ARC Weather Forecast 04/12/2016

Synopsis: Good morning. A gale near 39N/18W with a cold front over the W Canary Islands will move E to near 38N/13W thru this afternoon. The gale will move SE and weaken into a low over the Gulf of Cadiz by afternoon the 05. The low will weaken offshore NW Morocco overnight the 05. High pressure near 24N/36W will move E to near 24N/26W by tonight. This high will move NE over the W Canary Islands by afternoon the 05. A storm near 42N/37W will extend a cold front SW to near 23N/53W on the afternoon the 05. The storm will accelerate NW over the NW Atlantic on the morning of the 06. The cold front will move E and extend from just west of the Azores SW to near 25N/40W by evening of the 06. High pressure near 25N/60W by afternoon the 06 will move E to near 25N/59W by the morning of the 08. A cold front will extend from 40N/15W SW to near 30N/25W by afternoon the 09 and will lift NE thru the 10. Another high will build E to the south of the Azores on the 10. An area of scattered showers/squalls associated with a weak trough of low pressure near 15N/45W will move W thru out the next few days and will remain weak and eventually dissipate by later in the week.
Conclusion: Mainly moderate to gentle winds across all grids thru out the next few days, with gusts in the lower to mid 20s across Grids PP, OO and NN. Swells are expected to abate across Grids LL, RR, QQ and KK thru the evening of the 05 and then will be increasing from N to S over Grids LL and KK by the morning of the 06. Most grids will also have long period swells except Grid RR which will be more moderate (about 7 seconds). Scattered showers/squalls over Grid PP thru the morning of the 06.

T = 04 DEC 0600 UTC

HH:
T + 0: NNE-ENE 07-12KTS. SEAS 1-3 SWELLS NW-N 5-7FT (11S). CLDY. CURRENT W @ 0.4KTS.
T + 12: NNE-ENE 08-13KTS. SEAS 1-3 SWELLS NW-N 5-7FT (12S). PARTLY CLDY. CURRENT WSW @ 0.1KTS.
T + 24: ENE-ESE 10-15KTS. SEAS 1-3 SWELLS NW-N 4-6FT (11S). CLDY. CURRENT WSW @ 0.6KTS.
T + 36: ENE-ESE 09-14KTS. SEAS 1-3 SWELLS NW-N 3-5FT (11S). CLDY. CURRENT WSW @ 0.3KTS.
T + 48: NE-E 05-10KTS. SEAS 1-3 SWELLS NW-N 3-5FT (10S). CLDY. CURRENT WSW @ 0.7KTS.

NN:
T + 0: NNE-ENE 11-16KTS. SEAS 2-4 SWELLS NNE-ENE 4-6FT (10S). CLDY. CURRENT ESE @ 0.6KTS.
T + 12: NNE-ENE 13-18 GUSTS 20KTS. SEAS 2-4 SWELLS N-NE 4-6FT (10S). CLDY. CURRENT E @ 0.7KTS.
T + 24: NNE-ENE 13-18KTS. SEAS 2-3 SWELLS N-NE 5-7FT (10S). CLDY. CURRENT E @ 0.5KTS.
T + 36: NNE-ENE 12-17KTS. SEAS 2-4 SWELLS N-NE 5-7FT (11S). CLDY. ISLTD SHWRS*. CURRENT E @ 0.8KTS.
T + 48: NNE-ENE 10-15KTS. SEAS 2-4 SWELLS N-NE 4-6FT (10S). CLDY. CURRENT E @ 0.5KTS.

