FQNT21 EGRR 182000 SECURITE HIGH SEAS BULLETIN FOR METAREA 1 ISSUED AT 2000 UTC ON TUESDAY 18 FEBRUARY 2025 BY THE MET OFFICE, EXETER, UNITED KINGDOM FOR THE PERIOD 2000 UTC ON TUESDAY 18 FEBRUARY UNTIL 2000 UTC ON WEDNESDAY 19 FEBRUARY 2025 STORM WARNING CYCLONIC MAINLY NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL REACH STORM FORCE 10 IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF WEST NORTHERN SECTION, INITIALLY ONLY IN THE FAR WEST, BUT GRADUALLY SPREADING EASTWARDS TO AFFECT ALL PARTS OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE REGION BY 190300UTC. THE STORM FORCE WINDS THEN GRADUALLY BECOME CONFINED TO THE FAR NORTHWEST BETWEEN 190600UTC AND 192000UTC. NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL ALSO REACH VIOLENT STORM FORCE 11 AT TIMES IN THE FAR NORTHWEST OF WEST NORTHERN SECTION BETWEEN 190700UTC AND 191200UTC. FINALLY, NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL REACH STORM FORCE 10 WITHIN 100 MILES OF THE GREENLAND COAST TO THE SOUTH OF 70 NORTH IN DENMARK STRAIT AFTER 190400UTC GENERAL SYNOPSIS AT 181200UTC, LOW 54 NORTH 22 WEST 979 MOVING RATHER QUICKLY NORTHWESTWARDS AND LOSING ITS IDENTITY BY 191200UTC. NEW LOWS EXPECTED 56 NORTH 36 WEST 949 AND 55 NORTH 28 WEST 961 BY SAME TIME. NEW HIGH EXPECTED 73 NORTH 20 WEST 1015 BY THAT TIME AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS SOLE CYCLONIC 4 TO 6 BECOMING SOUTHERLY OR SOUTHWESTERLY 5 TO 7, PERHAPS GALE 8 LATER IN WEST. VERY ROUGH. RAIN OR THUNDERY SHOWERS. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR SHANNON ROCKALL SOUTHERLY OR SOUTHEASTERLY 6 TO GALE 8, OCCASIONALLY SEVERE GALE 9 AT FIRST IN WEST ROCKALL, BUT DECREASING 4 OR 5 FOR A TIME. VERY ROUGH OR HIGH BECOMING ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH. RAIN OR SHOWERS. MODERATE OR POOR, OCCASIONALLY GOOD BAILEY FAEROES SOUTHEASTERLY 6 TO GALE 8. VERY ROUGH OR HIGH IN BAILEY, ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH IN FAEROES. RAIN AT TIMES. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR SOUTHEAST ICELAND EASTERLY OR SOUTHEASTERLY 5 TO 7, OCCASIONALLY GALE 8 IN WEST AND SOUTH. VERY ROUGH, OCCASIONALLY ROUGH IN FAR NORTH. RAIN AT TIMES. MODERATE OR POOR EAST NORTHERN SECTION IN AREA TO THE NORTH OF 60 NORTH, CYCLONIC MAINLY EASTERLY 6 TO GALE 8, OCCASIONALLY SEVERE GALE 9 AT FIRST, THEN BECOMING SOUTHEASTERLY 5 TO 7. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH. RAIN OR SHOWERS, PERHAPS THUNDERY. MODERATE OR POOR, OCCASIONALLY GOOD. IN AREA TO THE SOUTH OF 60 NORTH, CYCLONIC MAINLY SOUTHEASTERLY 6 TO GALE 8, INCREASING SEVERE GALE 9 AT TIMES. MAINLY VERY ROUGH, BUT OCCASIONALLY HIGH AT FIRST IN EAST AND ROUGH AT FIRST IN WEST. RAIN OR THUNDERY SHOWERS. MODERATE OR POOR, OCCASIONALLY GOOD WEST NORTHERN SECTION IN AREA TO THE NORTH OF 60 NORTH, CYCLONIC MAINLY NORTHEASTERLY GALE 8 TO STORM 10, OCCASIONALLY VIOLENT STORM 11 FOR A TIME IN FAR WEST, BUT IN SOUTH AND EAST, EASTERLY OR NORTHEASTERLY 5 TO 7 AT FIRST, AND ALSO AGAIN LATER. VERY ROUGH OR HIGH, BECOMING VERY HIGH FOR A TIME IN SOUTHWEST. RAIN OR SLEET AT TIMES, BUT SLEET OR SNOW IN FAR NORTHWEST. MODERATE OR POOR, OCCASIONALLY VERY POOR IN FAR NORTHWEST. LIGHT OR MODERATE ICING IN FAR NORTHWEST. IN AREA TO THE SOUTH OF 60 NORTH, CYCLONIC 4 TO 6 INCREASING 7 TO SEVERE GALE 9. