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Extended outlook
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Extended outlook map
Cullercoats
High 1038 55N 027W extends a ridge east to the Baltic Sea with a further ridge south to west of the Azores. This high remains slow moving as the ridge to the east gradually weakens and high 1023 37N 060W moves northeast to form a single high 1035 53N 057W by Monday. This high remains slow moving while extending a ridge to northern Europe through Tuesday. The ridge to the west of the Azores remains almost stationary through this period. Low 1001 70N 004E will continue slow moving through the weekend before moving into northern Scandinavia Monday. Low 999 40N 015W will weaken but remain almost stationary west of Portugal through the period. Low 998 57N 051W moves east, across Iceland, to reach 991 in the Denmark Strait Monday night before continuing east to the Norwegian Basin Tuesday. Near gales in the east Sunday reach gale over Fisher briefly on Tuesday
Niton
High 1038 55N 027W extends a ridge east to the Baltic Sea with a further ridge south to west of the Azores. This high remains slow moving as the ridge to the east gradually weakens and high 1023 37N 060W moves northeast to form a single high 1035 53N 057W by Monday. This high remains slow moving while extending a ridge to northern Europe through Tuesday. The ridge to the west of the Azores remains almost stationary through this period. Low 1001 70N 004E will continue slow moving through the weekend before moving into northern Scandinavia Monday. Low 999 40N 015W will weaken but remain almost stationary west of Portugal through the period. Low 998 57N 051W moves east, across Iceland, to reach 991 in the Denmark Strait Monday night before continuing east to the Norwegian Basin Tuesday. Gales western Sole ease down during Saturday morning and briefly affect northwest Fitzroy Sunday
Portpatrick
High 1038 55N 027W extends a ridge east to the Baltic Sea with a further ridge south to west of the Azores. This high remains slow moving as the ridge to the east gradually weakens and high 1023 37N 060W moves northeast to form a single high 1035 53N 057W by Monday. This high remains slow moving while extending a ridge to northern Europe through Tuesday. The ridge to the west of the Azores remains almost stationary through this period. Low 1001 70N 004E will continue slow moving through the weekend before moving into northern Scandinavia Monday. Low 999 40N 015W will weaken but remain almost stationary west of Portugal through the period. Low 998 57N 051W moves east, across Iceland, to reach 991 in the Denmark Strait Monday night before continuing east to the Norwegian Basin Tuesday. Gales western Sole ease down during Saturday morning. No further 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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