METEONAUTICA
Meteorologia Marina

Weather and sea bulletin for the Mediterranean Sea

issued by Deutscher Wetterdienst, Marine Meteorological Service Hamburg
at 20.11.2024, 15.00 UTC.

General synoptic situation 12 UTC:
A complex low over the Baltic Sea is slowly moving northwards. An associated wide trough has covered the central Mediterranean and is moving towards the eastern Mediterranean. A high 1027 between the Azores and Portugal is moving eastwards. A ridge extending to Algeria is weakening. A low 1005 far to the west of Ireland is moving across central France to the Alpine region while deepening.

Until wednesday evening in the following forecast areas gales are expected: west of corsica/sardinia golfe du lion ligurian sea tyrrhenian sea adriatic sea bay of biscay until wednesday evening in the following forecast areas strong winds are expected: balearic islands ionian sea

FORECAST UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING:

Canary Islands:
easterly winds about 3, locally shower squalls.

Alboran/Gibraltar:
west 4 to 5, increasing a little.

Palos (between Southeast Spain and West Algeria):
southwest to west 4 to 5, increasing a little.

Balearic Islands:
southwest to west about 4, increasing about 6, shifting northwest, locally shower squalls.

West of Corsica/Sardinia:
west about 5, shifting northwest, increasing a little, northern part later 7 to 8, severe shower squalls, sea increasing 5 meter.

Gulf of Lion:
west about 5, shifting northwest, increasing about 7, severe shower squalls.

Ligurian Sea:
southwest to west about 7, increasing 8 to 9, near hurricane force shower squalls, sea increasing 6 meter.

Tyrrhenian Sea:
westerly winds about 5, increasing a little, northern part 7 to 8, locally 9, near hurricane force thundery gusts, sea increasing 5 meter.

Adriatic Sea:
southerly winds about 4, locally 6, later variable directions 5 to 7, locally 8, severe thundery gusts.

Ionian Sea:
southwesterly winds about 4, locally 6, increasing a little, shower squalls, locally thunderstorms.

Aegean Sea:
southerly winds about 3, increasing about 5, shower squalls, locally thunderstorms.

Taurus:
variable directions 2 to 4, shower squalls, locally thunderstorms.

Bay of Biscay:
west to northwest 6 to 7, locally 8, decreasing about 5, severe shower squalls, sea first 5 meter.