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0000260100 498 FQPO68 LPMG 171632 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 TO RIVER GUADIANA IN ZONES 17(PORTO) AND 18(S.VICENTE). GALE WARNING IN ZONE 6(JOSEPHINE). HEAVY WAVES WARNING IN ZONES 6(JOSEPHINE), 17(PORTO) AND 18(S.VICENTE). II - WEATHER SUMMARY AT 171200UTC: HIGH/ 1035HPA/ 34N32W/ EXP 181200UTC/ 1035HPA/ 35N37W. FRONTAL SYSTEM/ 33N55W/ 38N48W/ 42N42W/ 47N37W/ 52N35W/ 57N35W/ 52N27W/ 45N23W/ 41N20W/ 40N18W/ 38N17W/ 36N20W/ MOV E/SE 20KT/ MOD ACTIVITY. LOW/ 1014HPA/ 36N08W/ EXP 181200UTC/ 1008HPA/ 33N07W. III - FORECAST VALID TO 181800UTC: 4 - CHARCOT: IN W: N QUAD 3 TO 5, BEING UNTIL END OF DAY, SOMETIMES 6 IN FAR SW, AND VAR 2 TO 4 IN FAR N, TEMPO W QUAD IN N BETWEEN FM DAY AND EARLY MORNING, GRADUALLY BECMG N/NW 5 TO 6, SOMETIMES 7. GOOD TO MOD VIS, SOMETIMES POOR UNTIL LATE MORNING. NW WAVES 3.5 TO 4.5 M, GRADUALLY DECR TO 2.5 TO 3.5 M. IN E: N QUAD 3 TO 5, SOMETIMES 6 IN FAR SE UNTIL EARLY MORNING, GRADUALLY BECMG FM MORNING IN N, SW 4 TO 6, SOMETIMES 7. GOOD TO MOD VIS, SOMETIMES POOR FM MORNING. NW WAVES 3.5 TO 4.5 M, GRADUALLY DECR TO 2.5 TO 3 M. 6 - JOSEPHINE: IN W: N QUAD 6 TO 7, SOMETIMES 8 IN FAR SW UNTIL END OF DAY, DECR TO GRADUALLY TO 4 TO 6. GOOD TO MOD VIS, SOMETIMES POOR. NW WAVES 4.5 TO 5.5 M, GRADUALLY DECR TO 3 TO 3.5 M. IN E: N QUAD 5 TO 6, SOMETIMES 7 IN FAR SW UNTIL END OF DAY AND IN FAR SE DURING DAWN AND MORNING. GOOD TO MOD VIS. NW WAVES 4.5 TO 5.5 M, GRADUALLY DECR TO 3 TO 4 M. 16 - FINISTERRE: N QUAD 3 TO 5, SOMETIMES 6 IN FAR S BETWEEN END OF DAY AND TO EARLY MORNING. GOOD TO MOD VIS. NW WAVES 4 TO 4.5 M, GRADUALLY DECR TO 2.5 TO 3 M. 17 - PORTO: N QUAD 5 TO 6, BEING 4 TO 5 NR COAST. GOOD TO MOD VIS. NW WAVES 4 TO 5 M, GRADUALLY DECR TO 2.5 TO 3.5 M. 18 - S.VICENTE: N/NW 4 TO 5, GRADUALLY INCR TO 5 TO 6, SOMETIMES 7 DURING DAWN AND MORNING IN FAR SW. GOOD TO MOD VIS, SOMETIMES POOR IN FAR S. NW WAVES 4 TO 5 M, GRADUALLY DECR TO 3 TO 4 M. 19 - CADIZ: W QUAD 2 TO 4, BECMG CYCLONIC FM END OF DAY, AND INCR TO 4 TO 5 NR COAST IN S UNTIL MIDDLE MORNING AND IN FAR N FM MORNING, VEER TO N/NE FM AFTERNOON. GOOD TO MOD VIS, SOMETIMES POOR. W/NW WAVES 2 TO 3 M, BEING W/SW WAVES 1 TO 2 M IN FAR N, GRADUALLY DECR TO 1 TO 2 M, AND BECMG WAVES LESS THAN 1 M IN FAR N. FORECASTERS: FRADA/RODRIGUES. SOURCE: INSTITUTO PORTUGUES DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA.
