METEONAUTICA
Meteorologia Marina

Weather and sea bulletin for the Mediterranean Sea

issued by Deutscher Wetterdienst, Marine Meteorological Service Hamburg
at 27.01.2022, 13.00 UTC.

General synoptic situation 12 UTC:
A low 1018 near Cyprus and an associated trough stretching towards the Adriatic Sea are weakening. A high 1029 over Turkey is intensifying somewhat. A high 1030 over Libya will extend to northern Algeria. An extensive high 1035 over the Bay of Biscay remains fairly static. A low 1017 north of the Canary Islands is slowly moving westwards. In the night to Friday, a small-scale low 1026 located over the Ligurian Sea will be deepening somewhat and move south.

Until friday evening in the following forecast areas strong winds are expected: alboran/gibraltar palos between southeastspain and westalgeria balearic islands west of corsica/sardinia golfe du lion ionian sea taurus

FORECAST UNTIL FRIDAY EVENING:

Canary Islands:
northeasterly winds 3 to 4, locally 5, isolated thundery gusts.

Alboran/Gibraltar:
east to northeast 6, locally 7.

Palos (between Southeast Spain and West Algeria):
east to northeast 4 to 5, western part locally 6.

Balearic Islands:
light and variable winds, eastern part northwest to north 4, increasing 5 to 6, in the night isolated fog patches.

West of Corsica/Sardinia:
west about 3, shifting northwest about 5, later variable directions 4 to 6.

Gulf of Lion:
northwesterly winds about 4, increasing 6 to 7, gale force gusts.

Ligurian Sea:
first southwest 4, otherwise variable directions 2 to 4.

Tyrrhenian Sea:
northwesterly winds about 3, increasing 4 to 5, isolated shower squalls.

Adriatic Sea:
northwesterly winds 2 to 3, later increasing about 5 and thundery gusts.

Ionian Sea:
northwesterly winds about 4, locally 6.

Aegean Sea:
northwesterly winds 3 to 4, southern part first north about 5, isolated shower squalls.

Taurus:
variable directions 3 to 5, locally 6, decreasing a little, thundery gusts.

Bay of Biscay:
light and variable winds, southwestern part northeast about 5.