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Weather forecast for Monday, November 20, 2017
General outlook on Monday, November 20, 2017 at 0 utc
Anticyclone 1023 hPa on the Bay of Biscay, extending with a ridge of high pressure towards the Canary Islands.
ITCZ focused on the 6 north.
Anticyclone 1021 hPa by 27 south and 18 west.
Forecasts for Monday, November 20, 2017:
IMOCA: South-east trade wind for everyone
It’s straight ahead to Bahia in the trade wind, dotted with small squalls. Arrivals at night are sometimes complicated, with wind nowhere to be found.
Class 40: They’re on the road
Final stretch for the race leaders in well-established south-easterlies making good speeds of more than 10 knots; the others will struggle a little in the “Doldrums”, which have reactivated significantly.
At the back, the trade wind from the north is slowly returning.
Richard SILVANI
Meteo France