Coast and sea
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Extended outlook map
Cullercoats
Low 981 Norwegian Basin will move northeast to become a filling feature over Lofoten Sunday. Low 1014 47N 029W tracks northeast to deepen 982 as it crosses the northern UK Saturday night before continuing east to the Gulf of Bothnia by Sunday night. Low 991 develops north of Faeroe Saturday night before to south of Iceland Sunday night. Low 978 62N 038W remains slow moving before filling southeast Sunday night. Low 1002 Great Lakes Friday evening deepens as it moves towards the UK. This low reaches 963 55N 018W Monday evening when it begins to track towards Faeroe. High 1017 77N 012W will remain slow moving north of Jan Mayen while extending to Svalbard through this period. High 1035 46N 056W extends east to high 1026 41N 015W, weakens and drifts south Saturday night before rebuilding from the west Sunday. Gales Fair Isle to Viking Friday night with further gales, severe at times spread to all but Thames Sunday
Niton
Low 981 Norwegian Basin will move northeast to become a filling feature over Lofoten Sunday. Low 1014 47N 029W tracks northeast to deepen 982 as it crosses the northern UK Saturday night before continuing east to the Gulf of Bothnia by Sunday night. Low 991 develops north of Faeroe Saturday night before to south of Iceland Sunday night. Low 978 62N 038W remains slow moving before filling southeast Sunday night. Low 1002 Great Lakes Friday evening deepens as it moves towards the UK. This low reaches 963 55N 018W Monday evening when it begins to track towards Faeroe. High 1017 77N 012W will remain slow moving north of Jan Mayen while extending to Svalbard through this period. High 1035 46N 056W extends east to high 1026 41N 015W, weakens and drifts south Saturday night before rebuilding from the west Sunday. Gales, severe at times spread to the northwest Saturday with further gales spreading across the northwest again Monday
Portpatrick
Low 981 Norwegian Basin will move northeast to become a filling feature over Lofoten Sunday. Low 1014 47N 029W tracks northeast to deepen 982 as it crosses the northern UK Saturday night before continuing east to the Gulf of Bothnia by Sunday night. Low 991 develops north of Faeroe Saturday night before to south of Iceland Sunday night. Low 978 62N 038W remains slow moving before filling southeast Sunday night. Low 1002 Great Lakes Friday evening deepens as it moves towards the UK. This low reaches 963 55N 018W Monday evening when it begins to track towards Faeroe. High 1017 77N 012W will remain slow moving north of Jan Mayen while extending to Svalbard through this period. High 1035 46N 056W extends east to high 1026 41N 015W, weakens and drifts south Saturday night before rebuilding from the west Sunday. Gales Fair Isle and the south and southeast where locally severe Saturday. Further gales some severe west 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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