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0000204400 260 FQPO68 LPMG 151619 INSTITUTO PORTUGUES DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA. WEATHER BULLETIN FOR SHIPPING FOR THE ATLANTIC ZONES LIMITED BY MERIDIANS 22W-07W AND BY PARALLELS 35N-45N. I - T T T T T T T T T. HEAVY WAVES WARNING UP TO 20 MILES FROM THE COAST BETWEEN RIVER MINHO AND CAPE CARVOEIRO IN ZONE 17(PORTO). HEAVY WAVES WARNING IN ZONES 4(CHARCOT), 16(FINISTERRE) AND 17(PORTO). II - WEATHER SUMMARY AT 151200UTC: HIGH/ 1030HPA/ 40N28W/ EXP 161200UTC/ 1025HPA/ 44N04W. FRONTAL WAVE/ 43N20W/ 46N10W/ 50N06W/ MOV E 10KT/ WEAK ACTIVITY. III - FORECAST VALID TO 161800UTC: 4 - CHARCOT: ANTICYCLONIC 2 TO 4, BEING N/NE 3 TO 5 IN FAR SE UNTIL EARLY MORNING, GRADUALLY BECMG S/SW 4 TO 6 IN NW. GOOD TO MOD VIS. NW WAVES 3 TO 4 M, GRADUALLY INCR TO 4.5 TO 5.5 M. 6 - JOSEPHINE: N/NE 4 TO 5, SOMETIMES 6 IN FAR SE UNTIL EARLY MORNING, BEING 3 TO 4 IN FAR NW, GRADUALLY BECMG E QUAD 2 TO 4, BECMG S QUAD IN FAR NW LATER. GOOD VIS. NW WAVES 2.5 TO 3.5 M, INCR TO 3.5 TO 4.5 M IN FAR NE LATER. 16 - FINISTERRE: N QUAD 3 TO 5, GRADUALLY DECR TO 2 TO 4, SOMETIMES VAR, BECMG E QUAD LATER. GOOD TO MOD VIS, SOMETIMES POOR NR COAST DURING NIGHT AND MORNING. NW WAVES 2 TO 3 M, GRADUALLY INCR TO 5 TO 6 M. 17 - PORTO: N QUAD 4 TO 6, GRADUALLY BECMG E/NE 2 TO 4. GOOD TO MOD VIS. NW WAVES 2.5 TO 3.5 M, GRADUALLY INCR TO 4 TO 5 M FM MIDDLE OF MORNING. 18 - S.VICENTE: N QUAD 4 TO 6, BEING 2 TO 4, SOMETIMES VAR, IN FAR SE SOON, GRADUALLY BECMG E/NE 2 TO 4 IN NW AND E QUAD 3 TO 5 IN SE, SOMETIMES 6 LATER. GOOD VIS. NW WAVES 3 TO 4 M, GRADUALLY DECR TO 2 TO 3 M, INCR TO 3 TO 4 M IN FAR NW LATER. 19 - CADIZ: N QUAD 2 TO 3, GRADUALLY BECMG E/NE 3 TO 5, SOMETIMES 6 NR STRAIT, BECMG E QUAD 4 TO 6 LATER. GOOD TO MOD VIS, SOMETIMES POOR NR COAST DURING NIGHT AND MORNING. NW WAVES 1.5 TO 2.5 M, GRADUALLY DECR TO 1 TO 2 M, BECMG E QUAD WAVES 1.5 TO 2.5 M FM EARLY AFTERNOON, BEING WAVES LESS THAN 1 M IN FAR N. FORECASTERS: FONSECA/SIMOES. SOURCE: INSTITUTO PORTUGUES DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA.
