METEONAUTICA
Meteorologia Marina

Weather and sea bulletin for the Mediterranean Sea

issued by Deutscher Wetterdienst, Marine Meteorological Service Hamburg
at 12.09.2024, 12.00 UTC.

General synoptic situation 12 UTC:
A large low 1013 over northern Italy is intensifying and moving slowly northward over the Adriatic and the Balkans, with heavy rainfall expected in some areas. Between the low and high pressure over northern Spain, a stormy Mistral wind is developing, which will weaken by Friday evening. A large high 1031 north of the Azores is extending a ridge towards Central Europe, which will strengthen into a single high 1030 over Western Europe.

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

FORECAST UNTIL FRIDAY EVENING:

Canary Islands:
north to northeast about 5.

Alboran/Gibraltar:
variable winds 3, shifting east, increasing 5.

Palos (between Southeast Spain and West Algeria):
variable winds about 3, shifting northeast, increasing 5, isolated shower squalls.

Balearic Islands:
north to northeast about 4, increasing about 8, later partly severe gale force gusts with thunderstorms.

West of Corsica/Sardinia:
northwest about 7, locally 10, first isolated thunderstorms, gusts of hurricane force.

Gulf of Lion:
northwest to north about 7, gusts of hurricane force, first isolated shower.

Ligurian Sea:
northwest about 5, locally 7, decreasing 4, isolated thunderstorms, partly severe gale force gusts.

Tyrrhenian Sea:
westerly winds about 7, isolated thunderstorms, partly near hurricane force gusts.

Adriatic Sea:
southerly winds about 5, later variable directions 3 to 7, severe gale force gusts, thunderstorms.

Ionian Sea:
westerly winds about 4, increasing about 6, partly severe gale force gusts, isolated thunderstorms.

Aegean Sea:
southwesterly winds about 3, in the western part to 6, later isolated thundery gusts.

Taurus:
westerly winds about 4, locally 6.

Bay of Biscay:
north 5 to 6, shifting east, decreasing a little, isolated shower, finisterre first gale force gusts.