II:
T + 0: ENE-ESE 05-10KTS. SEAS 1-3 SWELLS NW-N 5-7FT (10S). CLDY. CURRENT ESE @ 0.4KTS.
T + 12: ENE-ESE 06-11KTS. SEAS 2-4 SWELLS NNW-NNE 5-7FT (10S). CLDY. ISLTD SHWRS*. CURRENT SE @ 0.5KTS.
T + 24: ENE-ESE 05-10KTS. SEAS 1-3 SWELLS NNW-NNE 4-6FT (10S). CLDY. ISLTD SHWRS*. CURRENT ESE @ 0.3KTS.
T + 36: ESE-SSE 05-10KTS. SEAS 1-3 SWELLS NNW-NNE 3-5FT (11S). CLDY. ISLTD SHWRS*. CURRENT SE @ 0.4KTS.
T + 48: SE-S 05-10KTS. SEAS 1-3 SWELLS NW-N 2-4FT (11S). PARTLY CLDY. ISLTD SHWRS*. CURRENT ESE @ 0.4KTS.

OO:
T + 0: NNE-ENE 12-17KTS. SEAS 2-4 SWELLS NE-E 3-5FT (12S). PARTLY CLDY. ISLTD SHWRS*. CURRENT E @ 0.8KTS.
T + 12: NE-E 13-18KTS. SEAS 3-4 SWELLS NNE-ENE 4-6FT (12S). CLDY. ISLTD SHWRS*. CURRENT SE @ 0.8KTS.
T + 24: NE-E 16-21KTS. SEAS 2-4 SWELLS NNE-ENE 5-7FT (11S). PARTLY CLDY. CURRENT SSE @ 0.6KTS.
T + 36: ENE-ESE 13-18KTS. SEAS 2-3 SWELLS NE-E 5-7FT (11S). PARTLY CLDY. CURRENT ESE @ 0.3KTS.
T + 48: NE-E 12-17KTS. SEAS 2-3 SWELLS NE-E 3-5FT (11S). CLEAR. CURRENT E @ 0.5KTS.

JJ:
T + 0: ENE-ESE 07-12KTS. SEAS 2-4 SWELLS N-NE 3-5FT (11S). CLDY. ISLTD SHWRS*. CURRENT NNE @ 0.2KTS.
T + 12: E-SE 06-11KTS. SEAS 2-4 SWELLS N-NE 3-5FT (11S). CLDY. ISLTD SHWRS. CURRENT N @ 0.1KTS.
T + 24: SE-S 10-15KTS. SEAS 2-4 SWELLS NE-E-SE 4-6FT (11S). PARTLY CLDY. ISLTD SHWRS*. CURRENT N @ 0.2KTS.
T + 36: S-SW 08-13KTS. SEAS 2-3 SWELLS SE-S/V/NW 4-6FT (11S). PARTLY CLDY. SCATTERED SHWRS*. CURRENT WNW @ 0.4KTS.
T + 48: SW-W 03-08KTS. SEAS 1-3 SWELLS NW-N 5-7FT (11S). PARTLY CLDY. SCATTERED SHWRS*. CURRENT NNW @ 0.2KTS.

PP:
T + 0: E-SE 20-25KTS. SEAS 4-6 SWELLS E-SE 6-8FT (7S). CLDY. ISLTD SHWRS*. CURRENT E @ 1.3KTS.
T + 12: ENE-ESE 17-22KTS. SEAS 2-4 SWELLS ENE-ESE 5-7FT (8S). CLDY. ISLTD SHWRS*. CURRENT ESE @ 1.6KTS.
T + 24: ENE-ESE 15-20KTS. SEAS 3-4 SWELLS ENE-ESE 5-7FT (8S). CLDY. CURRENT SE @ 1.1KTS.
T + 36: E-SE 15-20 GUSTS 23KTS. SEAS 2-4 SWELLS ENE-ESE 6-8FT (10S). PARTLY CLDY. SHWRS*. CURRENT ESE @ 1.3KTS.
T + 48: ENE-ESE 14-19KTS. SEAS 2-4 SWELLS ENE-ESE 4-6FT (10S). CLDY. SHWRS*. CURRENT ESE @ 1.1KTS.

