Storm warning issued for high seas with severe weather expected.

NL BURUM LES 23-DEC-2024 21:25:14 835913

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HIGH SEAS BULLETIN FOR METAREA 1
ISSUED AT 2000 UTC ON MONDAY 23 DECEMBER 2024
BY THE MET OFFICE, EXETER, UNITED KINGDOM
FOR THE PERIOD 2000 UTC ON MONDAY 23 DECEMBER UNTIL 2000 UTC ON TUESDAY 24 DECEMBER 2024

STORM WARNING
AT 230000UTC, NEW LOW EXPECTED 65 NORTH 39 WEST 965 BY 241200UTC. WESTERLY WINDS WILL REACH STORM FORCE 10 IN THE SOUTHERN QUADRANT WITHIN 300 AND 400 MILES OF LOW CENTRE IN THE NORTH OF WEST NORTHERN SECTION FROM 240300UTC

GENERAL SYNOPSIS
AT 231200UTC, LOW 65 NORTH 29 WEST 957 EXPECTED 73 NORTH 15 WEST 966 BY 241200UTC. LOW 55 NORTH 13 EAST 998 LOSING ITS IDENTITY BY SAME TIME. HIGH 42 NORTH 20 WEST 1040 EXPECTED 45 NORTH 09 WEST 1034 BY THAT TIME. NEW LOW EXPECTED 65 NORTH 39 WEST 965 BY 241200UTC

AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

SOLE
WESTERLY OR NORTHWESTERLY, BACKING SOUTHWESTERLY LATER, 3 TO 5. ROUGH BECOMING MODERATE OR ROUGH LATER. SHOWERS. GOOD

SHANNON
WEST OR SOUTHWEST 4 TO 6, OCCASIONAL 7 LATER, PERHAPS GALE 8 LATER. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH. OCCASIONAL DRIZZLE. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR

ROCKALL
WEST OR SOUTHWEST 4 TO 6, INCREASING 6 TO GALE 8, PERHAPS SEVERE GALE 9 LATER. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH, BECOMING VERY ROUGH OR HIGH. RAIN OR DRIZZLE. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR

BAILEY
SOUTHWEST 4 TO 6, INCREASING 7 TO SEVERE GALE 9 LATER. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH, BECOMING VERY ROUGH OR HIGH. RAIN. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR

FAEROES
SOUTHWEST 4 TO 6, INCREASING 7 OR GALE 8 LATER, PERHAPS SEVERE GALE 9 LATER. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH, BECOMING VERY ROUGH OR HIGH LATER. OCCASIONAL RAIN. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR

SOUTHEAST ICELAND
SOUTHWESTERLY 7 TO SEVERE GALE 9, DECREASING 4 TO 6 FOR A TIME. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH, BECOMING VERY ROUGH OR HIGH. RAIN. MODERATE OR GOOD

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