GMDSS_METAREA3-W_INMARSAT ========== Caution: NAVIMAIL is not part of the Maritime Safety Information's operational data stream and should never be relied upon as the only means to obtain the latest forecast and warning information. Access to the service may be interrupted or delayed from time to time, update may also experience occasional gaps. Please refer to GMDSS OFFICIAL sources, Inmarsat SafetyNET or international NAVTEX services, for more complete information ========== WOMQ50 LFPW 240630 WARNING ON METAREA 3, METEO-FRANCE WARNING NR 231, FRIDAY 24 MAY 2013 AT 0630 UTC GENERAL SYNOPSIS, FRIDAY 24 AT 00 UTC. LOW 1003 OVER GULF OF GENOA SLOW MOVING. ATLANTIC RIDGE 1018 OVER SOUTHWEST OF FRANCE. NORTH OF MINORQUE. CONTINUING TO 24/09 UTC. NORTH OR NORTHWEST 8. GUSTS. LION. CONTINUING TO 25/18 UTC. NORTHWEST 8, TEMPORARILY AT TIMES 8 IN THE EVENING AND FIRST PART OF NIGHT. GUSTS. PROVENCE. CONTINUING TO 25/18 UTC AT LEAST. WEST OR NORTHWEST 8, TEMPORARILY AT TIMES 8 IN FIRST HALF OF NIGHT. GUSTS. SOUTH OF LIGURE, NORTH OF ELBE. CONTINUING TO 24/09 UTC. WEST OR SOUTHWEST 8, BUT 9 NEAR CAP CORSE. SEVERE GUSTS. AGAIN FROM 25/00 UTC TO 25/18 UTC. WESTERLY 8. GUSTS. NORTH OF CORSE. CONTINUING TO 25/18 UTC AT LEAST. WEST OR SOUTHWEST 8 LOCALLY 9 NEAR CAP CORSE, TEMPORARILY AT TIMES 8 IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS. NORTH OF MADDALENA. CONTINUING TO 25/18 UTC AT LEAST. WESTERLY 8 IN BONIFACIO STRAIT AND IN AXIS, TEMPORARILY AT TIMES 8 IN SECOND HALF OF NIGHT AND IN THE MORNING. GUSTS. NORTH OF CIRCEO. CONTINUING TO 24/12 UTC. WEST OR SOUTHWEST AT TIMES 8. GUSTS. ========== FQMQ54 LFPW 240801 Weather bulletin on METAREA 3, METEO-FRANCE Toulouse, Friday 24 May 2013 at 09 UTC Wind speed in BEAUFORT SCALE. Sea state in DOUGLAS SCALE. 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 231. Gale to strong gale in force or expected for MINORQUE, LION, PROVENCE, LIGURE, ELBE, CORSE, MADDALENA, CIRCEO. Part 2 : General synopsis, Friday 24 at 00 UTC Low 1003 over gulf of Genoa slow moving. Atlantic ridge 1018 over southwest of France. Part 3 : Area forecasts to Saturday 25 at 12 UTC EAST OF CABRERA. Northeasterly 3 or 4, veering Southerly overnight, then increasing Northwest 3 to 5 in the morning. Slight or moderate. BALEARES. Southeasterly 4 to 6 locally Northwest in the axis of Ebro Valley, increasing West or Northwest 5 to 7 locally Variable 3 or 4 in south overnight, then decreasing Variable 3 or 4 locally Northwest 4 to 6 in the axis of Ebro Valley in the morning. Slight or moderate, locally high in east overnight and in the morning. MINORQUE. Variable Clockwise 4 to 6 locally 7 in north at first, increasing locally Westerly 5 to 7 in south overnight, then becoming Variable clockwise 4 to 6 locally 7 in north in the morning. Moderate or rough, locally cross by SW swell in northeast in the morning. Showers in north. LION. Northwest 7 or 8, temporarily 7 at times 8 in the evening and first part of night. Gusts. Showers in south. PROVENCE. West or Northwest 6 to 8, temporarily 6 or 7 at times 8 in first half of night. Gusts. Rough locally very rough in east. Some showers in the morning. LIGURE. Variable Cyclonic 4 to 6 locally Westerly 7 in far south, increasing locally Westerly 7 or 8 in south overnight. Gusts. Moderate or rough becoming very rough in south overnight. Showers locally thundery in the morning. CORSE. West 5 to 7 locally West or Southwest 8 locally 9 near Cap Corse in north, temporarily 7 at times 8 in north in the afternoon. Gusts. Rough locally very rough in north. Showers locally thundery in the morning. SARDAIGNE. Northwesterly 3 to 5 locally 6 or 7 in north, increasing 4 to 6 locally 7 in north in the morning. Moderate locally rough in north, becoming locally very rough in north at end. Showers in the morning. North of MADDALENA. Westerly 7 or 8, temporarily 7 at times 8 in second half of night and in the morning. Gusts. Moderate or rough. South of MADDALENA. Westerly 4 to 6. Moderate locally rough in east. ELBE. Westerly 5 to 7, increasing 7 or 8 locally Variable 3 to 5 in south overnight. Gusts. Moderate or rough, becoming locally very rough in north overnight. Showers locally thundery in the morning. ALBORAN. Westerly 4 to 6 locally Easterly 2 or 3 in far northeast. Slight or moderate. PALOS. Variable Clockwise 2 to 4. Slight. ALGER. Variable 2 to 4. Slight or moderate. WEST OF CABRERA. Variable mainly Northeasterly 2 to 4. Slight. ANNABA. Northerly 2 to 4, becoming Variable overnight. Moderate. TUNISIE. West or Northwest 3 to 5. Slight or moderate. CARBONARA, LIPARI. West or Southwest 4 or 5 at times 6 overnight. Slight or moderate, locally rough over LIPARI at first. Showers over LIPARI in the morning. CIRCEO. West or Southwest 4 to 6 locally 7 in north. Moderate or rough. Showers in the morning. Part 4 : outlook for next 24 hours Westerly fresh or strong flow in north of basin, with persistence of gale over LION, PROVENCE, CORSE, MADDALENA. ==========