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Extended outlook
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Extended outlook map
Cullercoats
High German Bight 1025 at 1800 on Thursday moving away southeast by midday on Friday. New low expected Bailey 1001 by midday on Friday moving away over the Norwegian Basin by midday on Saturday. New low expected 50 miles west of Bailey 996 by midday on Saturday then expected 50 miles north of Viking 997 by midday on Sunday. New low expected Faeroes 998 by midday on Sunday. No gales are expected. Strong winds expected in Viking, Forties, Cromarty and Fair Isle on Thursday evening. These are expected to die out in Forties and Cromarty by midday on Friday and are then expected to die out in Viking and Fair Isle by midday on Saturday. Strong winds are expected to develop in South Utsire, Forties and Fisher by midday on Sunday, but are expected to die in Forties later in the day. Widespread fog is not expected
Niton
High German Bight 1025 at 1800 on Thursday moving away southeast by midday on Friday. New low expected Bailey 1001 by midday on Friday moving away over the Norwegian Basin by midday on Saturday. New low expected 50 miles west of Bailey 996 by midday on Saturday then expected 50 miles north of Viking 997 by midday on Sunday. New low expected Faeroes 998 by midday on Sunday. No gales are expected. Strong winds are expected in Shannon on Thursday evening, and these are expected to spread into FitzRoy and Sole by midday on Friday. These strong winds are expected to spread into Fastnet by midday on Saturday, but are then expected to die out in all areas later in the day. Strong winds are expected to develop in FitzRoy, Sole and Shannon later on Sunday. Widespread fog is not expected
Portpatrick
High German Bight 1025 at 1800 on Thursday moving away southeast by midday on Friday. New low expected Bailey 1001 by midday on Friday moving away over the Norwegian Basin by midday on Saturday. New low expected 50 miles west of Bailey 996 by midday on Saturday then expected 50 miles north of Viking 997 by midday on Sunday. New low expected Faeroes 998 by midday on Sunday. Strong winds are expected in Shannon, Rockall and Fair Isle Thursday evening, with gales expected in Southeast Iceland. These are expected to spread into Malin, Hebrides, Bailey and Faeroes by midday Friday then into Fastnet by midday Saturday with the gales in Southeast Iceland continuing. The strong winds are expected to die out in Fastnet, Shannon, Rockall, Malin, Hebrides, Fair Isle and Faeroes by midday Saturday. Strong winds expected in Rockall and Hebrides by midday Sunday, dying out later as strong winds develop in Shannon and Faeroes. Widespread fog 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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