weather bulletin for Metarea 2, Meteo-France,

          
            Toulouse,  Tuesday 6 January 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 : 4.

          
            

          
            

          
            Part 2 : general synopsis, Tuesday 6 at 00 UTC

          
            

          
            Disturbed trough just west of Faraday, moving east, cold front

          
            expected over east of Faraday and Altair by 07/00utc, then slowly

          
            moving southeast. New trough and cold front reaching west of

          
            Faraday at end, moving northeast.

          
            High 1027 33n30w, slightly drifting west, expected 1026 32n35w by

          
            07/12utc. Associated ridge extended to the north, quickly

          
            weakening.

          
            High 1031 over British isles, slowly drifting southwest.

          
            

          
            

          
            ITCZ along 7n10w 5n20w 5n30w 3n40w.

          
            

          
            

          
            

          
            Part 3 : area forecasts to Wednesday 7 at 12 UTC

          
            

          
            Faraday :

          
            variable cyclonic 5 to 7, occasionally 8, decreasing 4 to 6 soon,

          
            then increasing southerly 6 to 8 in west at end. Rough cross with

          
            southwest swell, locally very rough. Rain and showers, locally

          
            thundersqualls with severe gusts at first.

          
            

          
            Romeo :

          
            southeasterly 3 to 5, but  locally cyclonic 4 to 6 in east at

          
            first, increasing temporarily 6 in northwest soon. Moderate or

          
            rough with westerly swell. Rain and showers.

          
            

          
            Altair :

          
            south or southwest 5 or 6, locally 7 in northwest at first, veering

          
            west or northwest 3 to 5 from west, then backing southwest 6 or 7

          
            in west at end. Gusts. Rough with westerly swell. Rain and showers,

          
            locally thundersqualls with severe gusts at first.

          
            

          
            Charcot, Josephine :

          
            northerly 3 to 5, locally cyclonic 2 to 4 in west of Charcot,

          
            occasionally 5. Moderate or rough in westerly swell. Rain and

          
            showers.

          
            

          
            Acores :

          
            variable 2 to 4, locally southwest  4 or 5 at first, then in

          
            northwest at end. Moderate or rough with westerly swell. Rain and

          
            showers.

          
            

          
            Irving :

          
            variable 1 to 3, locally north or northeast 4 in east. Moderate or

          
            rough with northwest swell. Scattered rain or drizzle.

          
            

          
            Madeira :

          
            northerly 3 to 5. Moderate or rough in northwest swell, decreasing.

          
            Showers.

          
            

          
            Pazenn :

          
            east or northeast 3 to 5. Rough with northwest swell, decreasing at

          
            end. Showers, sometimes snow.

          
            

          
            Iroise :

          
            northeast 4 or 5, decreasing 4 soon. Moderate or rough with west

          
            swell, decreasing. Rain or snow showers.

          
            

          
            Yeu, Rochebonne :

          
            northeast 5 or 6, decreasing 5 soon. Rain or snow showers.

          
            

          
            Cantabrico :

          
            northeasterly 4 or 5. Moderate or rough with northwest swell. Rain

          
            and showers.

          
            

          
            Finisterre :

          
            northeasterly 4 or 5. Rough cross with northwest swell. Showers.

          
            

          
            Porto :

          
            northeast or north 4 to 6. Rough cross with northwest swell.

          
            Showers.

          
            

          
            Sao Vicente :

          
            north or northwest 4 or 5, occasionally 6 at first. Rough cross

          
            with northwest swell, decreasing later. Showers.

          
            

          
            Cadiz :

          
            north or northwest 2 to 4. Slight or moderate, locally rough in

          
            northwest swell in southwest at first. Showers at first.

          
            

          
            Gibraltar Strait :

          
            northwest or west 3 to 5. Slight.

          
            

          
            Casablanca :

          
            north or northwest 3 to 5. Rough in northwest swell, decreasing.

          
            Showers.

          
            

          
            Agadir :

          
            north or northwest 4 or 5, temporarily 6 in east soon. Rough in

          
            northwest swell, decreasing. Showers.

          
            

          
            

          
            Meteor :

          
            east or northeast 3 to 5, backing mainly northeast later, locally

          
            east in west. Rough in NW swell, abating later. Some showers.

          
            Canarias :

          
            north or northeast 4 or 5. Rough in NW swell, abating. Some

          
            showers.

          
            Tarfaya :

          
            northerly 4 or 5. Rough in NW swell, abating. Some showers.

          
            Cape Verde :

          
            northeast 4 or 5, occasionally 6. Rough in NW swell. Some showers

          
            in north.

          
            Cap Blanc, Cap Timiris :

          
            northeast 4 or 5, locally north near coast, increasing occasionally

          
            6 soon. Rough in NW swell, abating in north later. Some showers in

          
            north.

          
            

          
            

          
            

          
            Sierra Leone :

          
            northeast 4 or 5, locally 6 in southwest at first, then in

          
            northeast later, but variable 2 or 3 in far southeast. Moderate or

          
            rough in NW swell.

          
            Gulf of Guinea :

          
            mainly south or southwest 2 to 4, but southeasterly in southwest.

          
            Slight, but moderate in west. Thundersqualls with severe gusts in

          
            west and isolated in East.

          
            Pointe noire :

          
            southeast 3 or 4, locally 5 in southwest, but mainly southerly 2 to

          
            4 in east. Slight  in east, moderate in west. Isolated

          
            thundersqualls with severe gusts in far east and near Equator.

          
            

          
            

          
            

          
            Part 4 : outlook for next 24 hours :

          
            

          
            Southerly gale over Faraday.