ZCZC WE26 MRSC VALENTIA / EJK SECURITE HIGH SEAS BULLETIN FOR METAREA 1 ISSUED AT 2000 UTC ON WEDNESDAY 22 APRIL 2026 BY THE MET OFFICE EXETER UNITED KINGDOM FOR THE PERIOD 2000 UTC ON WEDNESDAY 22 APRIL UNTIL 2000 UTC ON THURSDAY 23 APRIL 2026 NO STORMS GENERAL SYNOPSIS AT 2212000TC 45 NORTH 24 WEST 975 EXPECTED 46 NORTH 24 WEST 985 BY 2312000TC. NEW LOW EXPECTED 49 NORTH 30 WEST 988 BY SAME TIME. HIGH 63 NORTH 30 WEST 1037 DISSIPATING BY THAT TIME. NEW HIGH EXPECTED 56 NORTH 01 WEST 1034 BY 2312000TC AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS EAST CENTRAL SECTION IN NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA CYCLONIC EASTERLY OR NORTHEASTERLY 6 TO GALE 8 VEERING EASTERLY OR SOUTHEASTERLY 5 TO 7 LATER. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH. RAIN AT TIMES PERHAPS THUNDERY FOR A TIME. MODERATE OR GOOD OCCASIONALLY POOR. IN SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA CYCLONIC 6 TO GALE 8 OCCASIONALLY SEVERE GALE 9 FOR A TIME LATER. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH OCCASIONALLY H*GH AT FIRST *N WEST.*R*I* *R SHOWERS PERH*PS TH*NDERY. GOOD OCCASIONALLY POOR OUTLOOK FOR FOLLOWING 24 HOURS: GALES EXPECTED EAST CENTRAL SECTION AND NORTH ICELAND NNNN