weather bulletin for Metarea 2, Meteo-France,


Toulouse,  Sunday 5 July 2009 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 : none




Part 2 : general synopsis, Sunday 5 at 00 UTC




Low 999 54n17w moving east, expected 999 54n7w by 6/12 UTC.


Thundery low 1012 32n36w, moving northeast, expected 1012 35n30w by


06/12 UTC.


Low 1004 over Sahara with little move.


High 1023 45n34w drifting slowly southeast, expected 1023 44n23w by


6/12utc.


High 1022 33n21w, slowly moving northeast and weakening.






Tropical wave along 22w and south of 16n moving W at 15 or 20 kt.


ITCZ along 12n17w 9n30w 8n40w.






Part 3 : area forecasts to Monday 6 at 12 UTC




Faraday :


in west, south or southwest 2 to 4, increasing 5 or 6 later. In


east, northwesterly 4 or 5, occasionally 6 at first, decreasing 2


to 4 later. Moderate, temporarily rough in east in daytime.




Romeo :


west or northwest 5 or 6. Rough.  Rain and showers.




Altair :


variable 2 to 4, increasing locally south 4 or 5 in far northwest


at end. Moderate.




Charcot :


northwesterly 2 to 4, at times 5 in north.  Moderate.




Acores :


in west, northeasterly 4 to 6. In east, easterly 3 to 5, increasing


4 to 6 later. Moderate, locally rough in west.  Rain and


thundersqualls with severe gusts.




Josephine :


mainly north 2 to 4. Moderate.




Irving :


in west, cyclonic 4 to 6. In east, southerly 3 to 5.  Moderate,


locally rough in west. Rain and thundersqualls with severe gusts.




Madeira :


northeasterly 3 to 5, locally variable clockwise 2 to 4 in


northwest, increasing 5 or 6 in far southeast soon.  Moderate,


locally rough in far southeast.  Rain or showers in northwest




Pazenn :


west or southwest 4 or 5, locally 6 in north, veering westerly at


end. Rough. Rain and showers.




Iroise :


southwesterly 4 or 5, increasing 5 or 6 soon. Becoming rough.


Showers.




Yeu, Rochebonne :


west or southwest 3 or 4, increasing 4 or 5 later. Moderate.


Showers.




Cantabrico :


variable 2 to 4, becoming westerly 3 to 5 from west later. Becoming


moderate.  Some rain.




Finisterre :


west or northwest 3 or 4, temporarily 5 at first. Moderate. Some


rain.




Porto :


northwesterly 3 to 5. Moderate.




Sao Vicente :


north or northwest 4 to 6.  Moderate.




Cadiz :


northwesterly 4 or 5, increasing 4 to 6 soon, then decreasing 3 to


5 at end. Moderate.




Gibraltar Strait :


westerly 4 to 6.  Moderate.




Casablanca :


north or northeast 4 to 6. Moderate, locally rough in south.




Agadir :


north or northeast 5 or 6, but 7 in east. Gusts.  Rough.






Meteor :


in northwest, southwesterly 4 to 6. In southeast, mainly east or


northeast 2 to 4, gradually veering southerly in west . Moderate,


sometimes rough in far northwest. Thundery rain and showers  in


northwest. Gusts.


Canarias :


northeast 3 or 4, occasionally 5 in southeast. Moderate.


Tarfaya :


north or notheast 4 or 5, locally 6 in north. Moderate or locally


rough.


Cape Verde :


in far northwest, mainly southerly 2 to 4. Elsewhere, northeasterly


3 or 4, locally northerly in far east. Moderate.


Cap Blanc :


north or northeast 3 to 5, sometimes 6 near cape Blanc. Moderate.








Cap Timiris :


in west, northerly 3 or 4, increasing 4 or 5 later. In east,


northwesterly 3 or 4, increasing 4 or 5 soon then occasionally 6


later. Moderate.


Sierra Leone :


in northwest, northeasterly 2 to 4. Elsewhere, variable 2 to 4,


mainly southwesterly in southeast, locally increasing northwest 4


or 5 in northeast later. Moderate. Thundersqualls with severe gusts


mainly in southeast.


Gulf of Guinea :


mainly south or southeast 3 to 5, locally southwest near coasts.


Moderate, locally rough in S swell in south. Locally thundersqualls


with severe gusts in North.


Pointe noire :


southeasterly 4 or 5, locally southerly 3 or 4 in far east.


Moderate or rough in S swell.








Part 4 : outlook for next 24 hours :




Threat of northerly gale in Agadir.




Threat of near gale over Tarfaya.


Elsewhere, no near gale expected.

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