Storm warning issued for Metarea 1 with expected severe weather conditions.

NL BURUM LES 30-DEC-2024 09:25:20 325671

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HIGH SEAS BULLETIN FOR METAREA 1
ISSUED AT 0800 UTC ON MONDAY 30 DECEMBER 2024
BY THE MET OFFICE, EXETER, UNITED KINGDOM
FOR THE PERIOD 0800 UTC ON MONDAY 30 DECEMBER UNTIL 0800 UTC ON TUESDAY 31 DECEMBER 2024

STORM WARNING
AT 300000UTC, LOW 52 NORTH 34 WEST 1006 EXPECTED 57 NORTH 18 WEST 991 BY 310000UTC. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH STORM FORCE 10 IN THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT BETWEEN 50 AND 150 MILES FROM THE CENTRE OF LOW FROM 310200UTC

GENERAL SYNOPSIS
AT 300000UTC, LOW 52 NORTH 34 WEST 1006 EXPECTED 57 NORTH 18 WEST 991 BY 310000UTC. HIGH 42 NORTH 20 WEST 1031 EXPECTED 40 NORTH 18 WEST 1030 BY SAME TIME. LOW 55 NORTH 18 WEST AND LOW 65 NORTH 25 WEST 1016 BOTH MOVE EAST AND LOSE THEIR IDENTITY. NEW LOW EXPECTED 63 NORTH 06 EAST 997 BY 310000UTC

AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

SOLE
SOUTHWESTERLY 4 OR 5, INCREASING 6 OR 7, PERHAPS OCCASIONALLY GALE 8 LATER. MODERATE OR ROUGH. SHOWERS. MODERATE OR GOOD

SHANNON
SOUTHWEST 6 TO GALE 8. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH. RAIN AT TIMES. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR

ROCKALL
SOUTHWESTERLY 7 TO SEVERE GALE 9, BECOMING CYCLONIC 4 TO 6, THEN CYCLONIC 6 TO GALE 8, PERHAPS SEVERE GALE 9 LATER. VERY ROUGH, OCCASIONALLY HIGH AT FIRST AND LATER. RAIN. MODERATE OR POOR

BAILEY
CYCLONIC 4 OR 5, BECOMING MAINLY EAST 6 OR 7, INCREASING 7 TO SEVERE GALE 9, PERHAPS STORM 10 LATER. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH, BECOMING VERY ROUGH OR HIGH LATER. RAIN OR SLEET. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR

FAEROES SOUTHEAST ICELAND
MAINLY EASTERLY OR NORTHEASTERLY 4 TO 6, BECOMING SOUTHEAST 6 TO GALE 8 LATER, OCCASIONALLY SEVERE GALE 9 LATER FAEROES. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH. SLEET AND SNOW SHOWERS. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR. LIGHT ICING IN SOUTHEAST ICELAND

EAST NORTHERN SECTION
CYCLONIC 4 TO 6 IN NORTH, BUT EASTERLY OR NORTHEASTERLY 5 TO 7 IN SOUTH, BECOMING CYCLONIC 6 TO GALE 8, OCCASIONALLY SEVERE GALE 9 IN SOUTH AND FAR NORTH, INCREASING GALE 8 TO STORM 10 LATER IN EAST. ROUGH, OCCASIONALLY MODERATE IN WEST AND NORTHWEST, BECOMING VERY ROUGH OCCASIONALLY HIGH IN SOUTH AND EAST. OCCASIONAL RAIN, HEAVY AND THUNDERY SPREADING NORTH IN SOUTH, SLEET AND SNOW SHOWERS IN NORTH. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR IN SOUTH AND OCCASIONALLY VERY POOR IN NORTH. OCCASIONAL LIGHT OR MODERATE ICING EXPECTED NEAR ICELAND WITH TEMPERATURES MS02 TO MS04 FROM 301000UTC

WEST NORTHERN SECTION
IN NORTH, CYCLONIC, BECOMING NORTHERLY OR NORTHEASTERLY, 4 TO 6, OCCASIONALLY 7 IN NORTHEAST. MODERATE OR ROUGH. SNOW SHOWERS. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR. OCCASIONAL LIGHT ICING EXPECTED IN FAR NORTHEAST.
IN SOUTH, NORTHEASTERLY BACKING NORTHERLY THEN NORTHWESTERLY LATER, 4 TO 6, INCREASING 6 TO GALE 8 FOR A TIME IN SOUTHEAST. MODERATE OR ROUGH, OCCASIONALLY VERY ROUGH IN FAR SOUTHEAST. SLEET AND SNOW SHOWERS, R