The ECMWF WAM significant wave height field animation from 6 January at 0000 UTC to 7 January at 1800 UTC shows a maximum zone located in the center of the North Atlantic Ocean extending from north of the Azores Islands to Great Britain. The maximum value is around 18 m on 6 January at 0000 UTC, and moves northeasterly towards the West European coast.
The heavy swell is expected to reach the Moroccan coasts by the night of 6 to 7 January, with the significant wave height exceeding 6 m.
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