FQDL80 DWHA 011400 weather and sea bulletin for the mediterranean sea issued by marine weather service hamburg 01.02.2026, 15 UTC: general synoptic situation valid until Tuesday:
At first, in the Ionian Sea northwesterly winds near gale to gale-force (Bft 7 to 8), especially in the southern part with chance of strong gale to storm gusts (Bft 9 to 10). Until Monday noon, locally near-gale to gale winds from East to Northeast, backing West later, in the Aegean Sea. Similar conditions at Taurus, there lasting until Tuesday evening. During Monday, increasing southwesterly to westerly winds in the complete Western Mediterranean, expanding from Gibraltar to the Northeast and reaching near-gale to gale-force (Bft 7 to 8), locally full gale (Bft 9) possible. At first, very rough seas (4 to 6 m significant wave heigth) in the southern Ionian Sea, gradually shifting to West Taurus until Monday morning, while decreasing below 4 m. Thunderstorm low with partly severe thunderstorms shifting east from Ionian Sea and southern Aegean Sea, tomorrow still over southern Aegean Sea and Western Taurus, moving further east and vanishing over Eastern Taurus on Tuesday. On Tuesday, new partly severe thunderstorms expanding northeast from Gibraltar, approaching the area west of Sardinia and the Ligurian Sea until Tuesday evening. NIL 01.02.2026, 13:46 NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL =