METEONAUTICA
Meteorologia Marina

Weather and sea bulletin for the Mediterranean Sea

issued by Deutscher Wetterdienst, Marine Meteorological Service Hamburg
at 01.12.2023, 12.00 UTC.

General synoptic situation 12 UTC:
A high extends from eastern Turkey 1025 to Libya 1022 and hardly changes. A deep depression 994 over northern Italy slowly moves eastwards and later weakens somewhat. An associated trough swings from Palos to Tunisia and later weakens. Another trough reaches the Bay of Biscay and moves south-eastwards while weakening. A high 1021 near the Azores moves towards Spain.

Until saturday evening in the following forecast areas gales are expected: west of corsica/sardinia golfe du lion ligurian sea adriatic sea up Until saturday evening in the following forecast areas strong winds are expected: alboran/gibraltar palos between southeastspain and westalgeria balearic islands tyrrhenian sea ionian sea aegean sea bay of biscay

FORECAST UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING:

Canary Islands:
light and variable winds, shifting northeast, increasing 4 to 5, shower squalls.

Alboran/Gibraltar:
westerly winds 6 to 7, decreasing about 5, locally shower squalls.

Palos (between Southeast Spain and West Algeria):
westerly winds 5 to 6, abating slowly, locally shower squalls.

Balearic Islands:
southwest to west 5 to 6, locally 7, shifting northwest to north, shower squalls, locally thunderstorms.

West of Corsica/Sardinia:
southwest about 5, shifting northwest, northern part increasing 7 to 8, near hurricane force shower squalls, locally thunderstorms.

Gulf of Lion:
northwesterly winds about 6, increasing about 7, severe shower squalls.

Ligurian Sea:
southwest about 6, shifting west, increasing 7 to 8, near hurricane force shower squalls, locally thunderstorms.

Tyrrhenian Sea:
southerly winds about 6, shifting west to northwest, shower- or thundery gusts.

Adriatic Sea:
southerly winds about 6, southern part locally 8, shifting west later, near hurricane force shower- or thundery gusts.

Ionian Sea:
southerly winds 5 to 6, later decreasing a little and western part shifting west.

Aegean Sea:
southerly winds about 5, locally 7, southern part at times light and variable winds.

Taurus:
light and variable winds, western part later southwest to south 3 to 4.

Bay of Biscay:
eastern part first variable directions 4 to 6, otherwise northerly winds 4 to 5, shifting west, southeastern part abating, shower- or thundery gusts.