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Extended outlook
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Cullercoats
High German Bight 1021 on Tuesday evening, expected Forties on Wednesday evening with little change before moving slowly east and expected Baltic Sea 1022 on Friday. Meanwhile, low 300 miles southwest of Iceland on Tuesday evening will move northeast and is expected Iceland 1001 on Wednesday, then Norwegian Sea 1006 on Thursday before losing its identity. New low expected Fitzroy 1010 by midday on Wednesday, expected Sole 1003 on Thursday before moving rapidly north and expected Norwegian basin 992 on Friday. Strong winds are not expected on Tuesday evening or Wednesday but are likely to develop later Thursday into Friday in all areas north of 55 degrees north. Widespread fog is not expected
Niton
High German Bight 1021 on Tuesday evening, expected Forties on Wednesday evening with little change before moving slowly east and expected Baltic Sea 1022 on Friday. Meanwhile, low 300 miles southwest of Iceland on Tuesday evening will move northeast and is expected Iceland 1001 on Wednesday, then Norwegian Sea 1006 on Thursday before losing its identity. New low expected Fitzroy 1010 by midday on Wednesday, expected Sole 1003 on Thursday before moving rapidly north and expected Norwegian basin 992 on Friday. Strong winds are expected at times from Wednesday onwards in Fitzroy, Sole, Fastnet and Shannon, extending to Lundy and Irish Sea on Friday. Widespread fog is possible in eastern Fitzroy on Wednesday morning
Portpatrick
High German Bight 1021 on Tuesday evening, expected Forties on Wednesday evening with little change before moving slowly east and expected Baltic Sea 1022 on Friday. Meanwhile, low 300 miles southwest of Iceland on Tuesday evening will move northeast and is expected Iceland 1001 on Wednesday, then Norwegian Sea 1006 on Thursday before losing its identity. New low expected Fitzroy 1010 by midday on Wednesday, expected Sole 1003 on Thursday before moving rapidly north and expected Norwegian basin 992 on Friday. Strong winds are expected at times on Tuesday evening in Southeast Iceland, then on Wednesday in Fastnet, Shannon, Rockall, Hebrides and Bailey. Strong winds then are expected to develop in all areas at times on Thursday and Friday. Widespread fog is not expected
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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