ZCZC WE32 MRSC VALENTIA SECURITE HIGH SEAS BULLETIN FOR METAREA 1 ISSUED AT 2000 UTC ON SATURDAY 04 APRIL 2026 BY THE MET OFFICE EXETER UNITED KINGDOM FOR THE PERIOD 2000 UTC ON SATURDAY 04 APRIL UNTIL 2000 UTC ON SUNDAY 05 APRIL 2026 STORM WARNING AT 0412000TC LOW 46 NORTH 54 WEST 1003 EXPECTED 48 NORTH 31 WEST 962 BY 0512000TC. WINDS WILL INCREASE STORM FORCE 10 OR VIOLENT STORM FORCE 11 FROM 0501000TC 150 TO 300 MILE OF THE CENTRE IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI CIRCLE AND FROM 0506000TC WITHIN 100 TO 250 MILES OF THE CENTRE IN THE NORTHWEST AND NORTHEAST QUADRANTS GENERAL SYNOPSIS AT 0412000TC LOW 52 NORTH 13 WEST 992 EXPECTED 59 NORTH 09 EAST 980 BY 0512000TC. LOW 64 NORTH 02 EAST 980 EXPECTED 68 NORTH 09 EAST 982 BY SAME TIME. NEW LOW EXPECTED 63 NORTH 16 WEST 994 BY THAT TIME. AT 0412000TC LOW 46 NORTH 54 WEST 1003 EXPECTED 48 NORTH 31 WEST 962 BY 0512000TC. LOW 60 NORTH 40 WEST 981 EXPECTED 58 NORTH 38 WEST 992 BY SAME TIME AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS E EAST CENTRAL SECTION WESTERLY 4106 OCCASIONALLY 7 AT FIRST BECOMING CYCLONIC 7 TO SEVERE GALE 9 LATER PERHAPS STORM 10 LATER IN FAR WEST. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH OCCASIONALLY HIGH AT FIRST IN EAST BECOMING VERY ROUGH OR HIGH LATER IN WEST. SNOW SHOWERS THEN RAIN LATER PERHAPS THUNDERY. MODERATE OR GOOD OCCASIONALLY VERY POOR AT FIRST AND POOR AT TIMES LATER OUTLOOK FOR FOLLOWING 24 HOURS: A RISK OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS AT FIRST IN WEST CENTRAL SECTION AND A RISK OF VIOLENT STORM FORCE AT FIRST IN WEST NORTHERN SECTION. STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN EAST NORTHERN SECTION EAST CENTRAL SECTION AND DENMARK STRAIT WITH SEVERE GA ES IN BAILEY FAEROES SOUTHEAST ICELAND AND NORTH ICELAND. GALES ARE EXPECTED IN SHANNON ROCKALL AND NORWEGIAN BASIN NNNN