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Extended outlook
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Cullercoats
High, 400nm northwest of Azores, 1035 late Wednesday moves slowly south expected 200nm west of Azores 1032 by late Saturday. Low, southeast Baltic, 1007 late Wednesday moving away steadily east. Low, Denmark Strait, 994 late Wednesday expected Jan Mayen 987 late Thursday and 200nm southeast Jan Mayen late Friday then 100nm east of Jan Mayen late Saturday with little change. New high 1019 expected northern France by late Thursday declining as it moves away steadily east. Low, Iberia, 1014 on Wednesday evening remains slow moving through Thursday with little change expected central France 1008 by late Friday then Germany 1000 by late Saturday. No gales expected but strong winds at times in Viking, North Utsire, South Utsire, Forties, Dogger, Fisher, German Bight and Fair Isle until later Friday and Forth for a time on Friday, with strong winds developing in Thames, Dover and Wight later Saturday. Widespread fog is not expected to affect the area
Niton
High, 400nm northwest of Azores, 1035 late Wednesday moves slowly south expected 200nm west of Azores 1032 by late Saturday. Low, southeast Baltic, 1007 late Wednesday moving away steadily east. Low, Denmark Strait, 994 late Wednesday expected Jan Mayen 987 late Thursday and 200nm southeast Jan Mayen late Friday then 100nm east of Jan Mayen late Saturday with little change. New high 1019 expected northern France by late Thursday declining as it moves away steadily east. Low, Iberia, 1014 on Wednesday evening remains slow moving through Thursday with little change expected central France 1008 by late Friday then Germany 1000 by late Saturday. No gales expected but strong winds at times in Biscay and Fitzroy until midday Thursday and then again from late Friday and then in all remaining areas on Saturday. Widespread fog is not expected to affect the area
Portpatrick
High, 400nm northwest of Azores, 1035 late Wednesday moves slowly south expected 200nm west of Azores 1032 by late Saturday. Low, southeast Baltic, 1007 late Wednesday moving away steadily east. Low, Denmark Strait, 994 late Wednesday expected Jan Mayen 987 late Thursday and 200nm southeast Jan Mayen late Friday then 100nm east of Jan Mayen late Saturday with little change. New high 1019 expected northern France by late Thursday declining as it moves away steadily east. Low, Iberia, 1014 on Wednesday evening remains slow moving through Thursday with little change expected central France 1008 by late Friday then Germany 1000 by late Saturday. No gales expected but strong winds at times in Rockall, Malin and Southeast Iceland throughout and Hebrides, Bailey, Fair Isle and Faeroes until late Friday then Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea and Shannon on Saturday. 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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