FQMQ50 LFPW 260846 WEATHER BULLETIN ON METAREA 3, METEO-FRANCE, TOULOUSE, THURSDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2009 AT 09 UTC. - WIND SPEED IN BEAUFORT SCALE - SEA : TOTAL SIGNIFICANT. - 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 : NONE PART 2 : GENERAL SYNOPSIS, THURSDAY 26 AT 00 UTC HIGH 1028 OVER MOROCCO WEAKENING, EXPECTED 1025 OVER SOUTH OF SPAIN BY 27/12 UTC. SHALOW LOW 1017 IN GULF OF LION, EXPECTED 1014 NEAR GULF OF GENOA BY 27/00 UTC. ----------------------------------------------- SECTION 01 ------------------------------------------------------ PART 3 : FORECASTS TO FRIDAY 27 AT 12 UTC EAST OF CABRERA : WEST OR NORTHWEST 3 OR 4, OCCASIONALLY 5, BACKING SOUTHWEST AT NIGHT , THEN INCREAING WEST 4 OR 5 IN SOUTH AT END. SLIGHT, INCREASING MODERATE IN SOUTH LATER. SOME RAIN IN SOUTH LATER. BALEARES : VARIABLE 2 TO 4, BECOMING SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST 3 TO 5 SOON, THEN VEERING NORTHWEST ERLY 4 TO 6 LATER. SMOOTH OR SLIGHT, INCREASING SLIGHT OR MODERATE LATER. SOME RAIN AT NIGHT. MINORQUE : NORTHERLY 3 TO 5 AT FIRST, DECREASING 2 TO 4, VEERING SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST 3 OR 4 SOON, THEN NORTHERLY 4 OR 5 FROM NORTH LATER. SLIGHT, BUT MODERATE IN NORTH DECREASING. SOME RAIN LATER. LION : NORTHWEST 4 OR 5 AT FIRST, DECREASING 2 TO 4, BACKING SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST 3 TO 5 IN SOUTH AT NIGHT, THEN VEERING NORTHWEST 4 OR 5 LATER. MODERATE DECREASING. SOME RAIN LATER. PROVENCE : VEERINGH NORTHWEST 3 OR 4, TEMPORARILY 5 IN WEST, BUT SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST 3 OR 4 IN EAST AT FIRST , BACKING WEST OR SOUTHWEST 3 OR 4 AT NIGHT, OCCASIONALLY 5 IN FAR EAST, THEN VEERING NORTHWEST IN WEST AT END. SLIGHT OR MODERATE DECREASING. SOME RAIN LATER. LIGURE, CORSE : SOUTHERLY 4 TO 6, VEERING SOUTHWESTERLY AT NIGHT BUT DECREASING WESTERLY 2 TO 4 OVER SOUTH OF CORSE. MODERATE DECREASING IN SOUTH. SOME RAIN. SARDAIGNE : SOUTHWESTERLY 3 OR 4, OCCASIONALLY 5, BUT VEERING NORTHWEST IN NORTHWEST , DECREASING WESTERLY 2 TO 4 SOON, THEN BACKING SOUTHWESTERLY LATER . SLIGHT, LOCALLY MODERATE IN NORTH DECREASING. SOME RAIN LATER. MADDALENA, ELBE : SOUTHERLY 3 TO 5, BUT LOCALLY SOUTHWEST OCCASIONALLY 6 NEAR BONIFACIO STRAIT IN DAYTIME, VEERING MAINLY WEST OR SOUTHWEST FROM WEST AT NIGHT AND INCREASING LOCALLY 6 IN NORTH OF THE AREAS LATER. SLIGHT, LOCALLY MODERATE. NNNN