NE-Atlantic (Metarea I)
FQNT21 EGRR 120800 SECURITE HIGH SEAS BULLETIN FOR METAREA 1 ISSUED AT 0800 UTC ON WEDNESDAY 12 APRIL 2023 BY THE MET OFFICE, EXETER, UNITED KINGDOM FOR THE PERIOD 0800 UTC ON WEDNESDAY 12 APRIL UNTIL 0800 UTC ON THURSDAY 13 APRIL 2023 STORM WARNING AT 120000UTC, LOW 54 NORTH 13 WEST 978 EXPECTED 54 NORTH 02 EAST 985 BY 130000UTC. WINDS CONTINUING TO REACH VIOLENT STORM FORCE 11 IN THE SOUTHWESTERN SEMICIRCLE BETWEEN 50-150 MILES OF THE CENTRE UNTIL 121200UTC. WINDS CONTINUING TO REACH STORM FORCE 10 IN THE SOUTHWESTERN SEMICIRCLE BETWEEN 50-250 MILES OF THE CENTRE UNTIL 122000UTC. NEW LOW 51 NORTH 42 WEST 980 EXPECTED BY SAME TIME. SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS EXPECTED TO REACH STORM FORCE 10 IN THE SOUTHWEST OF WEST CENTRAL SECTION BETWEEN 121900UTC TO 130200UTC GENERAL SYNOPSIS AT 120000UTC, LOW 54 NORTH 13 WEST 978 EXPECTED 54 NORTH 02 EAST 985 BY 130000UTC. NEW LOW 51 NORTH 42 WEST 980 EXPECTED BY SAME TIME. LOWS 56 NORTH 02 EAST 976 AND 56 NORTH 07 WEST 977, EXPECTED 56 NORTH 06 WEST 984 BY THAT TIME. AT 120000UTC, LOW 64 NORTH 30 WEST 989 EXPECTED 61 NORTH 37 WEST 1002 BY 130000UTC. LOW 64 NORTH 02 WEST 991 LOSING ITS IDENTITY. LOW 57 NORTH 30 WEST 995 LOSING ITS IDENTITY. NEW LOW EXPECTED 67 NORTH 20 WEST 1003 BY SAME TIME AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS SOLE WEST GALE 8 OR STORM 10, DECREASING 6 LATER. VERY ROUGH OR HIGH, BECOMING ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH LATER. THUNDERY SHOWERS. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR SHANNON ROCKALL CYCLONIC GALE 8 TO STORM 10, OCCASIONALLY VIOLENT STORM 11 IN SHANNON, BECOMING NORTHWEST 6 TO GALE 8. VERY ROUGH OR HIGH, OCCASIONALLY VERY HIGH AT FIRST IN SHANNON AND ROUGH IN NORTH ROCKALL, BECOMING ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH LATER. THUNDERY SHOWERS. MODERATE OR POOR BAILEY CYCLONIC 5 TO 7. ROUGH, OCCASIONALLY VERY ROUGH IN SOUTHEAST AND MODERATE IN NORTHWEST. SHOWERS. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR FAEROES SOUTHEAST ICELAND CYCLONIC 4 TO 6, INCREASING 7 OR GALE 8 AT TIMES IN SOUTHEAST FAEROES. MODERATE OR ROUGH, OCCASIONALLY VERY ROUGH IN SOUTH AND EAST FAEROES. SHOWERS. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR EAST NORTHERN SECTION IN NORTH, NORTHWESTERLY 4 TO 6, DECREASING 3 AT TIMES. MODERATE OR ROUGH. SHOWERS, WINTRY AT FIRST. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR. IN SOUTHEAST, NORTHWESTERLY 7 TO SEVERE GALE 9, BECOMING CYCLONIC 4 TO 6, THEN NORTHWESTERLY LATER. ROUGH, OCCASIONALLY VERY ROUGH. SHOWERS, WINTRY AT FIRST. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR. IN SOUTHWEST, CYCLONIC 6 TO GALE 8, BECOMING NORTHWESTERLY 3 TO 5, THEN VARIABLE 2 TO 4 FOR A TIME, THEN SOUTHEASTERLY 4 TO 6 LATER. