HS 012

weather bulletin for Metarea 2, Meteo-France,
Toulouse,  Sunday 12 February 2012 at 1015 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 : none
Part 2 : general synopsis, Sunday 12 at 00 UTC
Shallow low 1021-1022 over acores and south Altair deepening and
moving south, expected 1016 over acores by 13/00utc, then 1015 over
acores and Irving at end.
Shallow low expected 1012 30n07w by 12/18utc, filling with little
move, expected 1015 at end.
High 1033 47n43w, moving northeast and building, expected 1041
54n21w by 13/00 UTC, then with little move 1043 at end.
High 1037 51n02w, slow-moving west and merging with the first one
soon.
ITCZ axis along 10n14w, 5n21w, 2n30w then eq40w.
Part 3 : area forecasts to Monday 13 at 12 UTC
Faraday :
easterly 4 or 5, occasionally 6 in extreme west at first, veering
southeast soon, then increasing locally 6 in southwest at end.
Moderate or rough, in west swell.
Romeo :
southeasterly 2 to 4, backing northeast in east soon, locally 5 in
far southeast. Slight or moderate, increasing moderate. Some
showers in west.
Altair :
mainly easterly 4 or 5, occasionally 6, but locally northerly in
far southwest , increasing east or southeast 5 or 6 soon, locally 7
in southwest, then 6 or 7 with gusts, at end. Moderate or rough,
increasing rough, locally very rough in southwest, later. Some
showers.
Charcot :
easterly 4 or 5, locally 6 in southeast, increasing 5 or 6 soon.
Moderate or rough.
Pazenn :
easterly 3 to 5, backing north or northeast soon, then northerly 5
or 6 later. Slight or moderate. Little rain soon.
Finisterre :
east or northeast 5 or 6, at times 7 with gusts near cape and
leeward, backing north or northeast later. Moderate or rough in
southwest. Little rain later.
Iroise, Yeu, Rochebonne, cantabrico :
east or northeast 3 to 5, backing northerly soon, locally
increasing west 4 or 5 along Spanish coasts later. Slight or
moderate with northwesterly swell. Little rain soon.
Acores :
in west: variable cyclonic 4 to 6, increasing at times 7 in north
soon. Gusts. In east: southeast 3 to 5, locally 6 in northwest,
increasing 5 or 6, locally 7 in north soon, then 6 or 7 at end.
Gusts. Becoming moderate or rough from northwest, locally very
rough in north at end. Showers, at times thundery.
Josephine :
east or northeast 4 or 5, increasing locally 6 in northwest later.
Slight or moderate, becoming moderate, locally rough in extreme
northwest later. Some showers in far southwest.
Porto :
northeast 4 or 5, increasing 5 or 6 soon, at times 7 in extreme
northwest later. Gusts. Moderate, becoming locally rough in
northwest.
Sao Vicente :
northeast 4 or 5, locally 6 in southeast. Moderate.
Cadiz :
northeast 4 to 6, increasing 5 or 6, at times 7 soon. Gusts.
Slight or moderate, becoming moderate.
Gibraltar Strait :
northeasterly 2 to 4, increasing east 4 or 5 soon. Slight.
Irving :
mainly westerly 3 to 5, but locally southerly 2 to 4 in far east,
veering northwest 3 or 4 in northwest and increasing southerly 3 to
5 in southeast soon, then becoming variable 2 to 4 in west at end.
Moderate or rough. Showers, at times thundery.
Madeira :
mainly north or northeast 2 to 4, but locally variable in extreme
west, gradually becoming east or northeast 4 or 5 from east later.
Slight or moderate. Locally thundery showers in extreme west.
Casablanca, Agadir :
north or northeast 3 to 5, increasing 4 or 5, locally 6 in far east
soon, then 5 or 6 at end. Slight, becoming moderate.
Meteor :
mainly east or northeast 2 to 4, but locally variable clockwise 1
to 3 in north, becoming variable 2 to 4 soon, then west or
southwest 3 to 5 in northwest and southeasterly 3 or 4 in southeast
at end. Slight or moderate. Showers, at times thundery in extreme
northwest.
Canarias :
north or northeast 2 to 4, increasing 3 or 4 later, then
occasionally 5 in far northeast and between islands at end. Locally
moderate in southwest, decreasing slight. Some showers.
Tarfaya :
northerly 2 to 4, increasing 4 or 5 later, then northeast locally 6
in far northeast at end.
Cape Verde :
east or northeast 4 or 5, decreasing east locally 3 in extreme
northwest at end.  Moderate. Some showers.
Cap Blanc, Cap Timiris :
northeast 4 or 5, locally north near coasts, increasing locally 6
near and leeward of cap Blanc soon. Moderate, locally slight near
coast and in far north.
Sierra Leone :
northeast 4 or 5, but locally variable 2 to 4 in far southeast.
Moderate, locally slight near Coats. Locally showers in extreme
west and locally sand haze near coasts.
Gulf of Guinea :
southwesterly 2 to 4. Slight, but moderate in extreme west.
Thundersqualls with severe gusts.
Pointe Noire :
mainly southerly 2 to 4, but locally variable 1 to 3 in extreme
west slight , but moderate in extreme west. Thundersqualls with
severe gusts.
Part 4 : outlook for next 24 hours :
North or northeast fresh flow over Biscay Bay.
Persistence of southeast near gale over Altair and acores and of
northeast near gale over Agadir and porto.
Threat of southeast near gale or gale over Faraday and Irving
later.
Elsewhere no dangerous phenomenon expected.