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Cullercoats
High 1034 expected over Bailey on Wednesday evening, slow moving and expected 1032 by midday on Thursday, and expected 1029 by midday Friday before dissipating on Saturday. Low 978 expected west of Fitzroy on Wednesday evening, slowly drifting north and expected 994 west of Sole by midday on Friday, before low gradually moves northwest and begins to lose its identity on Saturday. High 1019 expected to develop over Biscay and Fitzroy by midday on Saturday. No gales are expected to affect this region during the forecast period, however strong winds may affect the English Channel sea areas at times during Wednesday evening, before easing overnight. Strong winds also possible in Viking, North Utsire, South Utsire, Forties, Fisher and German Bight from Wednesday evening and continuing here until Friday afternoon, with a risk of near gales at times during Thursday. No further strong winds are expected thereafter. Widespread fog is not expected
Niton
High 1034 expected over Bailey on Wednesday evening, slow moving and expected 1032 by midday on Thursday, and expected 1029 by midday Friday before dissipating on Saturday. Low 978 expected west of Fitzroy on Wednesday evening, slowly drifting north and expected 994 west of Sole by midday on Friday, before low gradually moves northwest and begins to lose its identity on Saturday. High 1019 expected to develop over Biscay and Fitzroy by midday on Saturday. No gales are expected during the forecast period, but strong winds are likely to affect Wight, Plymouth, Fitzroy, Sole, Lundy, Fastnet and Shannon from Wednesday evening, before easing for all but the far western sea areas overnight on Wednesday. Strong winds then ease in far west on Thursday night and no further strong winds are expected thereafter. Widespread fog is not expected to affect the region during this forecast period
Portpatrick
High 1034 expected over Bailey on Wednesday evening, slow moving and expected 1032 by midday on Thursday, and expected 1029 by midday Friday before dissipating on Saturday. Low 978 expected west of Fitzroy on Wednesday evening, slowly drifting north and expected 994 west of Sole by midday on Friday, before low gradually moves northwest and begins to lose its identity on Saturday. High 1019 expected to develop over Biscay and Fitzroy by midday on Saturday. No gales are expected during the forecast period, but strong winds are likely to affect Lundy, Fastnet, Shannon, Rockall and Malin from Wednesday evening, before easing for all but the far southwestern sea areas overnight on Wednesday. Strong winds then ease in far southwest on Thursday night and no further strong winds are expected thereafter. Widespread fog is not expected to affect the region during this forecast 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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