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0000208600 017 FQPO68 LPMG 231540 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. NEAR GALE WARNING UP TO 20 MILES FROM THE COAST BETWEEN RIVER MINHO AND CAPE MONDEGO IN ZONE 17(PORTO). GALE WARNING IN ZONES 4(CHARCOT) AND 16(FINISTERRE). VERY POOR VIS WARNING IN ZONE 16(FINISTERRE). II - WEATHER SUMMARY AT 231200UTC: HIGH/ 1030HPA/ 36N20W/ EXP 241200UTC/ 1030HPA/ 36N26W. LOW/ 1005HPA/ 47N23W/ EXP 241200UTC/ 1008HPA/ 43N07W. FRONTAL WAVE/ 42N32W/ 45N24W/ 47N23W/ 46N13W/ 45N08W/ 48N01W/ EXP 241200UTC/ 40N37W/ 41N28W/ M40N22W/ 39N12W/ 43N07W/ 44N01W/ MOD ACTIVITY. III - FORECAST VALID TO 241800UTC: 4 - CHARCOT: W/SW 6 TO 7, SOMETIMES 8 UNTIL END OF DAY, GRADUALLY BECMG FM END OF DAY N QUAD 4 TO 6. GOOD TO MOD VIS, SOMETIMES POOR. W WAVES 3 TO 4 M, BEING 2 TO 3 M IN FAR S SOON, GRADUALLY BECMG NW WAVES. 6 - JOSEPHINE: W QUAD 4 TO 6, SOMETIMES 7 IN FAR N UNTIL MIDDLE MORNING, BEING VAR 2 TO 4 IN FAR S UNTIL EARLY MORNING. GOOD TO MOD VIS. N QUAD WAVES 1.5 TO 2 M, GRADUALLY INCR TO 2 TO 3.5 M IN N. 16 - FINISTERRE: W/SW 6 TO 7, SOMETIMES 8 IN FAR NE FM END OF DAY, GRADUALLY BECMG FM MIDDLE OF NIGHT, N/NW 4 TO 6. GOOD TO MOD VIS, SOMETIMES POOR TO VERY POOR. NW WAVES 2.5 TO 3.5 M, INCR TO 3.5 TO 4.5 M IN N. 17 - PORTO: W/SW 4 TO 6, SOMETIMES 7 UNTIL LATE MORNING IN FAR NW, BECMG FM EARLY AFTERNOON, N QUAD 4 TO 6. GOOD TO MOD VIS, SOMETIMES POOR. NW WAVES 2 TO 3 M, GRADUALLY INCR TO 3 TO 4 M. 18 - S.VICENTE: W QUAD 4 TO 5, SOMETIMES 6 FM LATE MORNING IN N, BEING N/NW 2 TO 4 IN FAR S UNTIL EARLY MORNING. GOOD TO MOD VIS. N/NW WAVES 1 TO 2 M, GRADUALLY INCR TO 2 TO 3 M IN N. 19 - CADIZ: N/NW 2 TO 4, GRADUALLY BECMG FM EARLY MORNING, W QUAD 4 TO 5. GOOD TO MOD VIS, SOMETIMES POOR NR COAST DURING NIGHT AND MORNING. W/NW WAVES 1 M, INCR TO 1 TO 1.5 M LATER, BEING WAVES LESS THAN 1 M IN FAR N. FORECASTERS: FRADA/RODRIGUES. SOURCE: INSTITUTO PORTUGUES DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA.
