METEONAUTICA
Meteorologia Marina

Weather and sea bulletin for the Mediterranean Sea

issued by Deutscher Wetterdienst, Marine Meteorological Service Hamburg
at 09.01.2025, 13.00 UTC.

General synoptic situation 12 UTC:
There are only weak air pressure contrasts over the eastern Mediterranean. An extensive depression 1010 over northern Italy moves slightly southwards while deepening somewhat. A high 1027 over northern Morocco and southern Spain will remain. The Bay of Biscay is influenced by Atlantic lows.

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

FORECAST UNTIL FRIDAY EVENING:

Canary Islands:
easterly winds about 4.

Alboran/Gibraltar:
west about 5, decreasing a little.

Palos (between Southeast Spain and West Algeria):
west about 4.

Balearic Islands:
westerly winds about 4, locally 6, northeastern part at times northwest 7.

West of Corsica/Sardinia:
westerly winds about 4, locally 6, northern part for a time northwest 7.

Gulf of Lion:
northwest about 7, shifting west, decreasing about 4.

Ligurian Sea:
variable directions 6 to 8, decreasing a little, locally shower squalls.

Tyrrhenian Sea:
west about 5, east of bonifacio increasing west 7 to 8, locally shower squalls.

Adriatic Sea:
southerly winds about 5, later variable directions 3 to 5, locally shower squalls.

Ionian Sea:
southwest to west about 4, western part later locally about 6, locally shower squalls.

Aegean Sea:
southwesterly winds about 3, southern part increasing 4 to 5, locally shower squalls.

Taurus:
northeasterly winds about 3, eastern part locally 5, western part later shifting northwest to west, locally shower squalls.

Bay of Biscay:
south to southwest about 5, for a time increasing 6 to 7, later shifting west to northwest, at times heavy rain, locally thunderstorms.