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Extended outlook
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Extended outlook map
Cullercoats
Low 1002 Hebrides and Fair Isle moves northwest towards Iceland as a filling feature during Monday and Tuesday morning. Low 983 55N 036W moves towards the Faeroes Monday and Tuesday before becoming complex as low 991 53N 036W and low 993 47N 030W develop Wednesday night. The initial low will continue northeast to east of Jan Mayen by late Wednesday as the following lows remain slow moving in the central Atlantic. A ridge extends from High 1016 75N 008W to high 1016 eastern Europe then high 1028 southwest of the Azores and high 1026 34N 061W. These high move slowly east while maintaining a strengthening ridge across Scandinavia and western Europe throughout this period. A band of strong winds will spread east during Tuesday, reaching near gale for a time over Viking. No gales are expected throughout this period
Niton
Low 1002 Hebrides and Fair Isle moves northwest towards Iceland as a filling feature during Monday and Tuesday morning. Low 983 55N 036W moves towards the Faeroes Monday and Tuesday before becoming complex as low 991 53N 036W and low 993 47N 030W develop Wednesday night. The initial low will continue northeast to east of Jan Mayen by late Wednesday as the following lows remain slow moving in the central Atlantic. A ridge extends from High 1016 75N 008W to high 1016 eastern Europe then high 1028 southwest of the Azores and high 1026 34N 061W. These high move slowly east while maintaining a strengthening ridge across Scandinavia and western Europe throughout this period. Strong winds spread southeast to all except Trafalgar during Monday as well as to northwest Fitzroy and west Sole during Wednesday. No gales are expected throughout this period
Portpatrick
Low 1002 Hebrides and Fair Isle moves northwest towards Iceland as a filling feature during Monday and Tuesday morning. Low 983 55N 036W moves towards the Faeroes Monday and Tuesday before becoming complex as low 991 53N 036W and low 993 47N 030W develop Wednesday night. The initial low will continue northeast to east of Jan Mayen by late Wednesday as the following lows remain slow moving in the central Atlantic. A ridge extends from High 1016 75N 008W to high 1016 eastern Europe then high 1028 southwest of the Azores and high 1026 34N 061W. These high move slowly east while maintaining a strengthening ridge across Scandinavia and western Europe throughout this period. Strong winds spread to all but the north Monday and into Tuesday, reaching near gale over Rockall and Bailey. Further strong winds spread across the south Wednesday. No gales are expected throughout 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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