3 or 4 later.
Rough with NW swell, becoming moderate later.
Showers, locally thundery.
Porto, Sao Vicente.
Northwest 4 or 5, at times 6 in east at first, decreasing 3 or 4
later.
Rough, locally very rough in west at first, decreasing from north at
end.
Showers, locally thundery.
Cadiz, Gibraltar Strait.
West or northwest 4 to 6, decreasing 3 to 5 later, then 2 to 4 at
end.
Moderate, locally rough in west at first, decreasing at end.
Showers.
Casablanca.
Northwesterly 4 or 5, veering northerly later.
Rough.
Agadir.
Increasing north or northeast 4 to 6, locally 7 in east, then 5 to 7
soon, at times 8 in east. Gusts.
Rough, becoming very rough later in east.
Meteor.
East 4 or 5 .
Moderate, becoming rough in east.
Showers.
Canarias.
Increasing northeast 5 or 6. Gusts.
Becoming rough.
Tarfaya.
North or northeast 4 or 5, increasing 5 or 6 soon, locally 7 in
northeast. Gusts.
Becoming rough.
Cape Verde.
East or northeast 3 to 5.
Moderate, locally rough in extreme northeast at end.
Showers in north.
Cap Blanc.
Northeast 4 to 6.
Moderate or rough.
Cap Timiris.
North or northeast 4 or 5, decreasing 3 or 4 soon, locally 5 in
north.
Moderate.
Sierra Leone.
Northeasterly 3 or 4, at times 5 in west at first, locally variable
or mainly northwest 2 or 3 in southeast.
Moderate.
Thundersqualls with severe gusts.
Gulf of Guinea.
Mainly southeasterly 2 to 4.
Slight or moderate.
Thundersqualls with severe gusts.
Pointe Noire.
Southeast 3 or 4, at times 5 in south.
Moderate.
Thundersqualls with severe gusts in north and near coasts.
Part 4 : outlook for next 24 hours
threat of north or northwest near gale over Romeo. Persistence of
northerly near gale or gale over Agadir and Tarfaya.
Elsewhere, no gale or near gale expected.