weather bulletin for Metarea 2, Meteo-France,


Toulouse,  Thursday 24 July 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 : warning : none.




Part 2 : general synopsis, Thursday 24 at 00 UTC




Low 1013 45n29w moving east/southeast and deepening, expected 1010


43n16w by 25/00utc then 1009 48n06w by 25/12utc. Associated active


cold front crossing Bay of Biscay on Friday.


Low ex " Cristobal " 1017 44n47w moving southeast, expected 1016


41n36w by 25/00 UTC then 1014 40n31w by 25/12utc.


High 1029 35n48w drifting northwest.






Tropical wave along 31w/32w south of 22n, moving west 15 kt.


Low 1012 by 15n31w, forecast 15n38w at 25/00 UTC.


Low 1003 by 21n06w, moving west ; forecast 1006 by 19n15w at 25/00


UTC.


ITCZ along 11n15w 12n23w 06n35w 07n54w.






Part 3 : area forecasts to Friday 25 at 12 UTC




Faraday :


in west : variable 3 to 5, becoming westerly 4 to 6 soon then


veering northwest 3 to 5 later.


In east : northwest 4 or 5.


Moderate. Rain or showers.




Romeo :


northwesterly 2 to 4, backing southwest 3 to 5 from west later then


veering northwest in northwest at end. Slight or moderate. Rain or


showers.




Altair :


variable 3 to 5 temporarily cyclonic 4 to 6 in northeast at first


then becoming cyclonic 4 to 6 in southwest at end. Moderate. Rain


or showers locally thundery.




Charcot :


cyclonic 4 to 6, becoming north or northwest 3 to 5 from west soon.


Slight or moderate. Rain or showers.




Acores :


west 3 to 5, backing southwest in west later. Slight or moderate.


Rain or showers locally thundery.




Josephine :


westerly 3 or 4 locally 5 in north, veering northerly 2 to 4 in


north at end. Slight or moderate.




Irving :


north 2 or 3, becoming west or southwest in northwest and northeast


in southeast later. Slight.




Madeira :


in northwest : north or northwest 2 or 3.


Elsewhere : north or northeast 3 to 5 from northwest to southeast.


Slight or moderate.




Pazenn :


southwesterly 3 to 5, increasing 6 in southeast overnight then


veering northwest 3 or 4 froim west later. Moderate occasionally


rough in southeast. Rain or showers locally thundery.




Iroise, Yeu :


southwesterly 3 or 4, backing southerly 3 to 5 later. Moderate.


Rain or showers locally thundery.




Rochebonne :


westerly 3 or 4, backing southerly with locally 5 in west later.


Moderate. Rain or showers locally thundery.




Cantabrico :


in west : westerly 3 to 5, becoming southerly 3 or 4 later.


In east : northwesterly 2 to 4, becoming variable later.


Slight or moderate. Rain or showers locally thundery.




Finisterre :


southwesterly 4 to 6, veering northwest 3 or 4 from northwest


later. Moderate occasionally rough. Rain or showers locally


thundery.




Porto :


west or southwest 3 or 4. Moderate.




Sao Vicente :


northwesterly 2 to 4 locally 5 in southeast. Slight or moderate.




Cadiz :


northwesterly 2 to 4. Slight or moderate.




Gibraltar Strait :


westerly 3 to 5 occasionally 6. Slight.




Casablanca :


north or northeast 3 or 4 locally 5 in extreme south. Slight or


moderate.




Agadir :


north or northeast 5 locally 6 or 7 near coasts. Moderate or rough.








Meteor :


northeast 4 or 5, locally 3 in north later, decreasing 3 or 4 at


end. Moderate.


Canarias :


northeast 5 or 6, locally 7 in east later. Gusts. Moderate or


rough.


Tarfaya :


north or northeast 5 or 6. Moderate or rough.


Cape Verde :


east or northeast 4 or 5, locally north in far southeast, and


cyclonic 4 to 6 in southwest becoming easterly 3 to 5 later.


Moderate or rough. Thundery showers with gusts in southwest,


evacuating later.


Cap Blanc :


north or northeast increasing 5 to 7. Gusts. Rough.




Cap Timiris :


north or northwest 4 to 6 locally 7 in norheast later, becoming


cyclonic from east later, decreasing 3 or 4 at end. Gusts. Becoming


rough.


Sierra Leone :


in west : variable cyclonic 2 to 4, becoming south or southeast


soon locally southwest in afr south ; in east : west or northwest 3


to 5, becoming cyclonic in south soon, then south or southeast in


southeast later. Moderate. Thundersqualls with severe gusts.


Gulf of Guinea :


southerly 3 to 5. Moderate. Thundersqualls with severe gusts.


Pointe Noire :


southeast 4 or 5 in west, southeast 2 to 4 in east. Moderate


locally rough in south.






Part 4 : outlook for next 24 hours :




No gale expected.

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