WEATHER BULLETIN ON METAREA 3
HELLENIC NATIONAL MET. SERVICE
ATHENS, WEDNESDAY 14 AUGUST 2024 / 1000 UTC
– WIND SPEED: BEAUFORT SCALE
– SEA STATE: TOTAL SIGNIFICANT
BE AWARE: WIND GUSTS CAN BE 40 PERCENT STRONGER THAN THOSE GIVEN
HERE AND MAX WAVE HEIGHT UP TO TWICE THAN SIGNIFICANT
PART 1
WARNING NONE
PART 2
GENERAL SYNOPSIS 14-08-24/03 UTC
LOW PRESSURES 1006 OVER TAURUS AND RELATIVELY HIGH 1015 OVER
NORTHEAST BALKANS
PART 3
FORECAST UP TO 15 AUGUST 10 UTC
NORTH ADRIATIC
VARIABLE 3 OR 4. SMOOTH
CENTRAL ADRIATIC
VARIABLE 3 OR 4 SOON OVER EAST NORTHWEST. SMOOTH
SOUTH ADRIATIC
NORTH NORTHWEST 3 OR 4 OVER WEST VARIABLE. SMOOTH
BOOT
VARIABLE 3 OR 4 OVER SOUTH WEST. UP TO SLIGHT
MELITA
WEST SOUTHWEST 3 OR 4 OVER WEST SOUTH UP TO 5. UP TO SLIGHT
GABES
EAST SOUTHEAST 3 UP TO 5. SLIGHT
SIDRA
WEST NORTHWEST 3 OR 4 OVER SOUTH NORTHEAST SOON UP TO 5. SMOOTH OR
SLIGHT
NORTH IONIO
WEST NORTHWEST 3 UP TO 5 SOON NORTHWEST 3 OR 4. SMOOTH OR SLIGHT
SOUTH IONIO
NORTHWEST 3 OR 4. SLIGHT
PATRAIKOS
WEST 4 SOON NORTHEAST. UP TO SLIGHT
KORINTHIAKOS
EAST NORTHEAST 3 UP TO 5 SOON VARIABLE 3 OR 4. UP TO SLIGHT
KITHIRA SEA
WEST NORTHWEST 3 OR 4. SLIGHT
SOUTHWEST KRITIKO
WEST NORTHWEST 3 OR 4 OVER EAST 4 OR 5 SOON OVER WEST NORTH
NORTHWEST. SLIGHT
SOUTHEAST KRITIKO IERAPETRA
WEST NORTHWEST 3 UP TO 5. SLIGHT
TAURUS
WEST SOUTHWEST 3 UP TO 5. SLIGHT. LOCALLY POOR
DELTA
WEST NORTHWEST 4. SLIGHT
CRUSADE
WEST SOUTHWEST 3 OR 4 OVER SOUTH WEST NORTHWEST. SLIGHT
KASTELLORIZO SEA
WEST NORTHWEST 3 OR 4 OVER WEST UP TO 5 SOON 4 OR 5. SLIGHT
RODOS SEA
WEST NORTHWEST 3 UP TO 5. SLIGHT
KARPATHIO
WEST NORTHWEST 4 OR 5. SLIGHT
WEST KRITIKO
WEST NORTHWEST 3 OR 4 SOON WEST. UP TO SLIGHT
EAST KRITIKO
WEST NORTHWEST 4 SOON UP TO 5. SLIGHT
SOUTHWEST AEGEAN
NORTH NORTHWEST 3 OR 4 VERY SOON SOUTH SOUTHWEST SOON NORTHWEST
INCREASING LATER. UP TO SLIGHT
SOUTHEAST AEGEAN IKARIO
NORTHWEST 3 OR 4 OVER EAST AND NORTH 4 OR 5 SOON 4 OR 5 INCREASING
LATER. SLIGHT
SAMOS SEA
WEST NORTHWEST 3 UP TO 5 LATER NORTHWEST. SLIGHT
SARONIKOS
VARIABLE 3 OR 4 SOON NORTHWEST. SMOOTH OR SLIGHT
SOUTH EVVOIKOS
NORTH 4 OR 5 INCREASING LATER. SLIGHT
KAFIREAS STRAIT
NORTH NORTHWEST 4 OR 5 VERY SOON 5 OR 6. SLIGHT
CENTRAL AEGEAN
NORTH NORTHWEST 4 OR 5 VERY SOON 5 OR 6. SLIGHT SOON UP TO MODERATE
NORTHWEST AEGEAN
NORTH 3 OR 4 OVER EAST 4 OR 5 SOON NORTHEAST 4 OR 5 AND EAST OF
24.00 5 OR 6. SLIGHT SOON OVER EAST UP TO MODERATE
NORTHEAST AEGEAN
NORTHEAST 5 OR 6 SOON 6 OR 7. SLIGHT OR MODERATE SOON MODERATE
THRAKIKO
NORTHEAST 4 OR 5 VERY SOON EAST OF 25.10 5 OR 6 SOON 5 OR 6 OVER
EAST 6 OR 7. SLIGHT SOON MODERATE
THERMAIKOS
SOUTH 3 OR 4 SOON EAST OVER SOUTH UP TO 5. UP TO SLIGHT
MARMARA
NORTHEAST 5 OR 6 VERY SOON 6 OR 7. MODERATE
WEST BLACK SEA
NORTHEAST 4 OR 5 OVER SOUTH 5 OR 6 VERY SOON OVER SOUTH 6 OR 7.
