Leg 1b - Portsmouth to Bermuda - 10 May

PREPARED: MAY 10 09:20Z
FM: WEATHER ROUTING INC. (WRI)

THIS IS THE LAST FORECAST FOR THE ARC EUROPE LEG 1B - PORTSMOUTH TO BERMUDA.

SYNOPSIS: AN AXIS OF BROAD/WEAK RIDGING EXTENDS FROM NEAR THE GEORGIA COAST
E'WARD ALONG/BETWEEN 32N-28N AND THE AXIS OF THIS RIDGING WILL DRIFT N'WARD
SLIGHTLY THROUGH TOMORROW. SOUTH OF THE RIDGE AXIS, MODERATE RIDGING EXTENDS
SE'WARD FROM APPROXIMATELY 27N TO S'RN FLORIDA AND THROUGH THE BAHAMAS AND
LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED HERE THROUGH TOMORROW.

A SURFACE LOW WITHIN A BROAD TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IS NOW CENTERED JUST
NORTHEAST OF BERMUDA NEAR 34N63W. THE LOW WILL MOVE NE'WARD AND
WEAKEN/DISSIPATE AS THE ACCOMPANYING TROUGH ACROSS WATERS FROM 35N-30W AND FROM
60W-67W MOVES LITTLE AND WEAKENS/DISSIPATES.

CONCLUSION: GENERAL SW-W-NW WINDS AND W-NW SWELLS WILL PREVAIL THIS MORNING AS
BROAD RIDGING INTERACTS WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED SURFACE LOW/TROUGH. HOWEVER, AS
THE LOW AND TROUGH WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE AND AS RIDGING PERSISTS, WINDS WILL
BACK, BECOMING SE-S-SW LATER TODAY/THIS EVENING, AND E-SE-S ON THE 11TH, WITH
LITTLE CHANGE IN WIND SPEEDS DURING THAT TIME. SWELLS DURING TONIGHT AND ON THE
11TH WILL BECOME NW-N AND ABATE, AGAIN, AS THE LOW/TROUGH WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE.



ZONE C FORECAST:
10/12 GMT(T + 0):  WINDS SW-W/VARY/NW(225 - 270)  07-12 GUSTS 15KTS.  SEAS 1-2
SWELLS W-NW  3-5FT  (4SEC).  SKIES MOSTLY CLOUDY. CURRENTS FROM WNW @ 0.4KTS.
11/00 GMT(T + 12):  WINDS SE-S/VARY/SW(135 - 180)  05-10 GUSTS 13KTS.  SEAS 1-2
 SWELLS WNW-NNW  2-4FT  (3SEC).  SKIES MOSTLY CLOUDY. CURRENTS FROM SW @
0.3KTS.
11/12 GMT(T + 24):  WINDS E-SE/VARY/S(90 - 135)  05-10 GUSTS 13KTS.  SEAS 1-2
SWELLS NW-N  2-4FT  (2SEC).  SKIES MOSTLY CLOUDY. CURRENTS FROM W @ 0.6KTS.
12/00 GMT(T + 36):  WINDS E-SE/VARY/S(90 - 135)  05-10 GUSTS 13KTS.  SEAS 1-2
SWELLS NW-N  1-3FT  (2SEC).  SKIES CLOUDY. CURRENTS FROM SSW @ 0.8KTS.


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