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Extended outlook
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Cullercoats
High, southern Baltic, 1029 on Wednesday evening moving steadily southeast with little change. Low, just south of Iceland, 1003 on Wednesday evening expected Norwegian Sea 1007 by Thursday evening and northern Norway with little change by Friday evening then losing its identity. Low, 100nm west of Shannon, 1011 on Wednesday evening expected Bailey 1009 by Thursday evening and northern Fair Isle 1002 by Friday evening then Norwegian Basin with little change by Saturday evening. New low, just south of Iceland, 1009 on Wednesday evening, moving slowly northeast, expected Southeast Iceland 1012 by Saturday evening. Azores High 1024 slow moving with little change throughout. New high, expected western Fitzroy, 1025 by Saturday evening. No gales expected but strong winds at times in Viking, North Utsire and South Utsire until later Thursday and North Utsire and South Utsire for a time on Friday and north of 56 North from later Friday. Widespread fog is not expected
Niton
High, southern Baltic, 1029 on Wednesday evening moving steadily southeast with little change. Low, just south of Iceland, 1003 on Wednesday evening expected Norwegian Sea 1007 by Thursday evening and northern Norway with little change by Friday evening then losing its identity. Low, 100nm west of Shannon, 1011 on Wednesday evening expected Bailey 1009 by Thursday evening and northern Fair Isle 1002 by Friday evening then Norwegian Basin with little change by Saturday evening. New low, just south of Iceland, 1009 on Wednesday evening, moving slowly northeast, expected Southeast Iceland 1012 by Saturday evening. Azores High 1024 slow moving with little change throughout. New high, expected western Fitzroy, 1025 by Saturday evening. No gales expected but strong winds at times in Sole and Shannon until later Thursday, southern Fitzroy from later Thursday and Biscay, Irish Sea and Shannon from midday Friday until early Saturday. Widespread fog is not expected
Portpatrick
High, southern Baltic, 1029 on Wednesday evening moving steadily southeast with little change. Low, just south of Iceland, 1003 on Wednesday evening expected Norwegian Sea 1007 by Thursday evening and northern Norway with little change by Friday evening then losing its identity. Low, 100nm west of Shannon, 1011 on Wednesday evening expected Bailey 1009 by Thursday evening and northern Fair Isle 1002 by Friday evening then Norwegian Basin with little change by Saturday evening. New low, just south of Iceland, 1009 on Wednesday evening, moving slowly northeast, expected Southeast Iceland 1012 by Saturday evening. Azores High 1024 slow moving with little change throughout. New high, expected western Fitzroy, 1025 by Saturday evening. No gales expected but strong winds at times in Shannon, Rockall, Malin, Hebrides and Bailey throughout, Irish Sea from midday Friday until early Saturday and Fair Isle, Faeroes and Southeast Iceland from later 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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