WONT50 LFPW 182119 SECURITE ON METAREA 2, METEO-FRANCE, WARNING NR 169, WEDNESDAY 18 MARCH 2026 AT 2115 UTC GENERAL SYNOPSIS, WEDNESDAY 18 OF MARCH AT 12 UTC. LOW "THERESE" 991 39N16W SLOWLY MOVING SOUTHWEST, EXPECTED 980 36N19W BY 19/12 UTC, THEN 982 34N20W BY 20/00 UTC. ALTAIR. CONTINUING TO 20/00 UTC. NORTH OR NORTHEAST 8 IN EAST, OCCASIONALLY 9 IN FAR SOUTHEAST, DECREASING FROM NORTH LATER. SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH IN EAST. EAST OF CHARCOT. FROM 19/03 UTC TO 19/12 UTC. EAST OR SOUTHEAST 8. GUSTS. WEST OF CHARCOT. CONTINUING TO 19/18 UTC. NORTH OR NORTHEAST 8, OCCASIONALLY 9 IN FAR SOUTHWEST. SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH AND CROSS. ACORES. CONTINUING TO 20/00 UTC AT LEAST. NORTHERLY 8, OCCASIONALLY 9 IN EAST. SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH, AT TIMES CROSS. WEST OF JOSEPHINE. CONTINUING TO 19/12 UTC AT LEAST. NORTH OR NORTHWEST 8 OR 9, BECOMING CYCLONIC SOON. SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH AND CROSS IN WEST. IRVING. CONTINUING TO 20/00 UTC AT LEAST. NORTH OR NORTHWEST 8, OCCASIONALLY 9 IN NORTHEAST SOON. SEVERE GUSTS. HIGH. WEST OF MADEIRA. FROM 19/06 UTC TO 20/00 UTC. SOUTHWESTERLY 8, BECOMING CYCLONIC IN FAR NORTHWEST AT END. GUSTS. HIGH AND CROSS. CADIZ, GIBRALTAR STRAIT. FROM 19/03 UTC TO 19/21 UTC. EAST 8 IN AND LEEWARD STRAIT. GUSTS. METEOR. FROM 19/03 UTC TO 19/12 UTC. NORTHWEST 8 IN WEST. GUSTS. HIGH IN EXTREME NORTHWEST. BT *=