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Extended outlook
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Cullercoats
Low 999 northern Scotland late Thursday moves to Forties before turning northeast into southern Norway and then clearing southeast into the Baltic. During this time Low 998 65N 010W moves southwest as a filling feature. Low 982 58N 030W moves to south of Iceland Friday where it fills by Saturday. Low 1010 40N 040W tracks northeast into the central North Atlantic where it merges with the next low moving in from the southwest during Saturday. This low then remains almost stationary through Sunday. High 1028 Biscay Thursday evening extends a ridge to High 1028 northeast of the Azores. This moves over the southwestern UK Saturday while extending a ridge to Iceland. This High weakens slowly while moving into the North Sea Sunday when the ridge extends northwest to a High 1025 southeast of Iceland. Near gales build briefly Forties and Dogger early Friday and eastern parts late Saturday and Sunday. No gales are expected
Niton
Low 999 northern Scotland late Thursday moves to Forties before turning northeast into southern Norway and then clearing southeast into the Baltic. During this time Low 998 65N 010W moves southwest as a filling feature. Low 982 58N 030W moves to south of Iceland Friday where it fills by Saturday. Low 1010 40N 040W tracks northeast into the central North Atlantic where it merges with the next low moving in from the southwest during Saturday. This low then remains almost stationary through Sunday. High 1028 Biscay Thursday evening extends a ridge to High 1028 northeast of the Azores. This moves over the southwestern UK Saturday while extending a ridge to Iceland. This High weakens slowly while moving into the North Sea Sunday when the ridge extends northwest to a High 1025 southeast of Iceland. Near gale builds briefly over southern Fitzroy early Friday, no gales are expected during this period
Portpatrick
Low 999 northern Scotland late Thursday moves to Forties before turning northeast into southern Norway and then clearing southeast into the Baltic. During this time Low 998 65N 010W moves southwest as a filling feature. Low 982 58N 030W moves to south of Iceland Friday where it fills by Saturday. Low 1010 40N 040W tracks northeast into the central North Atlantic where it merges with the next low moving in from the southwest during Saturday. This low then remains almost stationary through Sunday. High 1028 Biscay Thursday evening extends a ridge to High 1028 northeast of the Azores. This moves over the southwestern UK Saturday while extending a ridge to Iceland. This High weakens slowly while moving into the North Sea Sunday when the ridge extends northwest to a High 1025 southeast of Iceland. Near gales build in Rockall late Friday, no gales are expected during this period
The extended outlook information
The extended outlooks are issued once a day, at 2300 GMT and cover the next 3 to 5 days.
For the extended outlooks the waters surrounding the British Isles are divided into three areas: Cullercoats, Portpatrick and Niton. These three areas reflect the coverage areas of the UK's Navtex transmitters, which overlap in some areas.
The extended outlook forecast contains details of the likelihood of gales or storms, a general synopsis and a general forecast for the area of coverage of each Navtex transmitter.
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