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Extended outlook
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Cullercoats
Low 997 Forth becomes complex as it moves to southern Norway during Saturday with Low 999 tracking northeast along the Norwegian coast and Low 1000 developing over Shetland. Low 1000 54N 022W follows east, towards Scotland Saturday. Low Norwegian coast continues northeast as Low Shetland fills and Low Malin deepens Sunday. Low Maling continues east to Viking Monday. High 1029 Azores extends a ridge west to High 1027 southeast of Newfoundland then north to High 1016 southeast Greenland. High pressure will linger over the Azores as the ridge to Greenland pushes slowly east through this period. Low complex 1004 east of Labrador Saturday night will extend a trough southeast Sunday then east through Monday. Near gales build in the south Monday morning increasing to gale central parts Monday afternoon
Niton
Low 997 Forth becomes complex as it moves to southern Norway during Saturday with Low 999 tracking northeast along the Norwegian coast and Low 1000 developing over Shetland. Low 1000 54N 022W follows east, towards Scotland Saturday. Low Norwegian coast continues northeast as Low Shetland fills and Low Malin deepens Sunday. Low Maling continues east to Viking Monday. High 1029 Azores extends a ridge west to High 1027 southeast of Newfoundland then north to High 1016 southeast Greenland. High pressure will linger over the Azores as the ridge to Greenland pushes slowly east through this period. Low complex 1004 east of Labrador Saturday night will extend a trough southeast Sunday then east through Monday. Near gales Sole, Fastnet and Shannon Sunday but no gales are expected during this period
Portpatrick
Low 997 Forth becomes complex as it moves to southern Norway during Saturday with Low 999 tracking northeast along the Norwegian coast and Low 1000 developing over Shetland. Low 1000 54N 022W follows east, towards Scotland Saturday. Low Norwegian coast continues northeast as Low Shetland fills and Low Malin deepens Sunday. Low Maling continues east to Viking Monday. High 1029 Azores extends a ridge west to High 1027 southeast of Newfoundland then north to High 1016 southeast Greenland. High pressure will linger over the Azores as the ridge to Greenland pushes slowly east through this period. Low complex 1004 east of Labrador Saturday night will extend a trough southeast Sunday then east through Monday. Near gales Shannon and Rockall Sunday afternoon extending to Hebrides, Bailey and Faeroes with gales Malin Monday
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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