KK:
T + 0: ENE-ESE 07-12KTS. SEAS 1-3 SWELLS NE-E 2-4FT (11S). PARTLY CLDY. ISLTD SHWRS. CURRENT NNE @ 0.3KTS.
T + 12: NE-E 05-10KTS. SEAS 1-3 SWELLS NE-E 2-4FT (10S). PARTLY CLDY. ISLTD SHWRS*. CURRENT ENE @ 0.3KTS.
T + 24: NNE-ENE 04-09KTS. SEAS 1-3 SWELLS NE-E 2-4FT (10S). CLEAR. CURRENT NNE @ 0.3KTS.
T + 36: N-NE 04-09KTS. SEAS 1-3 SWELLS N-NE 2-4FT (10S). CLDY. CURRENT NNE @ 0.4KTS.
T + 48: NNE-ENE 04-09KTS. SEAS 2-3 SWELLS NW-N 4-6FT (11S). CLEAR. CURRENT NNE @ 0.4KTS.

QQ:
T + 0: ENE-ESE 10-15KTS. SEAS 2-3 SWELLS NE-E 3-5FT (7S). CLDY. ISLTD SHWRS*. CURRENT SW @ 0.7KTS.
T + 12: ENE-ESE 07-12KTS. SEAS 1-3 SWELLS NE-E 3-5FT (7S). CLEAR. CURRENT SSW @ 0.5KTS.
T + 24: NE-E 07-12KTS. SEAS 2-3 SWELLS NE-E 3-5FT (8S). PARTLY CLDY. ISLTD SHWRS*. CURRENT SW @ 0.5KTS.
T + 36: NNE-ENE 08-13KTS. SEAS 1-3 SWELLS ENE-ESE 3-5FT (10S). PARTLY CLDY. SCATTERED SHWRS*. CURRENT S @ 0.3KTS.
T + 48: NE-E 13-18KTS. SEAS 2-4 SWELLS ENE-ESE 4-6FT (11S). CLDY. ISLTD SHWRS*. CURRENT SW @ 0.6KTS.

LL:
T + 0: E-SE 06-11KTS. SEAS 1-3 SWELLS E-SE 2-4FT (7S). PARTLY CLDY. ISLTD SHWRS*. CURRENT S @ 0.5KTS.
T + 12: SE-S/VARY/NE 03-08KTS. SEAS 0-2 SWELLS E-SE 2-4FT (7S). CLEAR. CURRENT SW @ 0.5KTS.
T + 24: NE-E 03-08KTS. SEAS 1-3 SWELLS E-SE 2-4FT (8S). CLEAR. CURRENT SW @ 0.1KTS.
T + 36: N-NE 03-08KTS. SEAS 1-3 SWELLS NE-E 3-5FT (10S). PARTLY CLDY. ISLTD SHWRS*. CURRENT S @ 0.3KTS.
T + 48: NE-E 08-13KTS. SEAS 2-3 SWELLS N-NE 5-7FT (10S). PARTLY CLDY. ISLTD SHWRS*. CURRENT SW @ 0.2KTS.

RR:
T + 0: NE-E 12-17KTS. SEAS 2-3 SWELLS NE-E 3-5FT (7S). MOSTLY CLDY. ISLTD SHWRS*. CURRENT E @ 0.4KTS.
T + 12: NE-E 08-13KTS. SEAS 1-3 SWELLS ENE-ESE 2-4FT (7S). PARTLY CLDY. ISLTD SHWRS*. CURRENT ESE @ 0.9KTS.
T + 24: NE-E 13-18KTS. SEAS 2-3 SWELLS NE-E 2-4FT (7S). PARTLY CLDY. ISLTD SHWRS*. CURRENT E @ 0.5KTS.
T + 36: NNE-ENE 13-18KTS. SEAS 2-3 SWELLS NE-E 3-5FT (7S). PARTLY CLDY. ISLTD SHWRS*. CURRENT E @ 0.8KTS.
T + 48: NNE-ENE 16-21KTS. SEAS 2-4 SWELLS NE-E 4-6FT (7S). CLDY. ISLTD SHWRS*. CURRENT E @ 0.8KTS.
* WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN SQUALLS

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