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH AT FIRST IN SOUTH AND EAST, OTHERWISE VERY ROUGH OR HIGH. RAIN, SLEET OR SHOWERS, PERHAPS THUNDERY AT TIMES. MODERATE OR POOR, OCCASIONALLY GOOD EAST CENTRAL SECTION SOUTHERLY OR SOUTHWESTERLY 6 TO GALE 8, OCCASIONALLY SEVERE GALE 9 IN WEST, BUT DECREASING 4 OR 5 FOR A TIME IN SOUTH AND EAST, AND THEN DECREASING 4 TO 6 LATER IN NORTH. VERY ROUGH, BECOMING HIGH LATER IN SOUTH. RAIN OR SQUALLY THUNDERY SHOWERS. MODERATE OR POOR WEST CENTRAL SECTION IN AREA TO THE SOUTH OF 52 NORTH, WESTERLY OR SOUTHWESTERLY 6 TO GALE 8, INCREASING SEVERE GALE 9 AT TIMES. VERY ROUGH OR HIGH, BECOMING VERY HIGH LATER IN FAR SOUTH. SQUALLY THUNDERY RAIN, SLEET AND SNOW SHOWERS. MODERATE OR POOR, OCCASIONALLY VERY POOR. IN AREA TO THE NORTH OF 52 NORTH, CYCLONIC 4 TO 6 BECOMING WESTERLY OR SOUTHWESTERLY 6 TO GALE 8, OCCASIONALLY SEVERE GALE 9 EXCEPT IN FAR WEST. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH BECOMING VERY ROUGH OR HIGH. RAIN, SLEET OR WINTRY SHOWERS, PERHAPS THUNDERY. MODERATE OR POOR, OCCASIONALLY GOOD DENMARK STRAIT NORTHEASTERLY 6 TO GALE 8, INCREASING GALE 8 TO STORM 10 WITHIN 100 MILES OF THE GREENLAND COAST, VEERING EASTERLY 4 TO 6 LATER IN SOUTHEAST. MODERATE AT FIRST IN EAST, OTHERWISE ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH, BUT OCCASIONALLY HIGH IN FAR WEST. SLEET, SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES, AND ALSO RAIN AT TIMES IN SOUTHEAST. MODERATE TO VERY POOR, OCCASIONALLY GOOD AT FIRST. LIGHT OR MODERATE ICING WITHIN 150 MILES OF THE GREENLAND COAST, WITH TEMPERATURES MS02 TO MS05, BUT SEVERE ICING DEVELOPING AT TIMES NEAR THE ICE, WITH TEMPERATURES MS06 TO MS09 NORTH ICELAND IN AREA TO THE NORTH OF 70 NORTH, CYCLONIC 3 TO 5, BECOMING NORTHEASTERLY 5 TO 7 LATER IN FAR SOUTHWEST BUT BECOMING VARIABLE 2 TO 4 LATER IN FAR NORTH. SLIGHT OR MODERATE. SNOW AT TIMES, BUT BECOMING FAIR LATER IN FAR NORTH. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY VERY POOR. LIGHT OR MODERATE ICING DEVELOPING LATER IN FAR SOUTHWEST, WITH TEMPERATURES MS03 TO MS06. IN AREA TO THE SOUTH OF 70 NORTH, MAINLY SOUTHEASTERLY 4 TO 6, BUT CYCLONIC 6 TO GALE 8 IN FAR NORTHWEST. MAINLY MODERATE OR ROUGH, BUT VERY ROUGH IN FAR SOUTHEAST. SNOW SHOWERS AT FIRST IN NORTH, OTHERWISE RAIN, DRIZZLE OR SLEET SPREADING NORTHWARDS, WITH SNOW IN FAR NORTHWEST, FOG PATCHES. GOOD OCCASIONALLY VERY POOR, BECOMING MODERATE TO VERY POOR. LIGHT OR MODERATE ICING IN FAR NORTHWEST, WITH TEMPERATURES MS02 TO MS05 NORWEGIAN BASIN IN AREA TO THE WEST OF 06 EAST, SOUTHERLY OR SOUTHEASTERLY 4 TO 6 INCREASING 6 TO GALE 8. MODERATE AT FIRST IN EAST, OTHERWISE ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH. OCCASIONAL SLEET AT FIRST IN EAST, OTHERWISE RAIN AT TIMES, BUT BECOMING MAINLY FAIR. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR AT FIRST. IN AREA TO THE EAST OF 06 EAST, VARIABLE MAINLY SOUTHWESTERLY 2 TO 4 BECOMING SOUTHERLY OR SOUTHWESTERLY 3 TO 5. MODERATE, BECOMING ROUGH LATER EXCEPT IN FAR EAST. SLEET OR SNOW SHOWERS, BUT BECOMING MAINLY FAIR LATER. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY VERY POOR UNTIL LATER OUTLOOK FOR FOLLOWING 24 HOURS: STORM FORCE WINDS EXPECTED IN WEST NORTHERN SECTION AND DENMARK STRAIT. SEVERE GALES EXPECTED IN SHANNON, ROCKALL, EAST CENTRAL SECTION, WEST CENTRAL SECTION AND NORWEGIAN BASIN, BUT WITH A RISK OF STORM FORCE WINDS IN THE FAR SOUTH OF NORWEGIAN BASIN. 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