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Cullercoats
Low 980 expected over Scandinavia on Friday evening, moving southeast and expected 988 over the Baltic by midday Saturday and then becoming slow moving as it begins to lose its identity over the next couple of days. Another low 987 expected southwest of Fitzroy on Friday evening, gradually drifting east during the forecast period. High 1032 expected northern Atlantic Friday evening, gradually sinks southwards over the weekend and expected 1029 west of Fitzroy by midday Monday. Shallow low 1016 expected over Plymouth by midday Monday. Strong winds and gales will affect the North Sea and Thames from Friday evening onwards, before gales then ease early Saturday and strong winds ease in the far east and south of the North Sea by Saturday afternoon, but strong winds continuing elsewhere until Sunday. No further strong winds or gales are expected on Monday
Niton
Low 980 expected over Scandinavia on Friday evening, moving southeast and expected 988 over the Baltic by midday Saturday and then becoming slow moving as it begins to lose its identity over the next couple of days. Another low 987 expected southwest of Fitzroy on Friday evening, gradually drifting east during the forecast period. High 1032 expected northern Atlantic Friday evening, gradually sinks southwards over the weekend and expected 1029 west of Fitzroy by midday Monday. Shallow low 1016 expected over Plymouth by midday Monday. Strong winds expected in Fitzroy throughout the forecast period and gales likely here too until Sunday morning, with strong winds expected in Thames until Saturday afternoon and strong winds also occasionally extending into Biscay, Sole, Lundy, Fastnet and Irish Sea at times during this time. Widespread fog is not expected during the forecast period
Portpatrick
Low 980 expected over Scandinavia on Friday evening, moving southeast and expected 988 over the Baltic by midday Saturday and then becoming slow moving as it begins to lose its identity over the next couple of days. Another low 987 expected southwest of Fitzroy on Friday evening, gradually drifting east during the forecast period. High 1032 expected northern Atlantic Friday evening, gradually sinks southwards over the weekend and expected 1029 west of Fitzroy by midday Monday. Shallow low 1016 expected over Plymouth by midday Monday. Strong winds and gales are expected to affect the north and east of the region from Friday evening onwards, with strong winds extending into Lundy, Fastnet and Irish Sea at times until Saturday afternoon. Gales then ease in the north and east on Saturday morning, but strong winds likely to continue here into Sunday night. 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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