466 FQNT21 EGRR 122000 SECURITE HIGH SEAS BULLETIN FOR METAREA 1 ISSUED AT 2000 UTC ON SUNDAY 12 FEBRUARY 2012 BY THE MET OFFICE, EXETER, UNITED KINGDOM FOR THE PERIOD 2000 UTC ON SUNDAY 12 FEBRUARY UNTIL 2000 UTC ON MONDAY 13 FEBRUARY 2012 NO STORMS GENERAL SYNOPSIS AT 121200UTC, LOW 68 NORTH 19 WEST 1006 EXPECTED 65 NORTH 09 EAST 1000 BY 131200UTC. NEW LOW EXPECTED 71 NORTH 22 WEST 1002 BY SAME TIME. HIGH 55 NORTH 32 WEST 1037 EXPECTED 54 NORTH 20 WEST 1045 BY THAT TIME. AT 121200UTC, HIGH 50 NORTH 10 WEST EXPECTED 49 NORTH 19 WEST 1045 BY 131200UTC AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS SOLE VARIABLE 4 BECOMING NORTHERLY 5 TO 7. SLIGHT OR MODERATE. SHOWERS. GOOD SHANNON VARIABLE 4 BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 OR 6. SLIGHT OR MODERATE. SHOWERS. GOOD SOUTH ROCKALL WESTERLY 4 OR 5 VEERING NORTHWESTERLY 5 OR 6. MODERATE. SHOWERS. GOOD NORTH ROCKALL WESTERLY VEERING NORTHWESTERLY 5 OR 6. MODERATE OR ROUGH. SHOWERS. GOOD BAILEY FAEROES SOUTHEAST ICELAND WEST OR NORTHWEST 5 TO 7, OCCASIONALLY GALE 8. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH. RAIN OR SHOWERS. MODERATE OR GOOD EAST NORTHERN SECTION IN NORTH, WESTERLY OR SOUTHWESTERLY 6 TO GALE 8. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH. MAINLY FAIR, OCCASIONAL RAIN IN WEST LATER. MODERATE OR GOOD. IN SOUTHEAST, WESTERLY OR NORTHWESTERLY 4 OR 5. MODERATE OR ROUGH. MAINLY FAIR. MODERATE OR GOOD. IN SOUTHWEST, VARIABLE 3 OR 4 BECOMING SOUTHWESTERLY 4 OR 5. MODERATE OR ROUGH. OCCASIONAL DRIZZLE, FOG PATCHES IN FAR SOUTHWEST FOR A TIME. MODERATE OR GOOD, BUT BECOMING POOR OR VERY POOR IN FAR SOUTHWEST FOR A TIME WEST NORTHERN SECTION VARIABLE 4 IN SOUTHEAST AT FIRST, OTHERWISE SOUTHERLY OR SOUTHWESTERLY 5 TO 7, OCCASIONALLY GALE 8 IN NORTH AND WEST. MODERATE OR ROUGH IN SOUTHEAST, OTHERWISE ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH, OCCASIONALLY HIGH IN FAR SOUTHWEST LATER. OCCASIONAL RAIN, FOG PATCHES IN FAR SOUTHEAST FOR A TIME. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR IN WEST, BUT BECOMING POOR OR VERY POOR FOR A TIME IN FAR SOUTHEAST EAST CENTRAL SECTION IN NORTH, VARIABLE 3 OR 4, BECOMING SOUTHERLY 5 IN FAR WEST LATER. SLIGHT OR MODERATE, OCCASIONALLY ROUGH IN FAR NORTHWEST. FOG PATCHES IN NORTH FOR A TIME, OTHERWISE MAINLY FAIR. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY VERY POOR IN NORTH FOR A TIME. IN SOUTHEAST, EASTERLY OR SOUTHEASTERLY 4 OR 5 BECOMING VARIABLE 3 OR 4, THEN NORTHERLY 4 OR 5 IN FAR EAST LATER. SLIGHT OR MODERATE. MAINLY FAIR. MODERATE OR GOOD. IN SOUTHWEST, EASTERLY VEERING SOUTHEASTERLY 4 OR 5, INCREASING 6 IN FAR SOUTHWEST LATER. MODERATE OR ROUGH. MAINLY FAIR. MODERATE OR GOOD WEST CENTRAL SECTION IN EAST, EASTERLY 4 VEERING SOUTHEASTERLY 5 OR 6. MODERATE OR ROUGH. OCCASIONAL DRIZZLE, FOG PATCHES IN FAR NORTH FOR A TIME. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY VERY POOR IN FAR NORTH FOR A TIME. IN WEST, SOUTHEASTERLY 4 OR 5, OCCASIONALLY 6 IN FAR NORTHWEST, INCREASING 6 OR 7, OCCASIONALLY GALE 8 IN FAR WEST LATER. MODERATE OR ROUGH, BECOMING VERY ROUGH IN FAR NORTHWEST LATER. OCCASIONAL DRIZZLE. MODERATE OCCASIONALLY POOR DENMARK STRAIT SOUTHWESTERLY 6 TO GALE 8. ROUGH, BECOMING VERY ROUGH OR HIGH. SNOW AT TIMES NEAR ICE EDGE OTHERWISE RAIN OR DRIZZLE. MODERATE OR POOR, OCCASIONALLY GOOD. LIGHT TO MODERATE ICING AT TIMES NEAR ICE EDGE WITH TEMPERATURES MS02 TO MS05 NORTH ICELAND IN NORTH, NORTHERLY BECOMING CYCLONIC 4 OR 5, INCREASING 6 TO GALE 8 LATER. SLIGHT OR MODERATE, BECOMING MODERATE OR ROUGH LATER. OCCASIONAL SNOW. GOOD, BECOMING POOR OR VERY POOR AT TIMES. LIGHT TO MODERATE ICING DEVELOPING LATER WITH TEMPERATURES MS04 TO MS07, BECOMING SEVERE NEAR ICE EDGE FOR A TIME. IN SOUTH, MAINLY WESTERLY OR NORTHWESTERLY 5 TO 7, OCCASIONALLY GALE 8. MODERATE OR ROUGH, BECOMING ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH. RAIN AT TIMES IN SOUTH, OCCASIONAL SNOW IN NORTH. MODERATE OR POOR, OCCASIONALLY VERY POOR IN NORTH. LIGHT TO MODERATE ICING AT TIMES NEAR ICE EDGE WITH TEMPERATURES MS02 TO MS05 NORWEGIAN BASIN SOUTHWESTERLY VEERING NORTHWESTERLY 6 TO GALE 8, BUT MAINLY 5 OR 6 AT FIRST, AND IN FAR WEST LATER. MODERATE OR ROUGH, BECOMING ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH. RAIN, WITH FOG PATCHES NEAR COAST FOR A TIME, THEN SQUALLY SHOWERS. MODERATE OR POOR, OCCASIONALLY VERY POOR NEAR COAST FOR A TIME, BECOMING GOOD OUTLOOK FOR FOLLOWING 24 HOURS: SEVERE GALES EXPECTED IN SOUTHEAST ICELAND AND NORWEGIAN BASIN, WITH GALES IN ALL OTHER AREAS EXCEPT SOLE, SHANNON, ROCKALL AND EAST CENTRAL SECTION UNSCHEDULED STORM WARNINGS ARE BROADCAST VIA SAFETYNET AND IN BULLETIN WONT54 EGRR AVAILABLE VIA SOME INTERNET AND FTPMAIL OUTLETS