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Extended outlook
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Cullercoats
Low 997 Faeroes moves northeast to reach 996 at North Cape by midday on Sunday. Low 1008 develops in the Norwegian Basin Sunday night before deepening as it moves into southern Scandinavia Monday. Low 1011 Fitzroy Saturday night soon moves into Biscay as a filling feature. High 1023 Azores Saturday night extends a ridge to High 1021 58N 039W. Azores high sinks slowly south while High southeast of Greenland remains almost stationary. The ridge will push east to reach the UK during Monday when High 1025 builds across Hebrides. This high continues east into the North Sea Tuesday. Low 999 44N 043W Saturday night moves slowly east until Monday before moving north during Tuesday. Strong winds in the north Saturday evening and the east during Monday and Tuesday. No gales are expected during this period
Niton
Low 997 Faeroes moves northeast to reach 996 at North Cape by midday on Sunday. Low 1008 develops in the Norwegian Basin Sunday night before deepening as it moves into southern Scandinavia Monday. Low 1011 Fitzroy Saturday night soon moves into Biscay as a filling feature. High 1023 Azores Saturday night extends a ridge to High 1021 58N 039W. Azores high sinks slowly south while High southeast of Greenland remains almost stationary. The ridge will push east to reach the UK during Monday when High 1025 builds across Hebrides. This high continues east into the North Sea Tuesday. Low 999 44N 043W Saturday night moves slowly east until Monday before moving north during Tuesday. Strong winds spread to northwestern parts of Sole and western parts of Shannon Tuesday; no gales are expected during this period
Portpatrick
Low 997 Faeroes moves northeast to reach 996 at North Cape by midday on Sunday. Low 1008 develops in the Norwegian Basin Sunday night before deepening as it moves into southern Scandinavia Monday. Low 1011 Fitzroy Saturday night soon moves into Biscay as a filling feature. High 1023 Azores Saturday night extends a ridge to High 1021 58N 039W. Azores high sinks slowly south while High southeast of Greenland remains almost stationary. The ridge will push east to reach the UK during Monday when High 1025 builds across Hebrides. This high continues east into the North Sea Tuesday. Low 999 44N 043W Saturday night moves slowly east until Monday before moving north during Tuesday. Near gales South East Iceland Saturday night and strong winds western parts Shannon and Rockall as well as western parts of Bailey Tuesday. 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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