weather bulletin for Metarea 2, Meteo-France,

          
            Toulouse,  Saturday 11 October 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 : nr 451.

          
            

          
            Part 2 : general synopsis, Saturday 11 at 00 UTC

          
            

          
            Low 991 50n45w, moving northeast and deepening, expected 986 58n28w

          
            by 12/00 UTC.

          
            Thundery low 1006 31n13w, moving northward and filling gradually,

          
            expected 1009 32n12w by 11/12 UTC, then 1017 36n10w by 12/12 UTC.

          
            Relative low about 1019 over  Azores and east of Altair, with

          
            little move.

          
            High 1035 over Poland drifting southeastwards.

          
            

          
            Tropical wave along 36 west south of 15 north moving westward

          
            10kts. Associated low 1010 along the wave near 11 north.

          
            ITCZ along 10n14w 09n20w 12n30w 08n55w.

          
            

          
            

          
            Part 3 : area forecasts to Sunday 12 at 12 UTC

          
            

          
            Faraday :

          
            southwesterly increasing 5 to 7 from west, but 7 or 8 in northwest

          
            during daytime, veering northwesterly 3 to 5 in west at end. Gusts.

          
             Rough or very rough.  Rain.

          
            

          
            Romeo :

          
            variable 3 to 5, becoming southwesterly 4 or 5 in northwest later.

          
            Rough in northwest swell. Rain.  Fog patches.

          
            

          
            Altair :

          
            in northwest: southeasterly 5 or 6, veering northwesterly in far

          
            northwest at end. In southeast: cyclonic 3 to 5, locally 6 at

          
            first.  Rough in northwest swell. Rain or showers.

          
            

          
            Charcot :

          
            in northwest : variable 2 to 4. In southeast : northeasterly 3 to

          
            5.  Rough in northwest swell, becoming moderate at end.

          
            

          
            Acores :

          
            cyclonic 3 to 5.  Moderate or rough in northwest swell.  Thundery

          
            rain or squalls.

          
            

          
            Josephine :

          
            north or northeast 4 or 5 locally 6 or 7 in southeast at first,

          
            decreasing 3 or 4 later, and becoming variable 2 to 4 in  far east.

          
              Rough.

          
            

          
            Irving :

          
            in northwest, mainly westerly 2 to 4. In southeast, north or

          
            northeast 3 or 4, locally 5 at first.   Moderate or rough in

          
            northwest swell. Thundery rain or squalls in north.

          
            

          
            Madeira :

          
            in far east: cyclonic 4 to 6, decreasing 3 to 5 later. Elsewhere:

          
            northerly 4 to 6 from west to east, decreasing 3 to 5 later.

          
            Rough.  Thundery rain or squalls in east.

          
            

          
            Pazenn :

          
            east or northeast 3 or 4, locally east or northeast 2 to 4 in north

          
            at first.  Rough in northwest swell.

          
            

          
            Iroise, Yeu :

          
            southeasterly 3 or 4, increasing locally 5 at end.  Rough in

          
            northwest swell.

          
            

          
            Rochebonne :

          
            southeasterly 3 to 5, 6 at times in south.  Rough in northwest

          
            swell.

          
            

          
            Cantabrico :

          
            in far west. Variable 2 to 4. Elsewhere: southeasterly 4 to 6.

          
            Rough in northwest swell.

          
            

          
            Finisterre :

          
            east or northeast 3 or 4, becoming variable 2 to 4 in east later.

          
            Rough in northwest swell.

          
            

          
            Porto :

          
            east or northeast 3 to 5, locally 6 in south at first, becoming

          
            variable 2 to 4 in east later.  Rough in northwest swell.  Thundery

          
            rain or showers.

          
            

          
            Sao Vicente :

          
            easterly 6 or 7, becoming gradually variable 3 or 5 soon.  Rough

          
            and cross.  Thundery rain or showers.

          
            

          
            Cadiz, Gibraltar Strait :

          
            easterly 8 or 9, decreasing 5 or 6 soon, and becoming variable 2 to

          
            4 later. Severe gusts.  Rough or very rough, decreasing moderate.

          
            Thundery rain or squalls.

          
            

          
            Casablanca :

          
            cyclonic 5 to 7, occasionally 8 in southeast, decreasing 4 to 6

          
            later, then 3 to 5 at end. Gusts.  Rough and cross. Thundery rain

          
            or squalls.

          
            

          
            Agadir :

          
             southerly 5 to 7, occasionally 8 in east, decreasing 4 to 6 later,

          
            then 3 to 5 at end. Gusts.  Rough and cross.

          
            

          
            

          
            Meteor :

          
            east or northeast 4. Moderate or rough in northerly swell.

          
            Canarias :

          
            in west : northerly 3 or 4, veering gradually northeast. In east :

          
            variable 2 to 4,  but westerly 4 or 5 in north today. Locally rough

          
            in northerly swell in north. Some showers, mainly in northeast,

          
            clearing.

          
            Tarfaya :

          
            southwest 4 to 6, decreasing gradually 3 or 4. Rough in northerly

          
            swell, decreasing. Some showers clearing.

          
            Cape Verde :

          
            east or northeast 4 or 5, locally east or southeast 5 or 6 in far

          
            southwest. Locally rough in northerly swell in west. Some

          
            thundersqualls with gusts in far Southwest.

          
            

          
            

          
            

          
            Cape Blanc, Cap Timiris :

          
            north or northeast 3 or 4, occasionally 5 near cape Blanc.

          
            Moderate.

          
            Sierra Leone :

          
            in west : mainly southerly 3 to 5, locally 6 in far northwest,

          
            becoming gradually variable 3 or 4.

          
            In east : mainly northerly 2 to 4. Locally rough in far northwest.

          
            Thundersqualls with severe gusts, mainly in west.

          
            Gulf of Guinea :

          
            southerly 2 to 4.  Moderate. Scattered thundersqualls with gusts.

          
            Pointe Noire :

          
            in east : southerly 2 to 4.  In west : southeast 3 or 4. Moderate.

          
            Showers in far East.

          
            

          
            

          
            

          
            Part 4 : outlook for next 24 hours :

          
            

          
            Becoming cyclonic near gale or gale in west of Faraday, Altair and

          
            acores.