SLIGHT OVER SOUTH MODERATE
EAST BLACK SEA
NORTH NORTHEAST 4 OR 5 OVER EAST WEST NORTHWEST 3 OR 4 SOON OVER
EAST VARIABLE. SLIGHT. LOCALLY POOR. LOCALLY THUNDERSTORM
OUTLOOK FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS
PROBABLY LOCALLY GALE WINDS AT CENTRAL AEGEAN
Weather bulletin on METAREA 3,
METEO-FRANCE Toulouse, Wednesday 14 August 2024 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 191.
Part 2 : General synopsis, Wednesday 14 at 00 UTC
Low area near 1010 over the basin, filling and expected 1015 at end.
Ridge near 1014 over southwest of France, building and expected 1020
overnight.
Frequent thundery showers with severe gusts.
Part 3 : Area forecasts to Thursday 15 at 12 UTC
EAST OF CABRERA.
Variable 2 to 4.
Smooth or slight, becoming slight or moderate overnight.
Poor vis in thundery showers.
BALEARES.
Variable 3 to 5, mainly Northeasterly, increasing 4 or 5, at times 6
in the evening, locally 6 or 7 near Ebro valley in second part of
night. Gusts.
Smooth or slight, becoming slight or moderate overnight, locally
rough in far east in morning.
Poor vis in thundery showers.
MINORQUE.
North or Northeast 4 or 5, at times 6, increasing 5 or 6 in the
evening, locally 7 or 8 in north till second part of night, then
decreasing 2 to 4 in southeast at end. Severe gusts.
Slight or moderate, becoming moderate or rough in evening.
Poor vis in thundery showers.
LION.
Increasing North or Northwest 4 or 6, then 7 or 8 in the afternoon,
and decreasing 6 or 7 at end. Severe gusts.
Slight or moderate, becoming moderate or rough in evening.
Poor vis in thundery showers.
PROVENCE.
In west, Northwest 3 or 4, increasing 6 or 7 in the evening, then
decreasing 3 to 5 in morning. Gusts.
In east, Variable 2 to 4, locally increasing East or Northeast 5 in
far northeast in the evening, then 5 or 6 in morning. Severe gusts
under thunderstorms.
Smooth or slight, becoming moderate or rough in west in evening.
Poor vis in thundery showers.
LIGURE.
Easterly 2 to 5, increasing 5 or 6 in west overnight. Severe gusts in
morning under thunderstorms.
Smooth or slight, becoming temporarily moderate in far west
overnight.
Poor vis in thundery showers.
CORSE.
Variable 2 to 4, locally Easterly 5 or 6 leeward Bonifacio strait,
increasing Southerly 3 or 4 overnight, then decreasing Variable 2 to
4 at end. Gusts.
Smooth or slight, becoming slight or moderate in morning.
Poor vis in thundery showers.
SARDAIGNE.
Variable 2 to 4, locally increasing Northerly 5 or 6 in far northwest
in the evening, then becoming Southerly 2 to 4 in morning. Locally
severe gusts in north in morning under thunderstorms.
Smooth or slight, becoming moderate or rough in northwest overnight.
Poor vis in thundery showers.
MADDALENA, ELBE.
Mainly Southerly 2 to 4, at times 5 near Corsican and Sardinian
coasts, decreasing Variable 2 to 4 in morning.
Smooth or slight.
Poor vis in thundery showers.
ALBORAN.
Westerly 4 to 6 from east to west, locally 7 near strait at first,
backing Easterly 3 or 4 in evening. Gusts.
Moderate, at times rough at first, decreasing slight overnight.
PALOS.
Variable 2 to 4, locally West or Southwest 4 or 5 in south at first,
occasionally 6 in far east, becoming East or Northeast 3 or 4 in
evening, at times 5 in north overnight.
Slight or moderate.
Moderate or poor vis in showers in north.
ALGER.
Mainly Westerly 2 to 4, at times 5 in west at first, temporarily
Variable in first part of the night.
Smooth, becoming gradually slight from west, temporarily moderate in
extreme west at first.
Moderate or poor vis in thundery showers.
WEST OF CABRERA.
Variable 2 to 4, increasing Northerly 3 to 5 at first. Gusts in
thunderstorms.
Smooth or slight, becoming slight or moderate in late afternoon.
Poor vis in thundery rain or showers.
ANNABA.
Variable 2 to 4, mainly Westerly at first. Severe gusts in
thunderstorms.
Smooth, becoming smooth or slight in the evening.
Poor vis in thunderstorms.
TUNISIE.
Variable 2 to 4, locally South or Southeast 3 to 5 in east at first,
temporarily Westerly 4 or 5 in west in evening. Gusts in
thunderstorms.
Smooth or slight.
Poor vis in thundery showers overnight and in morning.
CARBONARA.
South or Southeast 3 or 4, temporarily 5 near Sardinia in evening,
becoming Variable 2 to 4 from west in late night.
Smooth or slight.
Moderate or poor vis in some thundery showers in late night.
LIPARI, CIRCEO.
Variable 1 to 3.
Smooth, locally slight in west of CIRCEO.
Part 4 : outlook for next 24 hours
Northerly fresh or strong flow from gulf of Lion to Balearic islands,
decreasing moderate or fresh in afternoon. Elsewhere, Variable
moderate flow, locally Northeasterly over Alboran sea.
