Leg 1b - Portsmouth to Bermuda - 06 May
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THIS IS THE FORECAST FOR ARC EUROPE LEG 1B PORTSMOUTH TO BERMUDA SYNOPSIS: FRONT NOW LOCATED FRM 23N/70W ENE TO 30N/50W. WILL DRIFT SE AND
WEAKEN INTO A TROUGH THRU 08TH.
HIGH PRESSURE NEAR 29N/77W WILL EXPAND INTO
A RIDGE FRM FLORIDA NE TO 35N/66W THU 08TH.
ANOTHER RIDGE OF HIGH EXTENDS
FROM NE CARIBBEAN NE TO 30N/30W AND WILL MOVE SLOWLY NE THRU 08TH.
ENHANCED CONDITIONS LATER THIS AFTERNOON IN ALL 3 GRIDS WILL GIVE WAY TO
LIGHTER CONDITIONS BY TOMORROW AS HIGH EXTENDS OVER W'RN ATLANTIC. GULF STREAM
CURRENTLY FLOWS NE FROM CAPE HATTERAS TO N PORTIONS OF GRID F, THEN TURNS ENE
AND RUNS ALONG THE TOP OF GRID F. THIS GENERAL PATTERN EXPECTED TO PERSIST THRU
TODAY AND TOMORROW. NE WINDS THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING WILL BLOW AGAINST THE
CURRENT CREATING AREAS OF HIGHER SWELLS WITH SHORT PERIOD, HOWEVER AS CONDITIONS
WEAKEN THESE POCKETS OF SHORT PERIOD HIGHER SWELLS WILL LOWER AND BECOME FAR
LESS NUMEROUS.
ZONE I FORECAST:
06/12 GMT(T + 0): WINDS NE-E(45 -
90) 14-19 GUSTS 23KTS. SEAS 3-4 SWELLS NNE-ENE 2-4FT (2SEC). SKIES CLOUDY.
ISOLATED SHWRS/SQUALLS*. CURRENTS FROM ENE @ 0.2KTS.
07/00 GMT(T + 12):
WINDS N-NE(0 - 45) 12-17 GUSTS 20KTS. SEAS 2-3 SWELLS NNE-ENE 2-4FT
(2SEC). SKIES PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHWRS/SQUALLS*. CURRENTS FROM NE @
0.2KTS.
07/12 GMT(T + 24): WINDS NE-E-SE(45 - 135) 08-13KTS. SEAS 1-2
SWELLS ENE-ESE 2-4FT (2SEC). SKIES PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHWRS/SQUALLS*.
CURRENTS FROM NNE / WEAKKTS.
08/00 GMT(T + 36): WINDS SE-S-SW(135 - 225)
11-16KTS. SEAS 2-3 SWELLS NNE-ENE 1-3FT (2SEC). SKIES CLOUDY. ISOLATED
SHWRS/SQUALLS*. CURRENTS FROM NE @ 0.1KTS.
ZONE F FORECAST:
06/12
GMT(T + 0): WINDS NW-N-NE(315 - 45) INCREASE 10-20KTS. SEAS 2-4 SWELLS NW-N
4-6FT (4SEC). SKIES CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHWRS/SQUALLS*. CURRENTS FROM NE @
1.1KTS.
07/00 GMT(T + 12): WINDS N-NE(0 - 45) 17-22 GUSTS 25KTS. SEAS 3-4
SWELLS NW-N 3-5FT (3SEC). SKIES CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHWRS/SQUALLS*. CURRENTS
FROM NE @ 1KTS.
07/12 GMT(T + 24): WINDS NNW-NNE(338 - 23) EASE 20-05KTS.
SEAS 4-1 SWELLS NNW-NNE 3-5FT (3SEC). SKIES CLEAR. CURRENTS FROM ENE @
0.6KTS.
08/00 GMT(T + 36): WINDS NW-N(315 - 0) 04-09KTS. SEAS 1-2 SWELLS
NNW-NNE 2-4FT (4SEC). SKIES PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHWRS. CURRENTS FROM E @
0.6KTS.
ZONE C FORECAST:
06/12 GMT(T + 0): WINDS W-NW(270 - 315)
INCREASE 08-18KTS. SEAS 1-3 SWELLS NW-N 5-7FT (4SEC). SKIES CLEAR. CURRENTS
FROM NW @ 0.5KTS.
07/00 GMT(T + 12): WINDS W-NW(270 - 315) 16-21KTS. SEAS
3-4 SWELLS WNW-NNW 4-6FT (4SEC). SKIES PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED
SHWRS/SQUALLS*. CURRENTS FROM N @ 0.3KTS.
07/12 GMT(T + 24): WINDS NW-N(315
- 0) 15-20KTS. SEAS 3-4 SWELLS W-NW 4-6FT (3SEC). SKIES MOSTLY CLOUDY.
CURRENTS FROM NNW @ 0.6KTS.
08/00 GMT(T + 36): WINDS N-NE(0 - 45)
11-16KTS. SEAS 2-3 SWELLS NW-N 3-5FT (4SEC). SKIES CLEAR. CURRENTS FROM ENE
@ 0.3KTS.
* WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN SQUALLS
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