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Cullercoats
Low 1002 expected over Forties on Friday evening, moving northeast and expected 1003 over Scandinavia by midday on Saturday. Low 991 expected west of Bailey midday on Saturday, moving northeast and expected 985 over Faeroes by midday on Sunday, before moving into the Norwegian Basin on Monday. Azores high 1032 stretches a ridge northeast on Monday. Strong winds and near gales expected in the southern North Sea on Friday night, with a risk of gales in German Bight for a time early Saturday, before strong winds and gales ease for all later Saturday morning. Further strong winds and gales spread in from the northwest on Saturday night, with strong winds affecting all but the Channel and gales affecting the northern North Sea on Sunday, before easing for all Sunday night. Widespread fog is not expected to affect the region
Niton
Low 1002 expected over Forties on Friday evening, moving northeast and expected 1003 over Scandinavia by midday on Saturday. Low 991 expected west of Bailey midday on Saturday, moving northeast and expected 985 over Faeroes by midday on Sunday, before moving into the Norwegian Basin on Monday. Azores high 1032 stretches a ridge northeast on Monday. Low 1006 develops in Trafalgar on Monday evening and extends north into Fitzroy. Strong winds spread in from the northwest on Saturday morning onwards, affecting all but the Channel and Biscay, with gales in Sole and Shannon on Saturday evening. Gales ease early Sunday and strong winds ease on Sunday night. Further strong winds arrive from the west on Monday afternoon, with a risk of gales in Fitzroy and Sole later. Widespread fog is not expected to affect the region during the forecast period
Portpatrick
Low 1002 expected over Forties on Friday evening, moving northeast and expected 1003 over Scandinavia by midday on Saturday. Low 991 expected west of Bailey midday on Saturday, moving northeast and expected 985 over Faeroes by midday on Sunday, before moving into the Norwegian Basin on Monday. Azores high 1032 stretches a ridge northeast on Monday. Strong winds are expected to affect the north of the area on Friday evening. Further strong winds then spread in from the west on Saturday morning, with gales expected in Malin, Hebrides, Fair Isle and Faeroes from Saturday afternoon, and also in Shannon from Saturday evening. Gales are expected to ease on Sunday morning, but strong winds continue to affect some sea areas through the rest of Sunday and during Monday. Widespread fog is not expected to affect the region during the 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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