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Extended outlook
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Cullercoats
High 1032 Fair Isle moves slowly east Tuesday before turning north Wednesday and crossing the Norwegian Thursday. High 1024 south of Nova Scotia Monday evening then moves northeast Tuesday and Wednesday before strengthening 1031 southwest of Iceland Thursday. High 1022 south of the Azores moves slowly east to north of Madeira by Thursday. Low 1012 Fitzroy remains slow moving until it tracks northeast as a filling feature Thursday. Low 1005 51N 042W moves slowly northeast to fill in the Denmark Strait Thursday while Low 1016 develops in the trough trailing south of this low. This low becomes slow moving before filling over the Azores Thursday. No strong winds or gales are expected during this period
Niton
High 1032 Fair Isle moves slowly east Tuesday before turning north Wednesday and crossing the Norwegian Thursday. High 1024 south of Nova Scotia Monday evening then moves northeast Tuesday and Wednesday before strengthening 1031 southwest of Iceland Thursday. High 1022 south of the Azores moves slowly east to north of Madeira by Thursday. Low 1012 Fitzroy remains slow moving until it tracks northeast as a filling feature Thursday. Low 1005 51N 042W moves slowly northeast to fill in the Denmark Strait Thursday while Low 1016 develops in the trough trailing south of this low. This low becomes slow moving before filling over the Azores Thursday. Strong winds build over Portland and Wight Monday evening and again briefly over Wight and Fitzroy Tuesday before spreading to Portland and Plymouth early Wednesday. No gales are expected during this period
Portpatrick
High 1032 Fair Isle moves slowly east Tuesday before turning north Wednesday and crossing the Norwegian Thursday. High 1024 south of Nova Scotia Monday evening then moves northeast Tuesday and Wednesday before strengthening 1031 southwest of Iceland Thursday. High 1022 south of the Azores moves slowly east to north of Madeira by Thursday. Low 1012 Fitzroy remains slow moving until it tracks northeast as a filling feature Thursday. Low 1005 51N 042W moves slowly northeast to fill in the Denmark Strait Thursday while Low 1016 develops in the trough trailing south of this low. This low becomes slow moving before filling over the Azores Thursday. Strong winds build in Fastnet Monday evening, no further strong winds or gales are expected during this period
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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