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH, BECOMING MODERATE OR ROUGH LATER. SHOWERS, WINTRY AT FIRST. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR WEST NORTHERN SECTION IN NORTH, CYCLONIC 6 TO GALE 8, OCCASIONALLY SEVERE GALE 9 AT FIRST IN NORTHWEST, DECREASING 4 TO 6. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH, BECOMING MODERATE OR ROUGH, THEN MODERATE LATER. RAIN OR DRIZZLE, THEN SHOWERS LATER. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR. IN SOUTH, CYCLONIC 6 TO GALE 8, DECREASING 3 OR 4, THEN BECOMING EASTERLY 5 TO 7 LATER. MODERATE OR ROUGH, OCCASIONALLY VERY ROUGH AT FIRST IN SOUTHEAST. WINTRY SHOWERS, THEN RAIN LATER. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR EAST CENTRAL SECTION WESTERLY 6 TO GALE 8, OCCASIONALLY SEVERE GALE 9 AT FIRST IN FAR EAST, BECOMING CYCLONIC LATER. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH, OCCASIONALLY HIGH MAINLY AT FIRST IN EAST. WINTRY SHOWERS, PERHAPS THUNDERY, THEN RAIN LATER. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR WEST CENTRAL SECTION WESTERLY OR SOUTHWESTERLY 6 TO GALE 8, BECOMING CYCLONIC 7 TO SEVERE GALE 9, OCCASIONALLY STORM 10 IN SOUTHWEST. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH, OCCASIONALLY HIGH MAINLY IN SOUTHWEST. SHOWERS, THEN RAIN FOR A TIME. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR DENMARK STRAIT NORTH OR NORTHEAST 6 TO GALE 8, OCCASIONALLY SEVERE GALE 9 AT FIRST NEAR ICE EDGE, BECOMING CYCLONIC 4 TO 6 LATER. MODERATE OR ROUGH, OCCASIONALLY VERY ROUGH AT FIRST IN SOUTH, BECOMING MODERATE. RAIN AND SNOW. MODERATE OR POOR, OCCASIONALLY GOOD. OCCASIONAL LIGHT ICING IN NORTHEAST CLOSE TO ICE EDGE, WITH TEMPERATURES OF MS02 OR MS05, UNTIL 130500UTC NORTH ICELAND IN NORTH, EASTERLY OR NORTHEASTERLY 4 TO 6, BECOMING VARIABLE 3 OR 4 LATER. MODERATE OR ROUGH, BECOMING MODERATE LATER. RAIN, FOG BANKS. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY VERY POOR. IN SOUTH, CYCLONIC 4 TO 6, BECOMING EASTERLY 3 TO 5 LATER. MODERATE OR ROUGH. RAIN, FOG BANKS. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY VERY POOR NORWEGIAN BASIN EAST OR SOUTHEAST 4 TO 6, INCREASING 6 TO GALE 8. MODERATE OR ROUGH, OCCASIONALLY VERY ROUGH IN SOUTH. RAIN, FOG PATCHES LATER IN FAR WEST. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR THEN VERY POOR LATER IN FAR WEST OUTLOOK FOR FOLLOWING 24 HOURS: SEVERE GALES EXPECTED IN WEST CENTRAL SECTION. GALES EXPECTED IN WEST NORTHERN SECTION, EAST CENTRAL SECTION AND NORWEGIAN BASIN UNSCHEDULED STORM WARNINGS ARE BROADCAST VIA SAFETYNET AND IN BULLETIN WONT54 EGRR AVAILABLE VIA SOME INTERNET AND FTPMAIL OUTLETS=