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Extended outlook
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Cullercoats
High 1032 expected over Scandinavia on Friday evening, gradually moving southeast during Saturday. Low 1023 centred over the UK on Friday evening, remaining stationary while deepening slightly over the weekend, and then expected 1016 over Dogger by midday on Sunday, before losing its identity in situ on Monday. Low 1007 expected west of Fitzroy on Friday evening, filling in situ overnight. Another low 996 expected to develop over Fitzroy on Saturday night, moving northwest and losing its identity on Sunday evening. New low 984 expected over Fitzroy by midday on Monday, slow moving. No gales or strong winds are expected during the forecast period. Widespread fog is not expected
Niton
High 1032 expected over Scandinavia on Friday evening, gradually moving southeast during Saturday. Low 1023 centred over the UK on Friday evening, remaining stationary while deepening slightly over the weekend, and then expected 1016 over Dogger by midday on Sunday, before losing its identity in situ on Monday. Low 1007 expected west of Fitzroy on Friday evening, filling in situ overnight. Another low 996 expected to develop over Fitzroy on Saturday night, moving northwest and losing its identity on Sunday evening. New low 984 expected over Fitzroy by midday on Monday, slow moving. Strong winds or near gales expected in Fitzroy from Friday evening onwards, spreading into Sole, Fastnet and Shannon from Saturday night, with isolated gales possible in Fitzroy and Sole during Sunday night. Strong winds and near gales then also spread into Lundy and Irish Sea on Monday. Widespread fog is not expected
Portpatrick
High 1032 expected over Scandinavia on Friday evening, gradually moving southeast during Saturday. Low 1023 centred over the UK on Friday evening, remaining stationary while deepening slightly over the weekend, and then expected 1016 over Dogger by midday on Sunday, before losing its identity in situ on Monday. Low 1007 expected west of Fitzroy on Friday evening, filling in situ overnight. Another low 996 expected to develop over Fitzroy on Saturday night, moving northwest and losing its identity on Sunday evening. New low 984 expected over Fitzroy by midday on Monday, slow moving. Strong winds and isolated gales expected in South East Iceland from Saturday afternoon, spreading into Bailey and Faeroes on Sunday, before easing for all during Sunday night. Strong winds and near gales also likely in Fastnet and Shannon from Saturday night, spreading into Lundy and Irish Sea on Monday. 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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