Coast and sea
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Extended outlook map
Cullercoats
High 1026 lies centred and slow moving over the southern North Sea on Monday while low 1002 lies west of FitzRoy. High 1026 remains slow moving on Tuesday while stretching a ridge over the UK and Norwegian Sea as the low 1004 west of FitzRoy tracks slowly south. The ridge over the Norwegian Sea declines southeast on Wednesday as a low tracks over Iceland and extends a trough east. The low 1000 moves east into the Norwegian Sea on Thursday. Meanwhile the high pressure ridge remains stretched over the UK with low 1006 to the southwest of FitzRoy. Gales are not expected. Strong winds may affect Viking and Fair Isle on Thursday. Widespread fog is not expected
Niton
High 1026 lies centred and slow moving over the southern North Sea on Monday while low 1002 lies west of FitzRoy. High 1026 remains slow moving on Tuesday while stretching a ridge over the UK and Norwegian Sea as the low 1004 west of FitzRoy tracks slowly south. The ridge over the Norwegian Sea declines southeast on Wednesday as a low tracks over Iceland and extends a trough east. The low 1000 moves east into the Norwegian Sea on Thursday. Meanwhile the high pressure ridge remains stretched over the UK with low 1006 to the southwest of FitzRoy. Gales are not expected. Occasional strong winds may affect Biscay on Tuesday. Widespread fog is not expected
Portpatrick
High 1026 lies centred and slow moving over the southern North Sea on Monday while low 1002 lies west of FitzRoy. High 1026 remains slow moving on Tuesday while stretching a ridge over the UK and Norwegian Sea as the low 1004 west of FitzRoy tracks slowly south. The ridge over the Norwegian Sea declines southeast on Wednesday as a low tracks over Iceland and extends a trough east. The low 1000 moves east into the Norwegian Sea on Thursday. Meanwhile the high pressure ridge remains stretched over the UK with low 1006 to the southwest of FitzRoy. Gales are not expected. Strong winds may affect Fair Isle on Thursday. 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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