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Extended outlook
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Cullercoats
High Fair Isle 1040 at 1800 on Tuesday expected Forties 1039 by midday on Wednesday then expected northwestern Fair Isle 1038 by midday on Thursday, this expected eastern Fair Isle 1033 by midday on Friday. New low expected 50 miles west of Trafalgar 1004 by midday on Friday. No gales are expected. Strong winds are expected in Humber, Thames, Dover and Wight on Tuesday evening. These strong winds are expected to continue through Wednesday but are then expected to slowly die out from the north during Thursday. Further strong winds are expected to develop in North Utsire, South Utsire and Fisher by the end of Wednesday. These are expected to die out in Fisher by then end of Thursday and are then expected to die out in North Utsire and South Utsire by midday on Friday. Widespread fog is not expected
Niton
High Fair Isle 1040 at 1800 on Tuesday expected Forties 1039 by midday on Wednesday then expected northwestern Fair Isle 1038 by midday on Thursday, this expected eastern Fair Isle 1033 by midday on Friday. New low expected 50 miles west of Trafalgar 1004 by midday on Friday. Gales are expected on FitzRoy at first on Tuesday evening, but these will ease to strong winds by the end of Tuesday. Strong winds are expected in all other areas apart from Irish Sea and Shannon on Tuesday evening. These strong winds are expected to die out in Biscay and FitzRoy by the end of Wednesday, but are expected to develop in Irish Sea and Shannon by this time. The strong winds are expected to die out in all areas during Thursday. Gales are expected to develop in the south of FitzRoy by midday on Friday. Widespread fog is not expected
Portpatrick
High Fair Isle 1040 at 1800 on Tuesday expected Forties 1039 by midday on Wednesday then expected northwestern Fair Isle 1038 by midday on Thursday, this expected eastern Fair Isle 1033 by midday on Friday. New low expected 50 miles west of Trafalgar 1004 by midday on Friday. Strong winds are expected in Lundy, Fastnet, Bailey, Faeroes and Southeast Iceland on Tuesday evening, with a risk of gales at first in the far northwest of Southeast Iceland at first on Tuesday evening. These strong winds are expected to die out in Bailey, Faeroes and Southeast Iceland by the end of Wednesday, but are expected to develop in Irish Sea and Shannon by this time. The strong winds in Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea and Shannon are expected to die out by the end of Thursday. No strong winds or gales are expected during Friday. 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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