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Extended outlook
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Cullercoats
Low 1003 over Norway on Tuesday evening will deepen as it slowly moves away to the east over the next couple of days. Low 983 over Fitzroy on Tuesday evening will begin to gradually lose its identity while remaining over Fitzroy and expected 999 by Friday evening. Low 992 expected Norwegian Basin Wednesday afternoon, moving east into Norway on Thursday as low continues to deepen. High 1021 expected west of Bailey by midday on Thursday, then expected 1019 centred over Scotland by midday on Friday. Strong winds are expected to spread into the northern and eastern North Sea from Wednesday onwards, with gales possible in Viking and Fair Isle from Wednesday night until Thursday morning. Strong winds then gradually ease for most sea areas on Friday, but strong winds possible in Wight for a time. Widespread fog is not expected
Niton
Low 1003 over Norway on Tuesday evening will deepen as it slowly moves away to the east over the next couple of days. Low 983 over Fitzroy on Tuesday evening will begin to gradually lose its identity while remaining over Fitzroy and expected 999 by Friday evening. Low 992 expected Norwegian Basin Wednesday afternoon, moving east into Norway on Thursday as low continues to deepen. High 1021 expected west of Bailey by midday on Thursday, then expected 1019 centred over Scotland by midday on Friday. No gales are expected during the forecast period, however strong winds are likely to affect most sea areas at times, particularly in the west from Tuesday evening onwards, and then also in the east from Thursday onwards. Widespread fog may also affect the southwest at times
Portpatrick
Low 1003 over Norway on Tuesday evening will deepen as it slowly moves away to the east over the next couple of days. Low 983 over Fitzroy on Tuesday evening will begin to gradually lose its identity while remaining over Fitzroy and expected 999 by Friday evening. Low 992 expected Norwegian Basin Wednesday afternoon, moving east into Norway on Thursday as low continues to deepen. High 1021 expected west of Bailey by midday on Thursday, then expected 1019 centred over Scotland by midday on Friday. Strong winds are likely in the south from Tuesday evening onwards, and also in the far north from Wednesday, with gales possible in Fair Isle from Wednesday night until Thursday morning. Strong winds then gradually ease in the far north by 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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